Its not the looks, you can’t tell a thing about the switch by looking at it, I’m sure most of the people that are apprehensive have had crappy electric switches. And I don’t mean just on flashlights, I’ve had them go on everything from microwaves to refrigerators (though they seem to be getting better with the ones on appliances). End of the day clicky’s usually feel WAY more durable and are way easier to replace/repair.
Whats more of a concern is, IMO, covers used on switches, even tho there isnt much of a friction/movement going on with these switches, they might wear out covers in pretty aggressive manner, couldnt they?
I do agree it is really the cover/boot that ends up being the problem, with the ones I’ve had go bad its always just a matter of them no longer making the connection not the actual switch failing.
Directly from Lumintop.
Oh and its quite warm to my eyes, much warmer than that of D40A NW or EA8W!
I hope I will get a chance to experiment with DSLR and do some proper beamshots tomorrow night, so this review should be ready by monday/tuesday latest ;)!
Sorry for miscommunication, I obtained it for review from Lumintop, they were kind enough to send me one to see how good it is against their AA competition, D40A NW as well as EA8W to some extent, its naturally that they are curious to see what people have to say about their premium price light vs other similarly priced and specced lights.
So far they are winning on battery compability big time, there is simply no other light like this in the market today, is there?
If you want to buy it, you could ask their skype rep, very helpful and professional person, his/her name is Jell, very timely and detailed answers ;)!
I cant find any information regarding this LED, but Lumintop assured me that theres no typo and that it is really the name of this LED and not XM-L2 T6 3C :D!
Little update - it was rather foggy+camera didnt perform up to the task so beamshots will be delayed for a week.
I will try, however, to finalise my review in coming days in order not to postpone it for too long ;)!
Thanks for understanding to those, who are interesting in this review and I will keep you all updated :)!
I bought some of these some time ago. In my amateur opinion, they seem like they really are 3C. Haven't tried to test output to see if not T6, but I trust the vendor. There is also a picture of the Cree label there.
Looking forward to the full review veer
EDIT: I'm a ditz. I missed the 2 in XML2. I haven't heard of this emitter either.
On their website (http://www.lumintop.com/Products_45.html#.UkCcRxvD_mE) they are saying XM-L2 T6, so probably that's what it is because I don't see how a 3C tint exists in the U2 bin either - don't think the Lumintop source there knows, maybe... If it did exist, everyone would be jumping all over it - no sacrificing output for a neutral tint, how it should be.
Interesting ImA4Wheelr - that CREE label does look legit from the Convoy guy - think Simon?? If they did it for XML's, maybe a batch was released for XM-L2's, but strange we are not hearing of it anywhere else...