Slick looking 1-AA Q5 Zoom, price Drop, $4.24 from $5.99 shipped

Wallbuys have these on sale right now, 2.99 USD each:
black
gold

Thanks Chloe

I was about to post the same links LOL
I want to buy these flashlights, I want not… Now I’m pulling my hair out.

The FastTech one drops to $ 5.19 using the discount code ” BLF “. :slight_smile:

yeah, i’ve bought both of them. will complement my sipik sk68 clones in the giveaway drawer :bigsmile:

I got black one from ebay auction for $3, still waiting for it to arrive.

I DO appreciate it, however those are single mode units.

The gold wallbuys version says 1-mode, but the black wallbuys version says 3-mode. No idea if either or both are typos or not.

Also CREE XP-E (WB links) vs CREE XM-L Q5 (Ebay links) vs CREE XP-E R2 (FT link)

Great odd colors and an interesting emitter for ~6 bucks!

Anyone have one in hand? Curious how far it can be disassembled.

That flashlight is less bright than a sipik sk68 clone, a guy that have it wrote it.

Some pics of this light.
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And the lens has a longer focal length by the looks of it: so smaller hotspot but not brighter.

Can anyone comment on the beam and tint?

The Fasttech beamshots look ringy when zoomed, and some yellow shows up on the floor shot.

I ordered one today, will let ya know the tint & performance when it gets here.

Linkage to the Gold one, $4.24

Sometimes I think the China vendors use the Death Valley Days, 20-Mule Team for shipping :slight_smile:

The lens looks flatter than that of an SK68. That would make it have a smaller spot but less light in the spot. Otherwise it seems a style variant.

I got both a black (Walbuys) and gold (ebay) one. Both have 3 modes and plastic lens. They really focus down to a tight hot spot. They are pretty neat compact zoomies.

Any pics of one next to an SK-68 clone?

Mind that those shallow lenses give beautiful tight hotspots but the throw does not impress...

Can someone measure throw compared to a sk68?

I have one of the gold ones on order. I’ll do a comparison to an SK68 when I get it.

djozz wrote:

Mind that those shallow lenses give beautiful tight hotspots but the throw does not impress...

Can someone measure throw compared to a sk68?

I've got about few unmodded sk68's. I can give it a shot tonight.