I have one of those. It was sold as a Nebo Redline.
It looks quite nicely built with a side electronic switch, built-in USB support, and a tailcap magnet.
Unfortunately, the feeling that this might be a good light only lasted until I turned it on.
The output is cool white and quite dim. I’m not sure what the LED is, but if it’s like previous Nebo Redline entries, it is not using a CREE, or even a CREE clone. The LED’s output seems like something I would expect in an 5 or 8 year old light. It’s dim. My guess is 100 lumens max output.
I also worry about durability… the red line between the bezel and the head is a trademark of the Nebo Redline series lights. It is made of translucent red plastic and glows brightly when the light is on. But this also seems to be a major point of weakness. Most similar zoomies have a metal bezel that screws into a metal head. But in the Redline, that thin red plastic is all that’s holding the bezel and lens on. There is no metal-to-metal contact in the head. I worry that if I drop the light bezel down onto a hard surface, the red plastic might crack and possibly destroy the head.
The light makes no attempt to be waterproof or even water resistant. The USB socket under the zoom bezel is not sealed in any way.
The UI is high-low-off, with double-click for strobe. You have to cycle modes to turn the light off.
The entire light is also quite long. It is longer than some 18650 lights even though it uses a 14500.
NOTE: I have not tried opening this light to test modding potential, but I did try modding a smaller Nebo Redline that used a CR123 cell. that previous Redline proved an unsuitable host for modding. It had barely any superstructure around the LED and insufficient mass to run an LED at full power with a 16340.
Although it has a Fresnel lens, Brinyte has the T28 Artemis that is a 21700 zoomie.
Then lens is different, though and it has 3 different leds inside (in an oscillating platform to alternate between White, Red and Green).
Patented. Well, people should learn to “not touch or deal with patented stuff even with a ten feet pole”. Patents must die as they are. Without patents involved, everyone's happy except maybe the morons those who think they have the right to confiscate our knowledge.
Other than this, the CALS must be some small variarion of Led Lenser's focusing system just to meet what is required for a new patent. A sick sheesh which is the bread-and-butter in the pharma industry.
I found another source for SK58-clone with 18650. This time without USB…but they offer it for sale only in bulk. Nevertheless I asked whether they’d sell me one.
I really like this compact 18650 light. It even accepts 3xAAA so it should take 20650 stock and seeing how thick it is it may accept even larger cells.
I ordered that Pocketman. Like there's no cheap tail switch, looks like nicely moddable and for $8 shipped, worth the risk. Problem is I got 2 Ali orders from April 23rd still not arrived.
Thanx for the research! I'm always interested in your findings - I check them all out.
From the pictures and specs, that’s the super-rare 18650 version! It’s the one that I found on EBay years ago marketed as “Aleto N8”. Had lots of fun modding it to be shorter and adding a sideswitch and fresnel lens. Got carried away shortening it actually, and one I modded I managed to take off nearly 2 cm of length, while still having a functional zoomie with electronic side switch.
The AA/14500 version of this light is super-common, but the 18650 version is almost impossible to find.
Why I like it:
Best 18650 pocket zoomie for modding in my opinion
Very compact for an 18650 zoomie and with a narrow pocket-friendly bezel
Heat sink fins on the body tube giving this light better heatsinking that virtually all other ultra-compact 18650 zoomies.
Easy to mod (like any budget zoomie).
Cheap - so if you do screw up on a mod you aren’t out a lot of money.
The 4 I got from EBay years ago were the only ones I ever found. And then it disappeared and hasn’t been seen in years.
Yeah… 50 of them is too much. Still… that comes out to less than $7 per light. If someone wants to setup a group buy for a lot, I’d buy maybe 5 of these.