nitecore concept 1

I follow Nitecore on Facebook and they used this link for the sale.

Apparently 26 left from this link? It looks to be official Nitecore store?

https://www.nitecorelights.com/products/c1-1800-lumens

Maybe this is just a pre-run and they will sell more later.

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Well… actually the “good old” EC2 is 10mm shorter than this with 9200 cd.

I caught that too. There is an asterisk next to it and it says that the runtimes are “theoretical”. :person_facepalming:

theoretical means in ice water like 20 mins then ramp down to 10% last 10 mins

“Theoretical arithmetic”… WTH is that supposed to mean? You take the battery capacity and divide by tail cap amps? Can’t they just do a runtime test? This light has impressive specs in a tiny package, but i hate it when manufacturers put up numbers out of the blue like that. Same thing with the “300h runtime”… you have to read through to understand it is at 1 lumen.

BTW: we need a BLF boost driver to deal with all those 6V and 12V emitters… I’d love to see a XHP50 inside a BLF A6 for $30.

This item has an irresistible size/power ratio in its size classification. Most power for size. For me, that alone is a show starter.

I can always run any light at medium mode for medium heat generation and medium run time. How exciting can that be? I am getting more and more excited about this item, just as I am typing this post.

Per NITECORE Concept 1 1800 Lumen EDC Flashlight lists this at a pre-order price of $64.95 (same as the P30). I don’t have any experience ordering from this site though. They are the authorized US distro. Hope this helps! I am curious about this light as well, hope to see a video review soon.

Great looking light except for that funky clip location. What are they thinking?

new infos

Max Output: 1800 lumens
Max Beam Distance: 220 m
Max Beam Intensity: 12,100 cd
Max Run time: 300 h 0 m / 12.5 d
LED: CREE XHP35 HD E2
Reflector: SMO
Battery: 1 × 18650, 2 × CR123
Special Modes: Location Beacon, Strobe
Beam color: White light
Length: 111.5 mm / 4.39 in
Head Size: 24.5 mm / 0.96 in
Weight: 61.9 g / 2.18 oz
Feature: Dual – Output, Infinitely Variable Brightness, Tail Stand
Activity: Gear, Hunting, Law Enforcement, Military

I AM interested, although I just built two Eagle Eye X6’s yesterday that each do 1900 lumens.

Still, the style of this, some of it’s virtue’s, catches my attention. Please keep me in the loop …

Thank You!

Rather than doing a 30min test on turbo, they do a longer test on a lower power setting, find how many amps it draws, then by measuring the amps at turbo you can just calculate how long it would last on turbo.
A/B = C/D
It’s not hard, just elementary school math.
It’s theoretical because on those high powers the runtime can vary a lot depending on ambient temperature, airflow, and other stuff that would affect the battery and driver current delivery.

Banggood listed it, the price is not that bad

thats true - but who pays the listed price? ;)

:D

The side switch seems strange to me.
I thought it was a hinge and the lens can be opened :person_facepalming:

Yeah I still don’t visualize how it works… We’ll see with the first reviews :slight_smile:

So it’s 18g lighter, slightly smaller and puts out only 200 lumens more then an bypassed BLF A6. But it costs 3 times as much? Ahh the lumens war…. Although Nitecore do under rate most of there products.

I thought about all this 30 secs after I thought, damn I want one.

high quality driver, long warranty, material is good
and it’s the famous brand, of course u will pay some for the name

btw, Nitecore EC4’s driver uses STM32 32bit MCU, much faster and capable of doing manything
nitecore is really serious about thier driver

From the pictures, the switch pivots on the hinge at the front.

I think the phillips screw at the back is just there as a stop to keep the pivoting switch cover flat against the light. Without the screw the cover could flip 90 degrees perpendicular to the light.

Yeah looks like that’s how it works, still ugly though :smiley: