Keygos C11

mags · August 2, 2012, 4:47pm

I just picked up this torch the other day, anyone out there tested this yet?

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/KEYGOS-C11-CREE-XM-L-XML-T6-LED-1600Lm-18650-3x-AAA-Zoomable-Flashlight-Torch-/110901913652?pt=US_Flashlights&hash=item19d244e834

mags · August 7, 2012, 4:41pm

anyone have anything similar to model C11?

Sharpthangs · August 8, 2012, 12:21am

Do you already have it, or are you playing the waiting game?

Let us know what you think. I am very interested.

Thanks.

mags · August 8, 2012, 12:54am

Playing the waiting game. I was hoping someone on BLF had this light to provide some feedback. I will definitely make a review with beam shots once received.

Sharpthangs · August 8, 2012, 2:09am

I don’t have one (yet), but I know there are a lot of people that think highly of the Keygos branded lights on here.

Will be very interesting to see how it performs.

Let us know.

CB1 · August 8, 2012, 11:41am

I received mine a couple of days back. I don’t have a MM to be able to give you tailcap readings but I can give you my general take on the light.

First off, the light has a few knocks and scrapes on the finish, nothing major, just looks like it’s already seen a bit of service. Zoom seems smooth and is easy to operate with one hand; throw seems comparable to my Sipik SK68 on 14500 but with the larger die image as expected. Flood is huge - roughly 24”, measured 12” from the wall. Flood is fairly uniform, though there is a colour shift from the centre to the edge - quite blue through to a yellowy green periphery.

Output isn’t huge (Keygos K5 and KD C8 leave it for dead), though it doesn’t seem to care what it is fed - I’ve tried it with lithium primaries, NiMH and 18650 and they all look the same to me. One word of caution - the AAA battery cage has springs for the positive and negative sides, with a smaller spring for the positive. This makes it a very tight fit, particularly for the lithium primaries I tried, so much so that the positive spring deformed when I was putting in the batteries and cut through the plastic coating on the battery. I only noticed when one of the lithiums started to get very warm. Thankfully I hadn’t put the cage back in the torch.

Plastic lens and no o-ring, tailcap threads a little sloppy but fine when tightened up. No problem tailcap standing.

All in all, a nice light for its intended usage, sitting in the car with lithium primaries as an emergency light - wife is happy with it and it was a good price!

mags · August 8, 2012, 12:43pm

CB:

I received mine a couple of days back. I don’t have a MM to be able to give you tailcap readings but I can give you my general take on the light.

First off, the light has a few knocks and scrapes on the finish, nothing major, just looks like it’s already seen a bit of service. Zoom seems smooth and is easy to operate with one hand; throw seems comparable to my Sipik SK68 on 14500 but with the larger die image as expected. Flood is huge - roughly 24”, measured 12” from the wall. Flood is fairly uniform, though there is a colour shift from the centre to the edge - quite blue through to a yellowy green periphery.

Output isn’t huge (Keygos K5 and KD C8 leave it for dead), though it doesn’t seem to care what it is fed - I’ve tried it with lithium primaries, NiMH and 18650 and they all look the same to me. One word of caution - the AAA battery cage has springs for the positive and negative sides, with a smaller spring for the positive. This makes it a very tight fit, particularly for the lithium primaries I tried, so much so that the positive spring deformed when I was putting in the batteries and cut through the plastic coating on the battery. I only noticed when one of the lithiums started to get very warm. Thankfully I hadn’t put the cage back in the torch.

Plastic lens and no o-ring, tailcap threads a little sloppy but fine when tightened up. No problem tailcap standing.

All in all, a nice light for its intended usage, sitting in the car with lithium primaries as an emergency light - wife is happy with it and it was a good price!

Thanks for the review. Who did you order it from?

CB1 · August 8, 2012, 1:41pm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KEYGOS-C11-CREE-XM-L-XML-T6-LED-1600Lm-18650-AAA-Zoomable-Lampe-Torche-Torch-/160828390832?pt=FR_JG_Sports_Camping_Lampes&hash=item25721e7db0

Bit cheaper than when I bought as well!