Finally got my neutral white (5700k) Jaxman E2 in today, and I find its tint to be astounding.
I have a wealth of other high CRI flashlights to compare it to, and I don’t think any are close to the E2’s Nichia high color temperature 219B. The differences are especially apparent with wood tones.
My L3 Illumination’s L11C with Nichia 219B at 4500k looks dirty and orange in comparison, and doesn’t differentiate greens from browns as well as the Jaxman E2, and flesh tones look more copper-tanned than pinky-flesh as it would under the sun.
My Zebralight SC62D with Phillips Luxeon T at 5000k was previously my sunlight mimicker, but it comes off looking very green in comparison to the Jaxman E2. It still looks decently white next to the purer E2, though.
My Zebralight H600FD with XML2 sporting the easywhite technology at 5000k (closer to 4800k) also looks very yellow/green in comparison, not being able to differentiate browns from greens as well and other colors, as everything is veiled with a yellow tone.
Naturally, people looking for a more incandescent look with high color rendering can still loom in the 3-4.5k range— the likes of which the 4500k 219B is still good at doing. Also, those who found the Luxeon T of the SC62D too cool in the spill will undoubtedly find the spill of the E2 neutral white to be even cooler and uninviting. The spill of the neutral white E2 is also my only potential gripe about its tint. I wish it was closer to the 5400k of the hotspot, which I find to be perfectly white. Needless to say, the Jaxman E2 is a must buy for those looking for the highest amount of color delineation and rendering ability from their light as if it were sunlight itself.
As far as build quality and feel, I find the light to be good enough. I wish the reverse clicky was a bit taller, but that’s a nitpick. I also wish I could skip the strobe modes as well, but I’m glad it has the very inviting standard reverse clicky interface, where it always starts at low and subsequent half-presses up the output levels.
I can’t tell that there’s any PWM with the low and medium modes at all, so I find the PWM on this light all but a moot point— in my experience anyways.