The review isn't here.
When will it ever arrive?
Been waiting for a day. 0:)
Haha, I just got it less than 24hr ago. I am very slow when it comes to review. Please bare with me.
waiting for your review, specially the twisty part and how many lumens on 14500 and AA.
Nice light, and toughtful that there is a code as well. I'm actually interested in buying it but I would like to see a teardown first (and since it was provided for review anyway... :innocent: ) . *please* :-)
Sorry, link has been fixed and coupon is up (fixing code now). I need to redo my pics, will do a interior view soon. Meanwhile, I am late for my routine jog. Haha.
COUPON FIXED. SORRY
hey... where is the review? I can only see some pictures.... hmmmm 
Cool. I was wondering about this light. Looking forward to the review.
a disappointment, just like its big brother 18650
Treat it as a shortcoming, just make sure the battery length is right and it should work fine. I believe most twisty do suffer similar fate as well.
Do you get mode issues with nimh batteries? Are the modes 2.5-35-180 lumen on both battery types? Any mode memory?
No spring right? Looks like it could use foam in the head to help action.
Thanks sofar for the review! Do you have a picture of the driver, and how the led is mounted? Is there a removable pill? (I ask for obvious reasons 
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Strange, I cannot duplicate the problem, every battery works fine now. Probably the battery's button got caught with the foam just now. No memory, starts from Low.
I tried to peal off the foam with my tweezers, but I end up tearing a piece out from it 
. Foam is weak and double side tape/ glue is strong. It did expose some components underneath the foam. I have no choice but to seal it back, cannot afford to damage it before I finish up the review.
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I know from disassembling a DQG AAA light that it is easy to damage the stuff inside. I just hope that this light is a bit easier to open up and swap the emitter. No hurry for this, and I would not want you to destroy a nice light :-)
Are the modes 2.5-35-180 lumen on both battery types? Is it brighter on 14500 or the same? How do you like it overall?
Thanks for the review!
14500 does produce slightly higher output than NiMH, based on my initial measurements. XP-G R5 was 725mA on high which is more than 250lm. Yes, I like it a lot and I have been playing with it for the past 2 days. I do own a couple of ultra-compact class flashlights, but none of them is able to hold up to my expectations until now. It is definitely my first choice for EDC light right now. But please do not take my words for it, as choosing flashlight can be a personal thing.
Those are LED lumens. OTF (Out the front is likely 165-175 lumens assuming 65-70% efficiency).
Also, tailcap measurements do not account for driver inefficiencies so you are not getting that at the LED.
It still seems pretty good though. I may order one because I’m a sucker for little AA lights.
Yup, OTF value be ~15% lesser. 65% efficiency will be really bad... 
You got me! I ordered one. Thanks for the review!