Bought from BG . $15 before the coupon. (At BG site there are pictures of 2 slightly different versions - one with the site centered under the model name, other - with the site to the side, what I’ve got is the one with centered text)
Arrived in black cardboard box:
Inside was the flashlight in bubble bag and a round lanyard. There is also a place for battery and charger but they were not included.
The build quality if perfect. No flaws in anodising, no sharp edges, smooth anodised threads. The reflector is flawless as well. The light feels great in hand, although a bit slippery without knurling. But I like very much the plain black looks of it without all that “tacticool” stuff.
Some comparison to other flashlights (Convoy S2 and 502b). Sorry for crappy pics - iPhone is the only camera I have.
Battery tube compared to Convoy L4 and S2
The flashlight has mechanical reverse polarity protection - must use button top cells. Larger protected cells fit without problem.
The switch button is placed a bit deep, making it harder to press with a thumb.
The light can tailstand, also with lanyard.
It has 6 weirdly arranged modes: High>Mid>Low>Strobe>Turbo>SoS. No mode memory, resets to high after 3-4s. Tailcap currents were: 1A>0.6A>0.3A>0.02A from turbo to low. These values may be slightly off because I’m using cheap multimeter. There is PWM on all brightness modes except turbo. On low it’s of quite low frequency.
It uses XP-E led, not XR-E as in the description. The hot spot is very tight, tighter than Convoy L4, and wide spill, about the same as L4. The tint is cold white, nearly same as Convoy L4, no traces of blue or green. The led seems to be little bit off center - I’ve only noticed it only because the corona is slightly asymmetric.
Compared to Convoy L4 on low (L4 on the left)
Turbo:
Medium:
Low:
Outdoors beamshot:
ISO 64, f4.8, 6s. 80m to the further side of the gate.
I did kind of a run test: 2h 50 min on turbo, Smasung 26F cell went down from 4.17V to 3.54v. I didn’t have the time to run it longer. I also didn’t test if it has low voltage warning. It got only warm (around 40C) during that time.
Summary:
I like the build quality, the looks, beam profile and tint.
I wish they’d made it 5 modes, with high same level as turbo or a bit higher, and make higher PWM on low. Other than that I’m very happy with the light. I was looking for small throwy 18650 flashlight and this one seems to suit me well so far.
Edit: Added few more beamshots
