Emisar D1 / D1S review

I think I mentioned it previously, but you might try clear Plasti-Dip. It would let the color show through, and be 100% removable.

So, last night I put an XP-L2 in my new D1S and it was making good lumens but the spot was large and had a yellow corona. This morning I sliced the XP-L2 and it tightened it up, but the corona was still ugly. So I diced the phosphor off the sides leaving it looking a lot like an XP-L HI, the corona cleared up nicely. It’s pulling 7.98A from a 30Q, doing 2021 lumens with a 118.75Kcd. Pretty neat light! Lightning bursts are impressive and candlelight works beautifully, think I’ll keep it. :wink:

Thank you for the beam shots!

This is indeed a very intriguing light, more throw but less floody compared to the D4.

I’m nuts, (as in I have too many lights!), but at $40.00 I couldn’t pass up getting a D1. Looks like one of the best 18650 lights ever especially for the price. It was great that mtnelectronics carries them.

Can anyone tell me if the D1 accepts BOTH flat top and button top 18650’s?

Button top should barely fit. Protected cells likely won’t fit at all. Unprotected flat top is recommended.

Thank you ToyKeeper and thanks for a great review!

Stick with flat tops. I have some button top MH1s that just barely fit in my D1, but my button top MJ1s don’t fit at all. Protected cells won’t fit and won’t meet the current needs.

I did spring bypasses in my D1S and it stiffened up the springs to the point that the flat top 30Q was a problem. So I simply removed the driver spring and solder blobbed it. Works great now. Enjoyed the candlelight mode quite a lot last night. :smiley:

Dare we ask what you were doing under candle light?

You mightn’t need to ask… :wink:

Thanks to you too Thetasigma. Even though I have plenty of spare 18650’s, I realized all of them are protected cells except for two cheapie lower capacity unprotected flat tops. This light deserves better so I ordered two new Efest 3000 mAh cells from Ebay at a great price to be used exclusively in the D1.

I had checked with Richard at mtnelectronics but he was out of them. The seller on Ebay lists the Efest cells as the new version cells and calls them Li-MN instead of Li-ion. Whats that all about? I’ve never heard of Li-MN. Typo or what?

Some time back Powerizer made a 26650 that was Li-Ni-Mn-Co and really rocked, the later tech is Li-NiMn in chemical construction and as safe as they been able to make them as far as I know. They might vent but are highly unlikely to explode.

From Battery University.

Very interesting! Thanks for that Dale. I never realized there were so many Li-ion chemistries. Looks like the Li-MN should be fine.

Got mine (D1Svn) yesterday and that darn Olson Black is frikkin’ awesome! Moonlight throws more than 200 feet. My yard isn’t even close to big enough to let this light shine. Gonna have to take to the river!
Love the dry finish on the black D1S. Very dry feeling and you can hold on to the thing quite well. Never got hot but with 650 lumens it prolly wasn’t going to.
I thought my D1 threw pretty well, well the Olson makes it look like a AA Maglite! Can’t wait to try it with the Giggles GT when it comes.

D1S thrower has one major flaw: no tail switch

its the thrower that we miss : 50mm head range, p30 looking but has a better reflector, great UI….yet, the lack of a tail switch nukes everything

I asked Hank to redesign it, hoping he will….it will be a hell of a torch with a tail switch!

P.S

It gives 200k candelas and 2.2 lumens with Sst40 folks.

Different people, different needs, I consider the lack of tail switch an important feature.

Same here.

Youre both BLFers, you dont count :slight_smile:

The police forse, hunters , secutiry guards and army personel dont think so.

That light has a potential to become the next C8 generation, unfortunately the lack of a tail switch nukes that.

Hank is a reasonalbe man, D1S with both side and rear switch: definately the next C8

That’s your opinion.
For me, a “nuke” is if a flashlight has a side switch and a tail switch. You have to handle the light before you can switch the modes - that’s annoying as…
As a lockout - OK, but not as a on/off switch

  • for me :wink:

I think, the big Emisar Thrower would benefit a lot from a 26650 Battery tube.
It just looks too thin on the battery-end.

“The next C8”?
I don’t think so.
The C8 is a very cheap (y15:money_mouth_face: yet very good flashlight.
Unless the Emisars drop to under 20$, they are not a replacement.

Missing Tailswitch - how many buyers of flashlights are security-guards and policemen? Maybe 2-5%?

For the throwers, maybe 95%: including hunters and army personel ofc

You cant mount that torch too, thats another minus too

Plus, its quite hard to find that side switch in the dark, plus you can always misclick the side button

A 26650 based flashligt is quite a different story- As other said Ut20 is quite good and in that condition Emisar 50mm thrower covers it, yet Ut20 is 30$ and easy moddable too

By default C8 isnt anyting specialy, XPg2 modded is quite a different story, but then again its not 15$ :slight_smile:

15-20$ price range for a D1S in a host form is quite reasobnable and affortable