I suppose I'll need to contact Klarus with a serial number and some other details to see what is what..
Yes,that does indeed look like the G20L switch, but still.. that's kinda shoddy. Also I don't understand the different emitter type and different modes. Not that I would complain about such upgrades if that is actually the case but what I'm worried it's that those aren't upgrades/changes of a newer revision but just tells that it's not the real product from Klarus. Anothertthing I can't understand, is what's going on with the tail cap not being able to unscrew it no matter what. Looks like it's welded in place or glued on. So far this is my first Klarus light, but in comparison, the quality looks questionable and of a lower standard than even my Sofirn lights, which supposedly are of a budget brand..
hey there and my first post here. OP, looks like you have an updated G20. check out klarus website and they updated the emitter and it says XHP70.2 P2 but the picture of the light still the old one. also, from looking at your pics above. your emitter is 70.2! you have 2 dots on the corner
i ordered one from amazon yesterday and i hope ill get the same one as yours!
Hi. Does it also specifies 4 + 1 modes instead of the 3 + 1 that is on the old (?) version ? Anyways, I've got a full refund for mine from AliExpress under the suspicion of counterfeit. Also because I had to damage the thing to get the tail cap off.. which was glued with epoxy - old one isn't..(?)
Can you open the tail cap on yours, or is it glued with the blue epoxy as well ? If so, I would rather have the original one which had unlocked threads. Greased, if anything..
Glued tailcap. Also, im reading your post about “boost” are you talking about momentary mode? Yes it will stay 12 secs thats how they designed it. But if its manually put in turbo it will stay on turbo for a long time as advertised.
Its the effect on your eye because you keep on cycling modes.
Do this. Set the side switch to turbo the turn it off. Then you can compare them quickly by using momentary tail switch then side switch. You will notice they are both the same brightness
What I was doing was going up to 4th level, going to the momentary turbo from there, with the cut-off (hold > off > turbo) release the button, then it would return to the 4th level without any cut-off (turbo > release > 4th lvl) So there wasn't any eye adaptation period from turbo back to 4th lvl of brightness.
What I was doing was going up to 4th level, going to the momentary turbo from there, with the cut-off (hold > off > turbo) release the button, then it would return to the 4th level without any cut-off (turbo > release > 4th lvl) So there wasn’t any eye adaptation period from turbo back to 4th lvl of brightness.</
The turbo is the 4th level! Now the step down when doing momentary for 12 sec is not high or turbo. Im assuming its like more than 650 lumens maybe a thousand lumens.
But for manually putting to 4th level/turbo it will stay 3000 in regards to the temp. Mine stays long when im outside since the weather here in CT is god damn cold freezing.
Unless my step-down it's occurring right at the instance when I'm releasing the button after whatever period from half a second to anything under 12 seconds, we're talking about two different interfaces.
Anything under 12-15 sec its the turbo which is 3000lumens. Without releasing after 12-15secs it will step down to higher than 3000lumens. This is the same setup on the manual turbo selected after 3 mins or so. This is how mine reacts as im ok with it
Low > Medium > High > Turbo (which is the same with the momentary Turbo)
What I have is 5 brightness levels:
Low > Medium > High > Turbo and momentary Turbo (which is higher than Turbo from the main sequence)
Now, I don't have a lux meter or whatever other luminous intensity measurement tool, but the 5 brightness steps look pretty much linear to my eyes, like in, hard to confuse them, low to med, med to high, high to turbo and turbo to... let's call it "momentary Turbo Boost"..
So, charged battery, cold flashlight - Turn On with tail cap (Low) > tap (Medium) > tap (High) > tap (Turbo) - this so far is the main sequence (takes 2 seconds tops to go through the 4 levels / If kept, the Turbo would last at least 30 sec. without stepping down) - continuing on - hold 2sec. (Off / eye adapts - unreliable.. ) > keep holding another 2 sec. (momentary Turbo "Boost" - which will last about ~10 sec.) - we still have a cold flashlight and a fully charged battery t this point at about 6 seconds in tops > release button (Turbo - from the main sequence, 4th brightness level) - can see significantly lower brightness than the "Momentary Turbo Boost" (5th brightness level - not accessible in the main loop sequence) - no eye adaptation at this point, as the transition from momentary Turbo "Boost" to Turbo from the main loop sequence is instant as you're releasing the button. Should the Momentary Turbo be the same as the main loop sequence Turbo (the 4th level of brightness) provided that we've accessed it from the main sequence Turbo, releasing the button from this level back to the main sequence Turbo should not make any visible difference between the two modes at least for the first 10 seconds of use or so, after which you can expect the step down.
I don't know how t explain it more short than this, but the short story is that I do have 5 distinctive levels of brightness on this flashlight and it's nearly impossible to not discern between them. If you're saying that your unit has only 4 brightness levels, then we are talking about two different drivers, two different interfaces.
Provided that my manual also looks different that yours, that clearly specifies version 2, it's not so hard to imagine that mine might just as well be a knockoff, which I'm most inclined to believe.
