Review: SKY*RAY G6 Stainless Steel XP-G R5 18650 Flashlight

Okwchin, yours obviously has a different driver. I ride my bike with it on med and low and it is very steady light. It about doubles my spoke count on the wheels and the chain is smoother than any of my NANJG drivers. I'll see if I can do a similar comparison when you post yours.

From Front/Left... SS, Al, Ti, SS

There is a beautiful flaring for the lanyard holes on the outside, really nice, but inside its sharp as.. Needed some fine deburing on the inside with a round 2mm HSS bur.

Nice consistent fine machine finish, really great to hold. The grooves have a very light sand/blast appearance, not really visible in a macro but a nice subtle touch.

Very clean laser? engraving.

Photo is a 1/8 second shot, we see 24 flashes from the G6, therefore PWM frequency is under 200hz (~192).

The UF-H2b has 13 flashes, therefore PWM frequency is just over 100hz (~104)

From Left;

  1. Alum twisty based on the 105c 2.8A driver 3 mode memory on low. I would describe as visible PWM, but bearable
  2. Maratac AA SS, on low - slightly more visible pwm, bearable. You can Just see it on the top half of the light from this torch.
  3. G6 on low - Ridiculously low frequency PWM, Very annoying to me
  4. UF-H2b - SERIOUSLY visible pwm, moving my hand around i see individual fingers.. doesn't even need to be fast moving - Very very annoying.

Comparing the fastest strobe on the predator vs the PWM of the G6... (should have included the UF-H2b in this pic too!! would almost the the same frequency)

From Left,

AA, AA, 18650, 18650

You would think I could see that in low and medium when riding a bike since things fly by pretty darn fast... and I don't. To me it all appears quite steady.

So how do I set up a shot like that?

Just have a camera set to delay (10 sec) and have an exposure time of about 1/8 (set exposure + or - a couple ev depending on your environment to get a 1/8 shot) and then wave the torches up or down. It usually takes several photos to get the timing right and the photo in the right spot.

Riding your bike should make any PWM under 1khz visible!! Walking is enough for mine to be annoying.. Was yours ordered in the first run? or did you have to wait for them to "restock". Mine was part of the second batch.

Mine came after a significant wait from a PayPal glitch. The order date was 6-16 but it wasn't shipped until maybe 6-26. I'll work on the picture. My wife is going to think I'm nuts waving my arms around though. Oh wait, I -AM- nuts :)

I don't know how telling this is but this is 1/12th of a second with the G6 on low:

If my calculagtions are right and I see about 18 "flashes" in the image, it will agree with your ~200hz calculation. In which case this is normal and for the "normal" eye, quite tolerable. I don't see any motion studder except where you'd expect them, like bike chains, spokes, and tires.

Which one is the other 18650 torch? Is it custom one? I saw 3 led's on it. How come is it shorter than G6?

Rats, I have gone about 45 days without hitting the "Confirm" button in Paypal.

Back to Day 1 again, waiting for a beige Manafont package to show up...

Really nice review, thanks! Sweet macro pictures as usual. Frontpage'd and Sticky'd. Sorry I'm late on this, I was away from my computer for a few days.

That's a real looker isn't it? It would be perfect with an XM-L, a clip, and 4 non-strobe modes. But as is, it looks like a great deal and a nice piece of work.

Thanks!

A clip would be very nice. It wouldn't be hard to add with a few tapped holes on the tail. I think an M3 tap should just about handle the lanyard holes. I measure them at Ø2.4mm.

NOOOOOO!!! I was too late! I'd intended to post a review about FandyFire XG-V5 during the weekend but I was too busy. Now you went and reviewed it's SkyRay counterpart before me. Big shame on you. Hmph. It doesn't matter. I will post it anyway. FandyFire is so much better than the useless Skyray clones anyway...

Looking forward to the FF review, HID. "Clone Wars!"

LOL, gladly pay the extra $3 to not have it say 'FandyFire' on that nice SS body...

I went for the Sky*Ray -just- because of the logo :p

Yea I like the their logo AND name much better than fandyfire too, sounds too...well you know....

how does this light compare to the kd C8 reviewed on this forum?

That is an apples-to-oranges comparison. Two totally different styles of lights, two different emitters. Only thing they have in common is the 18650 battery.

The C8 has a 45mm head, and is a thrower.

The SS light in the OP has a slim body with the head the same as the body, and is an XP-G, whereas the C8 is an XM-L.

One is Stainless Steel, one is not. Hard to compare them.

...and one black and the other is silver :p

What exactly were you asking, scheven?

got one of these bad boys on the way! looking forward to it..