Dear DB Custom,
Thanks for excellent review and especially the photos.
Are you sure that your current measurements are correct?
I suppose you measured current drawn from battery.
Comparison between levels 2 and 3 for both types of energy source looks very disturbing to me.
If a valet is a gentlemans gentleman,
then this must be a gentlemans flashlight.
Ready to serve you a lifetime.
And I would NOT file off the cord hole on the clip!
@Dale: nice review. This light has touched you, or what?
MiG0, I took current readings at the tail with a 12Ga loop and clamp meter. Have no idea why the numbers would disturb you. Must be missing something…
Henk, yeah, I like it. The overall style is nice, build quality is exceptional, numbers from the 2 different (3 different?) cells are very acceptable and the light, used as such a light would be used, just works nicely. The Nichia emitter is a good choice here I think, seems good choices were made in a lot of areas on this one… my opinion of course, as I really like a well made small flashlight.
I know some people just really have to have some negatives to feel good, where I tend to overlook negatives and focus on the positives. So, that said, if one just had to look for cons I suppose one or two could be found. Here’s a couple of little nigglin things… the switch button needs a pretty deep press to turn it on initially. It’s a concentrated effort, not likely to be done accidentally. My ~80 yr old Uncle was here yesterday and he has fat fingers and thumbs, he had issue with it. He loved the light, the weight of it, and thought it’d make a great gift for his wife. (both are very persnickety and want things to be Just So!) He said the light was made solid enough to fire out of a shotgun. I have to agree, but I don’t think it’s overkill here. The CNCQ DNQ Brass Beauty feels like it could be easily crushed, they tried so hard to make it as small as possible. Nice to see a light made for the long haul.
The pocket clip doesn’t grip as strong as some, so it won’t hold the light at the top edge of the pocket for example. And of course it is attached to the tail cap (in a manner of speaking) and comes off when changing cells, where it could have been maybe better if it stayed with the body of the light.
FWIW, the Nitecore MH20GT that just came in yesterday isn’t perfect either, and cost a smooth hundred bucks. (Pocket clip is TOO tight, difficult to remove from the pocket.) But that’s another story…
Nigglin things, hardly worthy to note which is why I didn’t in the first place.
If you look for the bad in life you will find it, if you spend your time looking for good you will likely create it. 
The pre-machined tritium slot is genius
Dale - Very nice review with the great pictures we expect from you.
Rey - Just based on the pictures I’m in agreement with Dale. That is one fine piece of craftsmanship. I think you nailed it in the styling department. In that side by side comparison picture of the DQG 18650 Brass Beauty there is really no comparison. The “Brass Beauty” looks like an unrefined piece of brass pipe compared to the styling you’ve worked into yours. What is the actual name of the light? I’m not sure if the “Golden Rey of Sunshine” was just clever wordplay by Dale or really the name of the light.
I do agree with jacktheclipper about the cord hole and would definitely file it off if I had one but as evidenced by comments above some people like the cord hole. For me it would just be something sticking out as a snag point or would be poking into my leg if I had it clipped to my pants pocket. If the clip is a little loose it should be easy enough to give it a gentle bend to tighten it up. I’ve had to do that on many lights and pocket knives and do not consider that anything to gripe about. This looks like a nicely done review of a nicely done flashlight. Bravo!
Does it smell bad?
Yes, really, I have some bad smelling brass stuff…
It is called ReyLight Pineapple. In the EOI thread, we named it yesterday.
Your hands produced to much sweat 
Nice review Dale. It looks like the driver has two very shallow inductors. It would be nice if HKJ could get a hold of one for testing to see how performance is on the two types of cells. Very nice work Rey, well done all around.
Maybe it’s because the reading for the third level shows lower amps than the second level but higher lumens :
LevelCurrent__Lumens
2…………0.47A………4.002
3…………0.391A……30.774
LevelCurrent__Lumens
2…………0.63A………10.212
3…………0.477A……96.945
I think there’s a missing leading zero on both level 2 readings.
I could send him mine. It, uh, didn’t make the first 24H of Frankendale. 
Crap! Did I do that? :person_facepalming:
0.003A for 0.069 Lumens
0.047A for 4.002
0.391A for 30.774
1.325A for 86.94
0.001A for .003?
0.063A for 10.212
0.477A for 96.945
1.83A for 362.25
I sure thought I double checked it. was feeling poorly and while I did manage to get it done I guess I transposed the list a bit wrong. Sorry.
With the Lithium Primary 1.5V Energizer the base reading’s were
0.003A for 0.00 on the meter
0.044 for 4.209
0.389 for 33.4995
1.323 for 106.95
I’ll take a picture of my sloppy notes so y’all can see it’s true… geesh, can’t believe I missed that.
Edit: Photo of the notes from testing
My light box has a multiplier of .345.
And yes, the notes to the side are from building a 15mm FET driver. 738 lumens on level 5. What can I say? I really like TK’s UI’s. 
Send me that circuit if you’re not using it!
Great looking light and super review Dale.
Sorry if I missed it but is he light coated or uncoated? I am wondering about the patina potential.
Cheers
It’s raw brass. Mine is darkening a bit already and I’ve just had it 2 days. (ever so slightly, but still)
Bumping up this nice review.
Nice review Dale. Interesting little light.
THANK YOU for the time you spent showing us this. :+1: Hope you feel better. TL
Thanks guys. Appreciate it.
It’s kind of a bear getting all the pics uploaded and keeping them sorted while posting the review. I got a little mixed up in the output numbers but the “fambly” was quick to point out my dyslexia and we got it taken care of. lol
Doing ok Dan, thanks. The cooler weather always takes a toll on me, this 97º stuff is chilly! Brrrrr! Gotta dig out some jackets…