DQG Spy 10180 titanium first impressions [picture heavy]

Just some quick first impressions of the DQG Spy that i won from CNQG’s giveaway a while ago.
Mine was supposed to be a pre-production sample, but since i got a neutral tinted xp-g2 instead of the xp-g CW i was supposed to receive i can’t say for sure if it’s “the real deal” or a bit rough compared to the ones for sale.

DQG Spy:

Compared to olight A3T

front view:

same size as the head of A3T

Olight I2, olight A3T and DQG Spy

compared to tank007 e09

DQG Spy on low and high, ~1 meter from the wall:

tank007 e09 on low, med and high:

The flashlight is as can be seen very tiny!
-there’s barely any reflector, so it can be considered a mule.
-the knurling is quite pleasant, but the grooves on the tail is quite sharp.

on low i measured 26mA with a fresh battery, and on high 270mA.
-you tighten the flashlight to turn on the low mode, and then you tighten it even more to get the high mode.
-because of it’s tiny size i’d say that one-handed operation is very hard, but if you keep it on a keychain it’s no problems

-since it’s a mule it’s most effective providing light close up. keeping the flashlight in your hand hanging low it can light up the ground around your feet, but not much away. turn on high and you see a little bit more… :stuck_out_tongue:

might add a couple of pictures with the batteries and the metal box that the flashlight arrived in. (the batteries are supposed to be 10x18mm, so they’re really tiny!)
-i charged the batteries with the help of some magnets in a cheap “faulty” charger i have, that only charges with 100mA instead of the claimed 1A. I’m waiting for some SMD-resistors so i can make a tp4056 charging board with ~50mA charge current for these batteries

-there’s tritium on the tail, but even after several minutes in a dark room i can barely see a faint glow if i move it ~15cm in front of my eyes. at an arms length i can’t see it. i hope i just got a faulty one, but i can’t complain since i got it for free.

-i haven’t done any run tests, and i don’t know if there’s any low voltage protection, so i might not do any neither.

feel free to ask more questions!

Thanks for the photos! Compared to the E09, it looks like it’s about half the size of Preon P0, and NW too. :open_mouth:

Oh, does the tritium look replaceable? Is it glued in place?

is there a lens on the front of the thing? I don’t like the chances of it going into [my] pocket and not coming out with a scratched dome.

i can’t see any glue, it might be just pressed into place, but i’m not sure.
(clickable pictures, this time taken with my LG G2 phone instead of my panasonic gf3 m43 camera…)

yes there is a lens. can’t tell if it’s coated or not.

Hello this is my first post. Sorry for my bad English.
I have a Spy CW.
In mine tritium can barely see in the dark.
The lens is plastic (I think it is suitable for this type of flashlight)
Tritium is fixed with adhesive 502.
I really like the user interface, and I really like this flashlight. :slight_smile:
I have several 10180 (Lummi wee ns,Veleno designs quantum DD, and Peak Eiger). The spy is the lightest and smallest of them all.

Welcome stirner!
You English sounds is good. Could you take a picture of all your 10180 flashlights together?

!!

Sorry. The photo is not very good

Hi and welcome stirner. You have a very nice line up of miniature lights.

Thanks stirner!

Who does not love small lights?

And that DQG Spy is definitely one of the smallest and brightest lights.

That really is a good collection, HKJ . It is a pity that more of them are not in stock anywhere
I usually read your page about flashlights. You do a great job

Nice collection. Thanks stirner and HKJ for the comparison pics.

The main reason being that your photo is back lit, for subject like torches you need the light from the front.

Torches on diagrams of firearms (pistols).

Very nice :wink:

Thanks for the advice fartybum. I tried to put more light, but did not go well. I’ll remember for more photos
The best is the natural light, but in my country it rains a lot. :slight_smile:
You have sharp eye Boro. It’s a mat I use for cleaning a pistol take pictures or anything else .


Is smaller than the button batteries keychain flashlights!


The battery sent bears the mark of a competitor

Nice little light!

Specs:
Dimension: 27mmx12.5mm
Netweigt: 6 gram

Did you checked the weight ?

Thanks the ! :slight_smile:

Tempting… minimal weight of lummi wee 12 - 20 g….