Am I the only one who now hates multimode twisties? I used to like them in the past but with original DQG AAA, the mechanism (spring in the head controlling the modes) broke. The NiteCore D10 piston model is very finicky about the exact length of the battery. I had original Jetbeam AA multimode twisty and that too needed some hacking to get it to work correctly. I had similar experience with the Nitecore EZ.
Even though I love the short lights, I am no longer accepting twisties. They are difficult to work single handedly and always give trouble with different batteries. And forget multi-mode twisties, those are disasters waiting to happen. I would prefer to have low profile mechanical switches.
Ric-CN,
will the clip be reversible? Like Olight i3S EOS clip?
Reversible clip allows to attach flashlight to cap and the DQG 18650 seems rather light to be attached.
It is fantastic that it might have the XM-L2 ! I have no opinion on the cool white tint , but the neutral I would like to see as close as possible to 4000K (so 4000K-5000K).
I’m only gonna say this once, “EDC” and twisty does not compute. An EDC has to be small with a clip (got those right) and needs a clicky. A forward clicky with only one or two modes is all that is needed. A multi-mode twisty is useless in an EDC. Some will disagree but the majority of average users have already decided this issue.
I don’t understand why there are so many lights that have twistys and blinky modes when nobody wants them. All the big sellers today have clicky switches with the exception of the Mini-Mag which is mostly popular based on name and past glory. Everyone I know would prefer a clicky to a twisty and I have NEVER met ANYONE who wanted a strobe or SOS mode on their EDC.