Review: Maxtoch SN6X-2 [ XM-L 2x18650 Thrower ] OEM Flashlight

Where and how to buy for the other series?

maxtoch.com

Yes, thank you. But there is no buy now, and it seems that they like to deal with distributors (ie at least 25 samples as a start to the cooperation).

There are some nice flashlights inside which i like, *cough* ie Limitop. Smile I could buy 2 if the price is right, but that's about it.

BTW, your flashlight has got PWM? Care to share the price? It went down to 39 bucks i think with discount code, at that either-you-love-it-or-you-hate-it website.....but with the fugly Fandyfire name.

I have both version of your flashlight, the FF and the Olight. The Olight definitely has a different anodising than the FF, noticeably higher quality but still cannot touch Sunwayman. So i am not sure what kind of "HA" is on your copy, the budgetlight type of "HA" which isn't HA, or the premium brand type of real HA. heh.... I hope i make sense. The Fandyfire/Sky Ray finishing is very high for a budgetlight, but still you would not mistake it for an Olight which is quite a bit higher still. (super price for the past week but out of stock already). And the tint is warmer like 1C or 1D, instead of the popular 1A of the budgetlights. (but suffer from green tint in lower modes)

No buy now= :frowning:

You will have to contact them and tell them what you want ...

They are a manufacturer , I got in touch with one of there reps VIA Alibaba ...

They may not be that interested in selling single pieces , check Alibaba , they have online chat ..

From mem it was not bargain priced , + Postage .

Simply an opportunity to sample the manufacturers wares , built to there own specs , and do a review ..

Check the contact page , send them an email ..

That's what I was thinking too.

Thanks for the great review Old, I'm glad you like it.

Frontpage'd and Sticky'd. (Moved into the 18650 Reviews section)

2100 did already mention about SkyRay/Fandyfire version in third post ;)

I also have a FandyFire. It looks and works just as in this review. A good shooter I must say. On par or maybe stronger than my Fenix TK41.

Thank you very much for making this nice review old4570. Your reviews are always wort the time to read and study pictures. Very thorough and a nice writeup you have done here. That must also take some time I imagine. It is appreciated.

On a different note...

I'm sorry, maybe I am a little tired tonight

But I was under the impression that the Fandyfire and SkyRay flashlights were made to terrible low standards and I think I recall seeing quite some threads/posts where they either died completely (hence the fryray nickname) or were partially damaged with modes not working or switches breaking and I vaguely seem to recall something about a complaint about the threads on some of them.

But if it is the same body as this one, same driver too, and this one is made really nice without flaws.... Well then I might consider getting it because I think I need (I want!) a good XML thrower. But the varying experiences of others on the forum made me skip the SkyRay and Fandyfire brands completely.

Please correct me if I am wrong :-)

Thanks for the review and the link to their site. Just glancing through all the lights, I see a lot of things I recognize, for instance:

This = That

Interesting.

Nice, looks like a more careful design of the fandyfire stl v2!

This is a copy and paste from a post I made back in November about OEM factory Shen Zhen Original Brand Manufacturer:

A look through their products will turn up many familiar looking flashlights, like 501b, 502b, C8 and lots of others.

Here is an example of a light that some may recognize as being sold by two brand names...

http://www.szobm.com/szobm-zy-t80-cree-xm-l-t6-led-aluminum-flashlight-p547.html

This is my Fandyfire STL-V6, right down to the lanyard in the pic.

Remember , manufacturers make stuff to contract and to a price point , and with components that will meet said price point ..

Which was why I wanted to try a light built to the manufacturers spec's and not a customers spec's ...

Now the other thing that is possible , this is a OEM sample , so the possibility exists that samples are built and inspected and maintained to a higher standard [ possibly ]

This manufacturer makes a lot of name lights [ Lots of *.*Fire for instance and others found on CNQ etc ]

But , from this sample , and if there own house brand maintains this level of quality , then we are talking about a very nice light .

You may need to pay more , I know I did , but so far [ knock on wood ] its great .

Some times I wonder , just how many business names an actual factory works under ..

It might be a group of investors or partners , and each operates under there own business name from the same factory .

I know that several Chinese companies , have different sources for there products , even sales reps work under there own business name .

Gets a little hard to know exactly who you are dealing with , since a lot of companies let anyone who works for them act as sales reps ..

Could be a machinist by day , sales rep after work , or one of the office ladies who moonlights as a sales rep after work , or a 3rd party all together , its hard to know , unless you get on a plane , and knock on their door [ now that would be an expensive flashlight ]

I have never read a SR STL-V2 or FF STL-V6 breaking down. The thread is not that bad, just that the tailcap 2 silicone rings are a bit on the big side, just remove one of them and apply more grease and it becomes easier.

I believe you read about frying Sky Ray SR3800, now that's a bad bugger.

If you want a quality light, this is a similar version. http://www.batteryjunction.com/olight-m3x-triton.html Just got it from a sale on DD for 68 bucks. There is absolutely no PWM in the lower modes, these flashlights has PWM of about 200Hz.

But seriously the STL-V6/V2 is not that bad, by budgetlight standards i'd rate it 8/10 in quality. It has one of the best heatsinkining performance around, heat never really drops the lux .... really never slides at all till about the 2 minute mark. It used to be 45 bucks at DX and then it dropped to 38 or 39 bucks at DD during the sale. The anodising quality is like those Trustfire 3T6 hosts, it's admittedly still budget light stuff but it's good stuff.

I wish i have a close up photo to show you but i only have this. (look at the head) hehe.... But yes you can use a DBS tube or C8/U80 tube and put it in there.

Oh...ok, i so i read that it has low/slow PWM. So it's basically the same. :)

low frequency

or slow PWM , mhz wise

Thank you for putting that confusion straight. I guess I have been reading too many different reviews and opinions and got it all mangled together in my little noggin.

But I see that if I want to run this with a single 18650 cell all I have to do is buy a C8 or U80 flashlight too.

How much is the performance drop when you do that? Does it become direct drive or does it just start to fade after a few minutes like so many other lights.

BTW to OP: Sorry for this OT chatter. But I just want to buy 1 thrower and I want it to be good and preferably 1*18650.

I have both of the copies The SkyRay STL-V2 and the FandyFire STL-V6 and I can confirm they are true throwers. I think they are the best choice for the money. I had a problem when my I got my SkyRay from Manafont the switch was not working so I used the one off the FF, and then I saw a bad solder joint and re-did it and it's fine but I contacted Jim at Manafont and they did nothing. I just want to say that if any one is looking for a thrower get one of these, they throw with my Catapult V3 and my 7G5.

Nope, the STL-V2/V6 and most probably this flashlight cannot work with 1 x 18650, i have tried it before with DMM probes to test. It does have a Low Voltage cut with 2 cells.