look at this lens
very good for triple
Considering buying this light, but I’m stuck between this or the HC30 NW by Nitecore… Anyone recommend one over the other? DQG wins in size and half the price but turbo sucks in comparison, probably worse build quality I imagine, and better tint on HC30… Will I miss the small size of 0.4 inches in length and 0.1 inch in diameter difference?
I own Nitecore MH20 and can’t EDC (too big to,carry, I don’t want to move to any smaller capacity battery because of losing so much battery time, 18650 or nothing!!) looking for replacement EDC. Thanks.
I have the Nitecore P12GT,and the buildquality is the best from all the lights I own.
The HC30 is a totally different light than the DQG. Quality of DQG is definately worse than Nitecore IMHO. However my DQG 4 is ok, besides some scratches in the ano. Very very light (allmost too light) and super small. I like it, and for EDC 1 cm shorter is a lot. I like the modes on the DQG 4. I think it’s slightly under 850lm, but it gets rather warm already. The 18650 seems to be the heatsink, warms up as fast or faster than the light itself.
I don’t own the HC30.
Buy the DQG in NW tint, my CW tint is hideous, but I am modding it into a triple XPL-HI anyway.
Edit: If you go for the DQG, don’t buy from cnqualitygoods. Their customer service is non-existent…
In the end, it’s really up to you. The DQG is $27 with the coupon found on BLF
Thank you very much for your input sir, though I am mostly concerned about turbo run times… 60s for an overrated 850 is horrible because I use my light on turbo for 5-10 min streaks usually. Especially getting home and bringing in groceries….
Light module burn out in long turbo.
I don’t know about the HC30 turbo stepdown. Maybe there is none? HI in DQG is about the same (400lm) I guess as the nitecore.
If you like the looks of the nitecore and don’t mind the bigger size, I’d go for it. Looks like quite a floody (not much throw) headlight.
If you want the smallest possible 18650, go for the DQG.
I do very much mind the bigger size, but it’s a regulated drop in output, dependent on cooling ability (air temp, air flow, heat dissipation from other objects) and the smooth drop is mostly unnoticeable, I believe it will still be around 700-800 lumens after 10-15 mins on turbo according to reviews I read.
The timed step I can imagine being frustrated pausing what I’m doing to turn the light off and back on every minute literally… And I think they have nearly equal hot spot size and throw, but the spill is a lot more usable on the HC30. In fact, the HC30 might have more throw (177m on Nitecore site vs I thought I read the DQG having a mere 140m? I would buy the HC30W that just dropped rather than cool white, I heard the neutral option on the DQG is unpleasant and extremely warm yellow. (I have no warm lights, so to dive in the deep end to 3k rather than a small drop from 6k to 4.5-5k temp might leave me disappointed.)
PS. My experience on this forum started an hour ago and it is awesome!!! So active, replies flying left and right in minutes, CPF seems less popular at least in some forum categories lol.
no, if you click it once, it goes to low
no memory
if you click twice, med, 3 x - high
turbo from off is one long press
{answering question “does dqg tiny 18650 start on high?”}
wle
some photos
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/album.php?albumid=1062
plus of the battery is connected to the LED Thermo
Got my DQG Tiny IV today….
Sad enough it looked horrible.
I submitted a ticket to seller, hope I atleast can get a refund…
You’re welcome
II
What is so horrible on your light?
The different anodizing colors? That had been a thing since the first one……
Edit: Saw the scratches now… Well that stinks, on the up side, it is broken in…
What? 
Yep. bad scratches and a couple of dents. Looks like its been rolling in a conveyor belt for a while 
Mine’s got some comparable scratches. I bought a faulty DQG AAA in the past, at least this one works 
Still very much like the size, but quality in general sucks. With only slight scratches as an EDC for me it’s oke though…
Offcourse it should be flawless, good luk with aftermarket sales…
Will post my mod once done. Still need some work on the driver.
Grey color have bad anodizing. They send me black for rewiew and it was OK.
I have a grey from Banggood, and it was very nice anodizing, with the bit of color mismatch that is “normal” for DQG tiny it seems. No scratches or flaws like shown…
If you want long runtimes at max power, how about the Zebralight SC600w III HI
- Build quality is superb both inside and out.
- The light has no timed turbo stepdown.
- Thermal stepdown is unnoticeable. The light will maintain near max brightness for the life of the battery.
- Excellent output: over 1100 lumens
- Wide flood, with excellent throw (19,000 lux)
- Shorter than most other 1x18650 lights, which is important for pocket-carry. Still considerably larger than the DQG though.
- Flawless build quality
- Perfect tint
- Great UI
In my opinion, the SC600w III HI is probably the best stock light I’ve ever owned. It’s so good that Vinh gave up on modifying one because none of his modifications made a significant difference on performance. About the only bad thing about Zebralights is they can’t be modded by most amateur modders.
people,which driver will be fit into this flashlight? 3amps are not enough for me.i want change it.thanks
about driver
2000mA
Just look what they’re doing
it’s step down driver and 3th tiny
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/showthread.php?t=22959
But you need new bezel & bit process on a lathe head
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/album.php?albumid=940
list this two pages
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/showthread.php?p=731180&highlight=�����#post731180
http://forum.fonarevka.ru/showpost.php?p=731443&postcount=151