These are all single cell AA lights. The Eastward YJ J09 is second from the right. MrLite J4, Trustfire R5-A3, Ultrafire U-20, EastwardYJ J09, Tank007 E07
And here they are standing up. Slightly different order this time, J4, U-20, R5-A3, J09, E07
What in the world? They just updated the description on this item. Get this:
Now it's for sure, this is the 4-mode AA-Z4 that we requested a while back from Eastward, but without the XP-G emitter. Eastward was smart enough to recognize the business opportunity, but I suspect they only wanted to sell it in huge quantities through DX. So, the lesson from this? The squeaky wheel gets the grease. BLF produces results!
Thanks Agenthex, even if they did redact the name of the forum! I was not impressed with Eastward when I tried to deal with them, and neither was Manafont, which is one of the reasons they gave up on the AA-Z4 project.
Exactly my point ..It's not even possible to entice them with money .They know already they'll steal from you ..It's just a matter of how much and how soon can they take something decent and trun it into trash .That's why all the descriptions are wrong .Someone is busy screwing it up.They have no ability to see long term. It's all grab it and run.
It's like there are 4 guys sitting around a table playing name that tune ....saying I can make that light for20% of that price and use no metal at all...or I can make it for half the price ...and make it 4 times worse ...ok cool ,,lets do that.
Even though I was happy helping develop a new flashlight without pay, I just found out that DX is blocking links to this forum.
Of all the people buying flashlights on DX, who trust the sites and who trust the forums?
One tip: Recommended buys, with links and money kickbacks for the finder and Mr. Admin. Let the people that do all the work (run the site, review the torches and organize all the info) make some money for all the trouble.
Hi all. I took the plunge and bought the 4 mode at DX. And I got a 4 mode with a warmer (almost neutral) tint!! Mine also came with something that seem to be residual glue in front of the emitter so it's beam is a bit irregular. I tried to unscrew the pill but lacked the courage to apply enough force.
But the modes are not that well sorted off. If you take the Akoray k106 (my yardstick) and call it's lowest 1 and it's highest 10, you will have something like 2-3-6-7 or 3-4-5-6 (difficult to tell without a light meter). But the modes seem too close together (sometimes it's hard to tell it changed mode) and the low is too high, without enough runtime for a full night on a single AA.
The memory works flawlessly and consistently but in a strange way. It will memorize mode if it stays on for more than a few seconds (about five seconds). So if it has been on for 10 seconds and you half press the switch it will not change mode. If you turn it on for two seconds and then leave it off for an hour it will turn on in the next mode.
It's still a beautiful (it's an elegant design) and comfortable (it's only marginally wider than an AA with a nice clip) light to carry and is pretty useful inside and outside (warmer tint makes it better outside). But it has short runtime, the low is too high and the high is too low (compared with lithiums), so it's a nice flashlight, but it's not the new yardstick.
Thanks for the review! I wish I could get rid of mine, I have one of the first ones with High-High-Strobe modes, and it irritates me every time I look at it. I do love the design though.