This is what impresses me about Jaxman products. The quality is fantastic. They reveal the internals as well. This is something most manufacturers do not reveal.
I got my new version E3. I like it a lot and it would be a candidate for my favorite AA/14500 flashlight, except when I use a 14500 cell all the modes are very close in brightness to max (not single mode, all 3 modes are different, albeit barely). I wonder if this is the intended behavior or my unit came defective
I really like my E3 alot. It has a very nice tint, which is rosier than most 219C I’ve seen. The start on moonlight mode and 3 brightness mode makes this a very user friend AA flashlight. If I were to choose the best AA flashlight to give muggles, I would choose either the E3 or the Reylights. Both perform about the same in terms of brightness but the Reylight looks alot nicer for 4x the price.
I also ordered Jaxman E3 4000K, but the tint isn’t that great (sort of yellowish), definitely not rosy (unlike one of my BLF A01 which has a really rosy tint)…
Will post a pic to compare them…
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With regards to brightness level when using 14500. While I could measure a difference in tailcap current from Low-to-High (it’s similar to the one mentioned above), the brightness (using our eyes) from Low-to-Medium is very little difference. While Low and High (although there’s a bigger difference in tailcap current drain, the actual brightness difference seen by my eyes is also not that big a difference. The flashlight does get hotter much more quickly when using 14500 in High mode though).
Unlike when using AA, there is a nice spacing of brightness levels from Low to Medium to High (I think the AliExpress website indicates it’s supposed to be 1-60-350 lumens? Anyone can confirm if those are the real values?) I wonder what is the actual lumens rating when using 14500 — maybe someone who knows how to measure lumens can answer it (I have a basic lux meter now but don’t know how to compute/convert that to approximate lumens…)
It’s rosy compared to other 219C but not as rosy as the 219B 4000k an definitely not as rosy as my Emisar D4 5D tint, which has a tint that is almost pink.
I will post some comparison ceiling bounce values with other AA lights later.