“REVIEW”: Nitefox ES10K (Stainless Steel) AA/14500 flashlight

Ahah, and would it be that? :stuck_out_tongue:
What am I missing? :expressionless:

From the greatest movie ever made, compared to “Citizen Kane”, even!

:smiley:

EHEHEH xD Oh man, only you could say this :smiley:
I don’t have those spoons and I also don’t like this painting but it was on the house when I rented and I didn’t bother changing it :stuck_out_tongue: :person_facepalming: :weary: :partying_face:

BTW, at first sight that guy looked Peter Steele (RIP)!

Thanks for your review.
The design looks great although smaller head seems uncommon for me, but still look nice.

Thanks lumenzilla! :wink:
Yeah, the head is very slim compared to the body, but as it was a mistake when sending it couldn’t do much more :smiley:
But I believe the “original” head will look much better here !! All and all, despite that and some points I mentioned, it is a nice and well built light :wink:

It’s a classic… :smiley:

Wow, that’s a name I haven’t heard in æons… but you’re right.

Anyhoo, I was wondering about the UI. The UT20 has a really nice one, sttrobe is out of the way, it’s a nice low→high mode order, etc., but I think this would drive me buggy. I got a nice Lumintop Tool that I don’t use because of the always-start-on-medium (vs low). Even with nomem, how hard is it to just 2click to get to high, vs blinding yourself first and then stepping down?

After some lardass parked himself on my holstered ’502, ripping the side of the holster, I’ve been EDCing the UT20 with a deep-carry clip made for the S2+ Fits like a glove. I just can’t bring myself to using the clip on any light if it ain’t deep-carry. I’m paranoid of having it squoosh out of my pocket when sitting down, and losing it. Even my EDCed Sanremu, which I could easily clip… nope, I gotta have it bouncing around in my pocket vs clipping it.

How’s the clip on this little critter? Snug enough for even non-paranoid use?

I was/am not a deep connaisseur of their discography but he was a figure on the metal scene and that voice simply WOW :open_mouth:

Well, this UI is not the best as I mentioned. It is quite “old fashioned” not in a good way. When using a 14500 battery, you blind yourself on the start as the beam is more intense than the pictures show. On AA, the highest output is lower, but it is not like starting on a Low or Moonlight mode.

It also annoys to have to pass through the Strobe to get the “regular modes”. In comparison, their UT20 and even the Nitefox K3 (twisty AAA) are more interesting! Both in mode order and output spacing!

Meaning, this light will be a candidate for a driver change :smiley:

Well, the clip on this…it is really secure! It won’t get out of your pocket easily!! It really sticks to it strongly. For me, its probably one of the best of these screw in clips I got on a light. Even compared with Amutorch S3, Jetbeam RRT01 and all those Convoy clips, this one is much better. And it has a plus: it came with a spare one :smiley: :partying_face:

BTW, I gave the UT20 to my parents as it is simple to use and even to charge (they are not techy)!!

So, if you wanna go for one of these, maybe a driver change is good enough to make it a superb light :wink:

You guys have to learn which end of the light is which. :smiley:

I love the feel of the light too. Like a big 348. If we remove the memory resistor it will be a single mode which isn't bad either. Anything other than strobe!

I guess I will prefer a driver swap :smiling_imp: The light as a potential to be modded and to be carried in a more useful, if a new UI is implemented :wink:
BTW, removing that resistor would it make turn ON in the “High” mode (only)?

Mascaratum, good review and great idea compiling other reviews as an aid to readers. I always struggle with what to do when a light already has other multiple reviews.

I’m with you on a driver change. The body is built like a tank and really deserves to be carried.

Hey pc_light! Thanks :slight_smile:

I always try to see what’s been said around, a review has facts and opinions and it’s good for people to know the several + and - :wink:
About the driver, it really deserves something better, right? I hope Nitefox can change this on next batches as the light will become more attractive for enthusiasts and non enthusiasts!

This is really well built in every way so it’s use will probably be better with a new UI :wink:

Is that a 17mm driver? Unlike side-clicky lights, that should be easy to swap, if you’re okay with 14500s only, and no more eneloops or alkaleaks.

Otherwise, if you can kill the memory capacitor, yeah, crowbar it to full-on only.

That’s perhaps the only bennie of start-on-high.

Can’t remember exactly, but will confirm it later! Even if it is 15mm, Lexel and MTN have those sizer of drivers so it should be easy to swap it!

Although a 1 mode light would be nice (and still being able to use AAs and 14500s) I guess I’ll prefer a driver in which I can chose the amount of modes I want :wink: And have lower modes :smiley:

I’ll try to take a picture of the driver later, as well! didn’t try to take it out yet :person_facepalming: :weary:

Just confirmed, it is a less than 15mm driver. My guess is that a MTN driver will do the work when I decided to mod it :sunglasses:
I won’t change the LED as I like the tint, but that plate… I should change it! Lets see how it goes :stuck_out_tongue:

Wellp, if you can find the memcap, you can either remove it or “pencil-trick” it. Not sure which approach would work.

The pencil trick is easily reversible, though, so I’d try that one first. :stuck_out_tongue:

Never done the pencil trick. I’ve seen it around here, but never tried it. I was planning to use one of my favourite drivers / FW: guppy3drv from MTN.
I use it on my EDC Convoy S2+ triple. 3 modes + double click to turbo, always starting on FF mode. It is one of the best I found so far for tailclicky flashlights. Combined with a Forward clicky switch is just :heart_eyes: !!
Only problem is to order/ship it /receive it from MTN, as they are not cheap and importation fees are quite high :frowning:

Is it me or does that front end look a bit weird ? Nice light. Might have to get me one.

Yup, this one as a weird head, but there is another version, without knurling (and that looks like a Thrunite flashlight) out there, at least in Nitefox website!
It’s the ES10 I guess.

This is a nice light, though, despite the UI. When MTN has 15mm drivers again I will get one to replace the stock driver (although I know it will get hot with a Li-Ion and FET driver :smiling_imp: ) !

Strobe in the main cycle, though? Urg… :confounded: