Review: Crelant V9-T6

AnotherawesomereviewandpicsbyFoy!

that you do an excellent review and awesome photos! I am sure I never want to send you one of my lights. I wouldn't want your photographic ability unleashed on one, where everyone could see the faults.EmbarassedWink

Really great close up photos Foy!

What is a profile number? 404? Probably something I should know . . . .

inthedarkFoy

It's computer geek talk.

Your user number is 404:

http://budgetlightforum.com/user/404

404 is "not found" http code that any web server returns if it cannot locate the resource (web page) a browser is trying to get. It's just a "happy" coincidence you are user with id 404, the same as the http code.

127.0.0.1 is the localhost IP address, a means for each and every network device to reference to itself.

Wikipedia and google could help you learn more about that, but I'm guessing even this is more than you want to know. ;)

Viktor

Foy, hover your mouse over your user name (or click on your user name) Flashlight Foy and you will see this link:

http://budgetlightforum.com/user/404

So you are user number 404.

And when it comes to web site servers, when users attempts to follow a broken or dead link, they get one of the most recognizable errors users can find on the web: A 404 error.

EDIT: viktori beat me to it! And I didn't catch the 127001 joke until it was pointed out.

404 = Foy

Foy = dead end

I've seen that 404 message for years . . . Foy is a bit slow on the uptake. I didn't even know we had a unique number . . .

htmlguruFoy

ignoringimportantquestionsFoy :P

And, I forgot to answer NightCrawl's question. My go-to/bump-in-the-night light moved from the 980L to my E/F-15 and although they both have terrific throw, I have other lights that fill that role better.

The 980L spends a lot of time on the shelf, lately.

Foy

Whodowelove?Foy!

Credits to the big bang theory.

I love your reviews and I even like that light.. but I feel I have spent way too much money on flashlights from which most havent even arrived yet..

And sorry for OT-ing this thread and even though I put myself in danger of spending even more money, do you have a link to the E/F-15 and can you name your best thrower/s?

Whodowelove?Foy!

Just awesome what you contribute to this.

Whodowelove?Foy!

I got the F15 from Manafont some time ago and I see today the only one they have now is a P7.

I apologize for calling it an E/F-15 . . . I thought it sounded cool. A few of us sent our TrustFire F15-T6 flashlights to member E1320. I call Erik "E" sometimes and instead of calling it the E1320 modified F-15, it is now dubbed the E/F-15. Similarly; the clumsy E1320 modified MCU-C88 becomes the hip E/C88.

ILF is the thrower man and has way more big hit lights than I ever will. Among my sad lot, the light with the most reach is the Solarforce Masterpiece Pro 1, although it is not the brightest by a long mile. My favorite thrower (that I own) is the Solarforce M8. (XinTD L2 is a close second)

longwindedFoy

And It Rocks .

4B tint XML( .02, .09, .65, 1.5, 3.15 ) amps with memory.

Yowza .

Erik also made me an awesome P60 dropin .

3D tint XPG R4 ( .002, .06, .325, .67, 1.4 ) amps with memory.

That particular dropin lives in a 501a powered by an 18350 .

The firefly low is very cool .

Don't keep buying lights .

Have E1320 make your existing ones better .

I can't say enough about the moonlight mode. You can just about stare right at the emitter and PWM is very slight. And, don't get me started about the C88 . . .

talkyerhindlegoffFoy

Thank you for that post Foy, that made it clear now.

It's so hard.. I always think "yup, those are enough flashlights".. meh. :D

Very well done. Frontpage'd and Sticky'd. Sorry for the delay!

My number is 530? Does that mean anything?

In FTP error codes, the 530 means "Not logged in"

I have a copy of the 9V and I can say without a doubt that mine does not have any green in the tint. Crelant has also told me that they can ship the light as a single mode and that a pressue switch is available. My copy does not seem to have a lack of threads. It takes about 4 turns to remove the tail cap.

update:

I'm glad to hear your (madecov) V9s (9V ?) have a better tint and more threads. Small issues but, present on my light so, had to be said.

This looker is another among my shelf queens . . . . if anything, the Crelant V9-T6 gets better looking the longer I have it. It is honestly, the prettiest shade of grey I have ever seen and on the rare occasion I have a (new) visitor in my office, it is the first light people ask about/want to touch. I'm seriously thinking about letting Erik violate it with an intake/cam/heads/headers upgrade. Can you imagine this torch with a simple 3-mode UI at 3.5 amps?

That's it - time to wake this beauty up . . . .

pmsentFoy

Sounds like a stage 1 upgrade is in order.

3-8-13 update

I've always been very fond of this extremely handsome torch and after E put in the supercharger (driver upgrade) Foy's example might be the brightest V9-T6 there is. It is seriously bright and as I may have said before, its performance now equals its fine appearance.

I don't use it much but it is still one of the best looking and now, best performing C8 light I own.

Foy