I really like what I see here, for me it’s much nicer than the original. TK, could you measure dimensions? It seems thicker but shorter than on the original drawing.
I’d love 18350 variant, it would certainly be my EDC favourite. But as it is, I simply find D4 to be better suited for this purpose.
the curved look was made to make the clip work better with cloth. It seems Lumintop asked for something.
acceptance of the new design: it’s OK
many expressed they like the matt finish better than the polished one from the rendering.
My thoughts:
I hoped for a 45 deg chamfer like on the tool AAA. I don’t like that slope.
I like matt better than polished.
I tend to buy ugly lights if the UI is right.
As I mentioned before, I much prefer the original design, to the point that I tend not to want this light anymore (I’m very picky about the looks of a flashlight).
But there’s no arguing about taste, if most people are happy with what Lumintop made of it, this is how the light will be.
If the entire tail end is glued I assume there is no possibility of a shorter 18350 tube? Given how popular that seems to be with the Emisar line and several mentions in this thread is that already a done deal or could there still be a short tube for sale separately?
Who are these people who cant find the end of their light? If you press the end and there’s a button you figured it out. If not then flip it around and repeat. The pocket clip can serve the same purpose as well.
No problem with preferring one look over another but call it what it is.
I don’t know if the glued tail end is part of the plan or if it’s just a quirk of the prototype. I’m hoping it won’t stay that way in the future.
About a shorty 18350 tube, I doubt that will happen. The host design doesn’t seem very amenable to that sort of change. It would need a new clip, a new outer tube, and a new inner tube… with the clip and outer tube redesigned instead of just chopped.
My 6x Aspire cells are upset but i’ll get over it I suppose. Would be cool to see this next to a BLF A6 w/ 18350 and D4 w/ 18350. It’s like a mini evolution.