Review Eagle Eye X2R

Nice review. Well written and well organized. I enjoyed the pictures!

Very good review, great pictures and writing…. I really think this X2R is one of the best “starter” or gift lights for someone new to 18650 lights. Amazing bargain and great workmanship on a $15 dollar light.

Thanks a lot for this great review with the nice beamshots!
Regards
Carsten

Host is pill-less, similar to new S3? Driver retaining ring screws into same threads that tube screws in?

I dont know, i dont do tear downs but in post #3 are maybe useful informations for you.

Yes, integrated head/pill. The driver retaining ring has its own threads, you can see it a little in my picture earlier

In case this interests anyone, here is a picture of the X2R with an S2+ 18350 tube next to its older brother, the X5R.

I measured the tailcap-current today with my new multimeter and it was 1,61 / 0,72 / 0,08
So very similar to the manufacturer values.

Head temperature in Celsius

Im sorry that i can not tell the exact range in yards to the white camping table in my outdoor shots. Ive ordered a laser rangefinder

Great review. I like the look of the easily unscrewable head. However the S2+ has a much better range of tints.

For someone who ‘just started with photography’ your pictures are fantastic!
And I agree… a macro lens is simply a must-have. I have two of them and they are about 40 years old!

(auto-focus is pretty much redundant when taking macro shots anyway… and you can buy the older stuff much cheaper :slight_smile: )

Good review & excellent pictures.
Thanks PD for the additional driver info and S2+ tube lego

Pretty nice light for the money. Love the Convoy Grey so I had to buy an EE X2R
This would be a good gift light for the non-flashlight friends without getting into chargers.

I went Grey in 3A tint for $15 shipped right now

As for tints, it can be any or emitter you wish it to be. Driver will be on the difficult side.

Thank you but i think its really down to the right equipment in my case. I just watched some youtube tutorials about product photography. Thats the good thing about youtube, i did the same with areal photography after i bought a small multicopter (drone) 4 years ago. I had no idea about video editing and i bought a cheap software and watched some tutorials. Thats actually the fun and interesting part of it, to learn that new stuff and when you reached the goals you will loose the interest. After i edited some movies i had no joy anymore and the drone is unused since 7 months or so, i need to sell it soon. In those 4 years i bought a new model every year, of course i sold the predecessor everytime. I think the key is when you have fun about doing something. In my school time i had not much fun in school, i had not much fun in learning english. As a 13 year old you have other things in mind and its like somebody forcing you to learn things. In the late 90s i loved the “yahoo chat” and that was much better for my english :stuck_out_tongue:

To the product photography, i dont use flashes, just normal studio lights and you cant go wrong there because what you see is what you get. I have no idea how i would use flashes and set them up correctly and all that. Its much easier with permanent lighting and i think you really just need the right stuff. My lens is like a cross between macro and portrait, so its not really a full macro lens according to photography forums.

Where is the cheapest site to order the X2R from?

And PD: I think you should start a X2R mod thread, this one is going to be very popular. :smiley:

At the moment definately gearbest. Ali Express has it for 17 dollars. Couldnt find it at banggood or fasttech. Gearbest offered no coupon for it because the price is already pretty low.

Not sure if it cheapest but I ordered from GB $15 Don’t think BG will sell that brand :frowning:
Eagle Eye X2R LED Flashlight - 3C TITANIUM GREY

Searched Ali and only one for more $$
Tried searching images and all link to here or GB.

Thanks! ordered 1A version from GB for $14.39. coupon doesn’t work because it is “already on discount”, like 80% of all the items on GB.

I read somewhere EagleEye gives12% BLF discount on their Ali shop, although that may have been about their new 26650 light.

Has someone already modded the light to give 3A on the LED? 1.6 is a little to less for my purpose…

At 3A, the light on high will be only about 30-40% brighter than stock, but would deplete the battery about twice as fast. This light at “only” 1.6A is brighter than the paper numbers would let you believe. For the price, give it a shot, I am sure some good mods will come from this light eventually.

I have already several lights with XM-L2 operated at 3A and below. For my purpose this will not be enough. Battery deplation is not important, because enough spare batteries will be available and furthermore I could still switch to lower modes.