Got mine today. Its awesome! Immediately one of my favorite lights. This is my first “SRK” of any sort, although I do have other soda-can lights, but I really like this style. Its slightly larger than something like the Meteor but I love the reflectors, so its well worth the size trade-off. Honestly at 40 bucks I almost feel like someone gave me this thing. Its a lot of light for the money!
No issues other than those that are already known. Like most everyone else, my switch LEDs are out of balance, brighter on one side:
And like someone else reported, my tailspring board screws were coated with some sort of threadlocker. In fact mine had so much I had to apply heat to one screw to get it out without rounding off the head. I cleaned it off of course but to my eye it didn’t make much difference. A meter might tell a different tale, but if I can’t tell it in use then does it really matter? Not to me.
My brass positive contact was also pretty dirty, but honestly I just think that proves they tested it first
Soldering on the driver looks good. Mine was covered in some dust too, like someone else reported, because the screws used to hold the driver in are too large for the hole, so they have to cut their way through. Doesn’t seem to hurt anything though:
But my threads are awesome, very smooth and well lubed. In fact all my ano seems to be great, no issues there:
And my emitters are very very close to centered, close enough to not matter, with no sign of dirt or fingerprints on the reflector or lens:
Oh, and about those unbalanced switch LEDs? Well someone said blue/pink a few days ago and I thought that sounded like a good idea, so I took it for my own My camera basically refuses to photo this pink properly, its much more saturated in person, but hopefully you get the idea. This is great!
I’ve got nothing at all to complain about here. Performance is great, the UI is fantastic (but I already knew that, not my first Narsil light), build quality seems top-shelf. All-in-all this light is nothing but a home run. Thanks so much to all who worked to make this happen.