Zooming Model List (2018 Updated) Tell us about your newest zoomie!

Nice collection of zoomies Agro.

I have the Supfire A2. It’s not bad. Built-in charging and the button lights up bright green when the light is on. On the other hand, the UI isn’t great… long press for on/off and short press to change modes. And the light is fairly long…. too long in my opinion for pocket EDC.

I don’t have the one with the white central section. From the pictures it looks like the white head might be made of plastic. If that’s the case durability and thermal performance will be awful.

Yes, thanks for sharing, Agro!

Some of them look good, though I'm not huge zoomie fan.

Well, I’m certainly glad you’re digging them up. The more options I have of finding a suitable host, the better! :+1: :beer:

I think I'm gonna hurl after seeing all these cheapo zoomies, but, I think I own bout half of them

Another family of twisty zoomies with different lens sizes (up to 66 mm lens / 75 mm head).
They all take 18650.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000321611399.html

These are really nice lights but again without anodized threads? I like design…

Another one for you Mike C:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000222515753.html

And a fairly compact 18650 light:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/32861169430.html

I finally ordered the P10 from here at Ali. Probably will come after the holidays, depends when it will ship, for real that is... NYS sales tax is tough to swallow now, but total is about the same at BG - could not get any discounts on BG because of reduced price. Now it says one order, guess that's me...

I’ve been using one of these for about a year. I like the form factor. I don’t like the bluish tint, the male USB charging under the tail cap, and especially the strobe in the main mode sequence.

I got it at half price via Vipon coupon and it’s good for the price and I carry it clipped to my belt daily. It seems pretty tough - it’s been popped off my belt and hit the ground many times and still works fine. It’s heavy enough that I’ve always heard it when it hits the ground, floor or whatever.

I’d love to have an AA size light in this format, but with better tint and UI.

Actually, I’d love to have this light updated with better UI and tint.

Dual e-switch, powerbank, side light… It can do a lot but it’s not among the most compact 18650 out there. :wink:

Yet another tactical zoomie:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32827797266.html

Thank you sir! :beer:
Once I get around to ordering, receiving and tearing some of these apart I can post a few pics of the internals. Most will be junk but with some luck and maybe some custom pills/spacers from kiriba-ru, some of these options should be good enough.

I’m sure I’ve seen these Led Lenser clones before but I fail to find them now. Also, they seem to be missing from this thread.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1842513598.html

26650 zoomie with charging:

https://www.fasttech.com/products/1601/10015804/9698024-authentic-ultrafire-uf-p52-led-flashlight-w-focus

3*18650 quad LED zoomie (with charging :slight_smile: )

https://www.fasttech.com/products/1601/10009384/9708063-authentic-supfire-gf01-outdoor-fishing-led

Another 3*18650 quad LED zoomie (with charging :slight_smile: )

https://www.fasttech.com/products/1601/10019425/9658887-tanlu-t450-led-flashlight-w-focus-zoom

18650 zoomie with charging:

http://www.supfireenglish.com/products/124-cn.html

26650 zoomie with charging:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33018495303.html

Cute Led Lenser inspired 18650 with charging:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32919028855.html

I’m not sure if I should trust it but the seller tells it’s 3*AAA with charging:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000167211090.html

Slim tail-rechargable 18650:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32964273829.html

Another batch…
18650 with powerbank:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000037444091.html

2*AAA penlights with a single LED that has dual CCT:


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33060939120.html

UV zoomies with 365 nm + 395 nm:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33003995228.html

A smaller variant of the previously mentioned diving zoomie:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32961008285.html

Compact 110x31 mm 18650 zoomie. The bezel is sagging. :person_facepalming: But it’s small. :wink:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32882491361.html

A good looking diving zoomie:

And yet another diving zoomie, Archon W16U:

Although declared as a zoomie this is reflector light? So this is zoom style reflector light. Like maglight? :slight_smile:

I missed the reflector. It may be a maglight-style zoomie and the use of a word “focusing” clearly suggest some zoom mechanism. But I’ve seen Chinese people call other lights which simply had twisty UI “zooming” - and this seems to have a magnetic ring.
So it may be just a translation error.

Rcv'd it today! Not bad - quite bright in flood mode, and much wider flooder than a 1504, and wayyy easier/faster to zoom in/out - it's a slider!! Stiff enough to not easily go on it's own. The head diam is 80 mm, maybe ~79 mm at the widest so the lens looks the same width as the 1504, no bigger. Ugly UI, as expected - gotta click thru all modes to turn it off: hi-med-lo-strobe. Hold button down for 3 secs and it auto switches modes - no advantage there.

The 7 square images at max spot mode is pretty bad... Been testing it on the provided no label cell as-is, and still the light does well. Might be a boost driver, not sure yet. No square threads on this budget light, but nice o-rings on the batt tube, big thick tail spring. Side e-switch feels pretty good, actually, and the condition is bout perfect - no dings or noticeable imperfections. It's a big light though - wayy longer than a 1504. You'd think it could take 2 18650's given it's length, but there's a lot of wasted space.

My favorite high end flashlight brand SkyWolfEye® has this new sleek AA zoomie:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32871085557.html

It’s the AA version of this beauty:

The AAA version i already have, so i had to order the AA version too.
It’s nice and compact, as opposed to the good old SK68 design.
It’s possibly the most compact (read thin walled) AA zoomie on the market.
Luckily they make it of military grade aircraft aluminium (recycled WWII planewrecks?)

Is the lens any good?
I bought a 1504 head in the past, and the glass lens wasn’t what i expected… Only suitable for large die LEDs…