Review sample was sent by Thorfire via Amazon to me here in the Philippines.
So I recently acquired this VG15s in the mail which was honestly very fast given that I am based here in the Philippines, the package arrived in just 5 days of ordering!
First thoughts on the light are:
First the packaging, it is very simple yet robust, no fuss, it kept the light secured through transport. Package includes the light itself which is wrapped in foam, user manual in English, lanyard which is about 26cm(10 inches) which is pretty long for the size of the flashlight in my opinon, and 2 spare o-rings.
Packaging:
Next,I used an MXJO 20a 3000mah 3.7v hi-drain IMR 18650 cell, and now to the light itself, it utilizes a CREE XML2 LED, which delivers a whopping 1070 lumens output on turbo and about 650 feet(200m) of beam distance. It has an orange peel reflector for a good flood but still a decent range. I was really impressed with the power of this compact light at only 4.8 inches long and 2.7 oz light. It has a neutral white to cool white tint, not bad at all. It has a a good quality clip, aesthetics are great, good anodization with some nice knurling on the body and tail cap to provide a good grip nice grip, well designed and it looks good with a stainless steel bezel, a tail clicky which is quite soft and shallow so there is quite a learning curve on the changing modes operation. It's threads came nicely squared and lubed, a sturdy and smooth chrom finish pocket clip, and a real nice tight fit of the parts.
It is further impressive with the 5 modes you can access via half-clicking the switch when on, it has which is true firefly mode that gives out 0.5 lumens, low at 50 lumens, mid at 200 lumens, high at 600 lumens, and turbo at 1070 lumens, and also it has strobe by double half-clicking the switch. However there is a very slight delay upon changing modes, it very well compensates on the very nice range of modes it has. It has a 3 minute step down timer on turbo which is very impressive because this light gets quite hot so this is a really awesome feature to have.
Overall, a well designed, little edc light that packs a punch. A spectacular firefly mode, a couple of intermediary modes, then a powerful turbo. I would highly recommend this light for a general edc light. I am extremely happy with it and must say it has an excellent value for money. Another great light by Thorfire!
Below are some pictures of the light and some beam shots. (Please pardon me as I am no professional photographer, I just used a Sony ixus on hi ISO settings).
BLF-GT on background:
On top of the BLF-GT:
Light w/box:
Light in box:
Light with lanyard (lanyard about 30cm):
Creative shots:
Control:
Barely seen beamshot on high:
Medium:
Turbo:
Turbo:
Turbo at 50 ft.:
Low at 10 ft. :
Medium at 10 ft.:
Turbo at 10 ft.:
Turbo at tree 100 ft.:
This concludes my review. Thank you for reading and I welcome brutal , constructive comments