First of all, I'd like to apologize for being brief. As usual, things are a bit hectic but I wanted to share some first impressions of the Palight T6 I received from DD yesterday.
I haven't even fully inspected it, so I guess it's too soon to do even a mini review. If you guys have any questions, I'd be happy to try and answer them to the best of my ability.
Anyway, let's get started, shall we?
I usually don't care much about packaging (with the possible exception of Amazon's frustration-free packaging, which I like). As long as it protects what I really care about, it has done its job, as far as I am concerned.
Well, someone in DD's shipping department deserves a pat on the back. There are two minor dings on the tailcap, which may or may not come from fact that the tailcap was loose inside the small box. It looks like someone tested the light and shoved the tailcap in there as sort of an afterthought.
Well, I'm not complaining. This is a budget light and I expect to get plenty of use out of it, so it's bound to get scratched up a bit anyway. Ordered 9/18, received 10/6.
There are two springs and as you can see, it comes in a configuration designed for two 18650s.
The body tube does come apart but there's no lube anywhere on the extension and even though you can use it as a single-cell light, it's clearly not meant to be used that way. After turning on in high mode, it goes to low on a single 18650 in a matter of half a second. Attempting to switch modes only results in half a second of high mode, followed by the driver going back into low mode. It's not particularly useful this way, as this light is first and foremost a thrower, but I guess, in a pinch, it's nice to have at least some light
With the extension tube installed, it takes two 18650s and all of my protected batteries seem to fit just fine. There are o-rings in all the usual places and the light will headstand, as well as tailstand, even with the lanyard in place (albeit not as securely as I'd like).
Ah, there's another couple of minor dings. The light itself feels solid and substantial, but not too heavy. I don't have a scale, a caliper or a DMM or much of anything flashlight-related on my person at the moment, so I can't really tell you much more. The memory takes its sweet time to kick in: unless you wait 15-20 seconds to click the light back on again, it will come on in the next mode. Mode order is high - mid - low - blindingly bright and ridiculously fast, sweet-mother-of-Hyperion-are-you-kidding-me strobe, SOS (which is actually SOOS, unless my tired eyes deceive me... yeah :D).
The knurling looks and feels nice, but doesn't add much grip. As you'd expect, the light throws quite well. Unfortunately, I don't have anything to compare it to at the moment: all my other lights, with the exception of a Solarforce l2m and the light on my keychain are at home and, well, I am not. I think I'll leave you guys with some more pictures and try to update this thread later.
If you have any questions, ask away. :)
