Reflector revised: ReyLight Pineapple Brass 14500/AA Flashlight, Nichia 219C 4000K

Isn’t 12-24 Christmas Eve? At promptly 12:24 on my phone I got a message from DHL that this sample brass light from Rey will be here on the 13th. :slight_smile: Review pending, photo’s galore, of course. :wink:

I agreed that it’s a different class of light but the manufacture need to think like consumers else they wont do well.

Just a feed back as a buyer’s view and i don’t meant to whinge.

Consumers that buy a flashlight at similar cost will compare other lights for more features. Not everyone have the money to buy everything and the vast majority of people can only pick one flashlight at similar cost and compare for more features such as lumens, design look, size and runtime.

Don’t get me wrong, I like the ReyLight Brass light but if i got $40 to spend then i will buy definitely buy Astrolux S41S as there are so many good things wins over this light also lithium batteries are so common now. This light need to come up a special feature that no other manufactures have developed or can replicate then i will consider buying otherwise it’s no different to a car that have Ferrari body with Hyundai engine and it perform like a cheap Hyundai car.

Really common 170 lumens on AA is pathetic as many cheap lights can do it better.

As a principle, consumers want a nice design, more features , good performance at competitive cost and if you can’t deliver those then someone else will make those lights and win the customers.

Nicolicous may have a point from a beginner’s view, but a light like this is not typically targeted at the entry level consumer. Bells and whistles can be left out for the higher grade of build, the more custom lineage of exotic materials. As with most custom designers, Rey is forming a following and this is growing on his successful designs. The obvious idea here was to go with a very exotic Damascus, which was met with mixed feelings over the cost. I have seen Damascus bar stock run as high as $700 per 6” bar, so I know the cost is high in that realm.

Moving back to the brass delivers a very nice light, with multiple chemistry options, and I for one welcome the change over the common key ring style small lights. I could easily gift a light like this to my Aunt’s or Uncles that are up in age and not have to worry about them learning the new Li-ion issues. :wink:

Edit: And for the record…

2016 GENESIS COUPE 3.8 Ultimate
4 SEATS 348HP 16/25MPG CITY/HWY

348-hp 3.8L GDI DOHC V6 engine
6-speed close-ratio manual transmission with carbon synchros or 8-speed automatic transmission with SHIFTRONIC® and rev-matching
18-inch alloy wheels

At around $34,000. Very cheap Ferrundai. :wink:

Many people would rather park a Hyundai Genesis at WalMart than a Ferrari. Perspectives and target market.

I guess Nicolicous is not the target market for this light. I am. So are many others. The Astrolux looks Sweet, but if I only had $40, I’d buy the ReyLight.

Agree with what gunga and DB mentioned.
I have the S41, and no doubt will also pre-order the new S41S but the ReyLight brass light fills a niche market not targetted at beginners or first time buyers.
I have the BLF Reylight Ti triple and I’m waiting for the reviews of this light before I jump in to add to my collection of brass and copper lights.

I made the prototype for the Astrolux, it’s based on my own modification to the copper X5 and I sent an aluminum model to Neal for them to go by. They tweaked it as they saw fit, of course, and as production could handle. They also re-designed the mcpcb with certain dangerous elements, namely putting the positive trace very very near to the screws that could short it to ground. Perhaps some have already forgotten it’s potential issues. At any rate, it is indeed a fairly sweet little light and certainly not a direct contender to this brass custom AA Rey has designed and implemented. Different animals, as it were. One is a potential hot rod that could get someone in trouble, the other is a sweet elegant gift option that any kid can use. :wink: A businessmans EDC, as it were. :slight_smile:

Edit: Makes me wonder who’s seen the MecArmy PT16 in Titanium or Brass? $260 or $190 respectively? Um, yeah, nope. Rey delivers.

For half the price of MecArmy PT16 titanium or brass, can get the Blackwater SR71.
mhanlen has a video rrview of the Blackwater.
Solidly built, pity about the dreadful UI as the using the same UI as MecArmy PT series gen1

If Rey decides to design his triple EDC but with brass or copper, and newer driver than his Titanium triple, I’ll join the que again

Yep I prefer ReyLight over the The Astrolux too. :slight_smile:

Hey quetzalcoatl

here is the link for you to order ReyLight Brass 219CT 9050 4Modes

:wink:

Hey Dale

I know you mod lights and im impress with your work. I also can mod too but no way near you but I do respect your skills. I hate modding because it takes time to get the parts also the cost adds up further as well as thing can go wrong during the modding. However this is not about the modding discussion rather a product offering on the market.

Like i said earlier, I honestly like the light design but it hasnt got me to a point to click the buy button. At this stage it’s just a pretty brass tube that’s all.

lets look other light manufactors why they are doing well and have unique features.

zebralight SC5AA with same batery configuration as Reylight AA- can pump 535Lumens on burst mode with good modes spacing as well as supper moon mode 0.1 Lm constaly running 4 months. No other lights can do this and they are unique whereas ReyLight offering 170lumens on burst (not so wow) and any cheap lights can do this too.

