I totally agree with you especially on a small head like this, it is important to maximize thermal mass and surface area. I wouldn’t want a large stainless steel bezel, which is a thermal insulator. We do need a bezel inorder to get to the mcpcb so I prefer an aluminum bezel so it can absorb and shed heat much better.
I also agree that they could have raised the finning around the button to leave a recessed button. The current design with the wedge at the button loses some mass and fins around the button. But I doubt FF will redo the design since they already said this is the Final.
I sure wish they’d “embiggen” the individual TIR’s so they merge, all that wasted space kicks in my OCD and makes me crazy! Maybe they could make the center TIR larger to attempt some throw? Just sayin…
There’s a huge number of Chinese ~35mm lenses available, they are used for one of light bulb standards. Unlikely to be exactly the same as Tiny, though it could be compatible. Judging by head diameter I think the lens would be <35 mm.
Titanium is a heat insulator instead of conductor, which is not a good choice for a high output scorcher like this. The heat will get trapped in the MCPCB and internal components will get damaged pretty quickly.
I completely have the same opinion, plus that a clip that goes parallel to the battery tube (Olight, Solarforce) looks much better than one that slopes towards it.
Is this just your wish or do you have some information, that it will have titanium body (as an option)?
This flashlight looks nice, but as usual, I have (several) different flashlights, that can do the same job, so I don’t really need it… BUT if it was made of titanium, it would be a piece to collect
I would love to see a full-circle clip in an Olight deep-carry style. Sort of a mix between the picture above and this one:
Except in this case, the clip would be on the tail instead of the head. Starting from the tailcap, it would have a full ring between the tailcap and body tube. Then it bends back toward the tail, turns 180 degrees just before it reaches the back end of the tailcap, and goes forward again. It stays parallel to the body until it dips down to touch the side of the battery tube. Then it slopes upward to provide a place to slide fabric underneath, but it doesn’t go up as high as the long parallel section.
You’re correct. Forget about extremely affordable and easily machinable aluminum for a light as affordable as this. We need to get serious and start looking into flashlights made from diamond, cubic boron arsenide, or graphene.
Has there been any word on when they expect the e07 will be made available? Seems like alot of competing lites in the 21700 format all of a sudden. None seem as interesting as the e07. But my new samsungs are getting anxious.
Photon Fanatic took a square bar of Tungsten, cut it to round, then made a very unique flashlight from it. The weight was obviously more than other lights but not prohibitive. Remember, even with the weight of Tungsten or Gold the flashlight is a hollow tube, not a lot of solid area to make the weight add up. (in other words, even with a much larger light it would take quite the weakling to develop a limp from carrying a light!)