Clone of On The Road M3 ~$13

What do you mean by D1? The Emisar? I thought that was a thrower light, where this Jaxmanve is more a general purpose light.

IMR still has some Aspire 1100mah 18350 if anyone is looking for some.
https://www.imrbatteries.com/aspire-18350-1100mah-battery/

Someone may have asked this already, but on the Ali Exp page it says:

“Chocolate rolling flower, feel fine”

Is this a coded message, or does one get a chocolate flower with the light? If the latter, I am keen to get one. I have never tasted Chinese chocolate.

:smiley:

I believe that’s the auto translation referring to the knurling pattern on the battery tube.

Yeah Emisar D1. I thought the “1” was single emitter, “4” was Four emitter. Thats why I said D1. But my thoughts were D4 size single emitter. Short bezel, short reflector inside. May as well go small on the head OD too.

Shhh, don’t tell where the Aspire 18350’s are! I just got 8 from IMR last week. But the 1100mAh Aspire and Keeps arent made anymore.

What are some good 16340 cells?

Imren 700mah button top?

I know the yellow On The Road Orb1607 are good, but I can’t find them.

Ah, okay. I must have missed that term being used before then. No worries - thanks, Jason.

LOL, guess I shouldn’t tell you that I am using some Old Trustfire 700mAh bought back when the XR-E P4 was New. 6 years old? Still hold rated capacity. Have been UN-protected and re-wrapped recently. If I were to buy more today, I would get the $4 red Efest 700mAh sold by IMRbatteries, Li-IonWholesale or Mountainelectronics.com Made with flat or button top.

I just got my M3 clone in the mail today. The finish and overall quality on the exterior is very nice. It had a charged battery (3.6v) in it and came on as soon as I pressed the button! Good thing it didn’t get bumped during shipping.

I was trying to see if it had LVP, but I’m not sure. At around 2.9v it would flash the main light 3 times and keep doing that every minute or 2. I didn’t see any switch lights come on. Finally at 2.6 volts I decided to stop testing.

From 2.6 volts I charged it on my Miboxer C4-12 and got a capacity of 537mah. Compared to the 670mah to 680mah of my yellow OTR M3 battery.

I dont believe these torches shut of at low voltage. When the low voltage flashing started I kept the torch on for an extended period and it would not shut off just kept giving the low voltage warning flash. Also it would not charge the battery in the one I tested at much below 3 volts. I had to charge mine in a charger to up the voltage before it would charge in the torch.

Question on the UI for this clone, earlier in this thread it was said the “regular 3-mode” is L-M-Strobe. Has that been changed?

Looks like it’s L-M-H (Low, Medium, Height) for the 3-mode group, and strobe is hidden - activated by 3-clicks:


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mini-flashlight-USB-charging-EDC-ultra-small-hand-light-portable-16340-miniature-pocket-side-by-flashlight

Can anyone confirm this?

I ordered mine 11/27 - recieved it 12/20 and it has the standard med, high, strobe. If they changed it (and I hope they have), it was very recently.

Thanks, hmmm…Do you recall seeing this photo description in the listing before? I’m wondering if it has been upgraded since this is the very last thing at the bottom of the the listing.

I sent the question to JAXMNVE, awaiting answer (hope I get a reply)

If I recall correctly, the modes where differently advised in the photos, so perhaps they did change the UI.
L-M-H seems much useful than L-H-Strobe!
If you get an answer from JAXMNVE, please let us know :wink:

Absolutly, I will post it here if and when I hear back from them. I hope it’s true.

Thank you :wink: If this change is true…I guess I should have waited to order mine some months ago :person_facepalming: :smiley:

It definitely did not say that when I ordered.

Hey, it’s only $13. Lol

If they change to a better UI, I will buy several as gifts.

I also asked the store if the UI was recently changed. :person_facepalming: As long as they answer someone, it’s all good.

I received a (one word) answer from Jack Wang at JAXMNVE:

My question:

The last photo in the description shows the function for the regular 3-mode is Low-Medium-Height, and press 3 times for Blasting Flash. Is this correct? So it has now been changed from the previous, Medium-High-Flash? I hope it is true!

Their answer:

yes

:+1: :+1: :+1:

Nice! A simple word can make the difference on this :smiley: Well, a word and 3 “likes” :smiley:
Onto topic, I’m glad that they changed the driver or UI, it will probably more “user-friendly”! Maybe they will change the UI on the other lights they have (such as the headlight), and make them more attractive as well :+1:

Thanks for letting us know beam0 :wink:

Actually they were not in the reply, I added the 3 thumbs up here when I posted. :slight_smile:

I’ve been looking at that one too and was thinking the same thing, I also asked if they were.

I have some questions for anyone who owns one of these, some may have been answered earlier in the thread but I want to confirm anyway:

1. Double click to ramping is from OFF or from ON? (or from either?)
2. When it enters ramping does it start on high or low?
3. Is there memory on the ramping mode?
4. Does it require a button top battery or will flat top work too?
5. Is the emitter genuine USA Cree or is it latticebright etc.?

Also a question for anyone who has both this and OTR M3: Is High on this comparable output to the OTR M3 Turbo?

I was considering the OTR M3 but I’d rather have NW than the warmer 5C of the OTR, plus I think I’ll like the ramping mode too. I’ve had the OTR M6 for several years and still carry it daily.