Imalent lights- offer cool and innovated features such as touchscreen like no other flashlights can deliver or copy. They do have issues but heading into a good direction and maybe one day they will have it running perfect once they work out the bugs.

Foursevens flashlights - offering cool and crazy features like bluetooth control and others. They do have issues but they are unique and innovating the technolgy. Perhaps it will be perfect oneday once they resolve bug issues.

The bottom line is consumer want to spend their money with good features, good design in comparison with other flashlights offering in the market. If you don’t think like consumers or deliver what they want then it’s going to be a tough road of business.

The reality is that I have been observing both lights from bangood when they released to the market ( S41S and Reylights AA) for similar price and it speaks for itself.

ReyLight Brass 219CT - 1 preorder

Astrolux S41S- 74 preorders and i still havent order my lights yet. This number will continue to grow and you can watch it later

Edit: I wont be further discussing on this topic as it will open up a can of worms. I dont mean to put negative things to the post rather contributing my view . The manufacturer can choose to listen to customers or refuse and it’s their choice of a dry business road.

Oh yeah !
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Nico, you’re comparing a quad pocket rocket to a genteel business man’s EDC. The target market is on opposite ends of the spectrum. Price point is not particularly it at all. AND, the quad has TK’s excellent driver, only Li-ion of course, obviously Manker is making good use of it’s BLF affiliation and drawing the crowd based on output and membership.

Rey doesn’t have this background. Doesn’t have TK programming driver’s for him. Neither does ZebraLight for that matter. And have you bought a ZebraLight lately? (was it $40 or less?) I am one that doesn’t care for the ZL programming, pulled the driver out of mine and put a TK written driver in. I haven’t seen a light made by anyone that can put out over 500 lumens on an AA cell. Not even close.

A lot of folks want an AA light that can take a regular alkaline cell as well as the Li-ion cell. This fills the bill in a nice way and makes the power. Logically speaking, too much is too much, even for me. What’s the point in having a tiny light that can make a zillion lumens if you can’t hold onto it? I’ve made AAA sized Li-ion 10440 lights make over 1000 lumens, it’s just not practical though and the reality is they can’t be used in a normal environment.

This is not about what is best, what is cheapest, what makes the most burst lumens. This is about Rey, offering us a light we like. In much the same way that Old-Lumens sells anything he makes. Rey has a following of people that like what he does. I’m one of em. :wink:

We’re obviously talking about a light in this little brass AA from Rey that is, as yet, unseen. Let’s get it in our hands and run the tests and see just exactly what it actually does before knocking it as an under performer, right? I’ll have one Tuesday and we’ll see what it can do.

look forward to your review Dale.

I wont further discuss this topic as it put out more heat then the flashlight can :)hahha

Cheers

Some people never learn. :weary:

I got the little brass light today, review HERE (lots of pics, enlargeable for detail)

Very well done Rey, somebody obviously cares how they do things as this one shows attention to detail at every turn. Iiiiiiiiiiii Liike It! :smiley:

Well, even if anything else in this light fails to attract, this is the first light I see with the 90+ CRI 219C, well sourced, Rey! I have not even had the chance to test it!

The tint is really nice, even if it makes output lower. Goes with the brass really well.

So, did I miss an estimated price for the brass?

Last he said was under $40. Maybe $36?

I don’t really find the S41 / S41S very interesting, in large part because I already have a Reylight Ti 18350 completely customized to my preferences, and it’s prettier, lighter, and has a clip. The Astrolux one goes for maximum output at a minimum cost, while Rey’s triple focuses more on doing it with style.

This brass light is interesting to me for similar reasons — because it’s a beautiful high-quality host… and it has a clip.

The Astrolux light makes a decent pocket rocket, an attempt to fit as much power as possible into a small space, but Rey’s lights are art.

If the zombie apocalypse came and I needed a practical survival light to stretch my last few batteries as far as they’ll go, I’d pick a Zebralight. But in common daily life scenarios I’m not too concerned about those things, and would rather have something a bit more luxurious. Like, a Jeep versus a Cadillac.

Zebralight has been consistently leading the pack for driver efficiency and boost power, and that’s a wonderful thing. But it’s not a very useful comparison here. The 535-lm SC5 AA doesn’t accept 14500 cells, is low-CRI cool white, only comes in military drab aluminum, requires 14+ clicks to go between 8 lm and 48 lm, isn’t moddable, and it costs nearly twice as much. Totally different beast.

I like Zebralights and have several, but if someone gave me a SC5 AA for free I probably wouldn’t use it… because for my purposes it’s kind of a downgrade from my Olight S1 Ti. However, this brass light is more unique and is something I’d find excuses to carry and use.

As a general rule, if it has a tritium slot, it’s probably not in the same market as type III hard-anodized aluminum lights. :slight_smile:

I did offer, at least. :slight_smile:

Wait, that exists now?