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.
This light - PeetPen C60 - is similar to the Wuben L60.
It is the PeetPen brand, and is related to Wuben and product produced by their factory. This is a more budget flashlight. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000292823189.html
And this flashlight is probably a blast from the past, if one takes into account this thread: Review: Yezl T8X MK II Raptor
The flashlight is the YAGE YG-318C, and resembles the Yezl mentioned on Foy’s thread, and also the On The Road Z821
I believe the quality will probably be inferior, as the price difference is is huge, but…we can always take a look at it https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32706398683.html
You’re welcome.
I’m happy to see my finding put to some use.
Looks like my mistake…it doesn’t seem to be a zoomie…
But yeah, sealing at the TIR bottom seems unusual.
They replied that they do only wholesale. I asked for MOQ. Maybe they’ll sell less than 50…
If someone wants to make a GB I’m in for one.
BTW I’ve seen a variant with USB port twice already. In both cases the sellers failed to ship. It’s the first time that I see the one without port offered for sale.
I really liked that i3 mentioned above so I sought a different source, hoping that it would be cheaper. I failed at that but I found some more info. Later I noticed it’s a twisty…which kills it for me. :person_facepalming: Anyway here are my findings, maybe someone will find them interesting: