Emisar D1 / D1S review

For $40 it is hard to complain about any aspects of the D1 or D1S, they are both excellent lights.
The weird square threads do prohibit practical modding of the tail though, and there isn’t much else to be done.

Of course, perfect being the enemy of good and all that, I think the D1 would be better suited for a proper mechanical tailswitch, probably reverse clicky given the current, instead of the D1S due to head size.
The D1 reflector itself is awesome and makes a nice custom…

Wow ThetaSigma, that looks really sharp! Ti? I like it! :smiley:

Thanks, but it is Mn-Bronze which is my preferred metal. Another week and anywhere that has skin contact will be a lovely chocolate brown color.

Titanium would have been more than double the material cost and this already wasn’t cheap

Agree 100%

No, a C8 can handle much more abuse
The D1S bezel is very thin.
Drop it on a hard surface and the lens will surely crack, the bezel will definitely dent.

Anyone of you order a grey D1S plus 2x green 18350 tubes plus 2x clip from Neal?
That’s what i received today, but i ordered a grey D4 with 18350 tube and a clip. :person_facepalming:

I actually have a bronze bar that I bought to make an extension tube for my Ti X6. Decided against it so this bar is sitting around waiting for some brilliant idea to spring forth from my usual chaos. :smiley:

Thinking about making a 14500 EDC with it, TeCu for the head/light engine.

At any rate, the light you made there looks really nice, along the lines of my favorite X6 or a 4Seven’s Quark, I have a weakness for that style. :wink:

FWIW, if anyone ever makes a dual-switch version with side e-switch and tail clicky switch, the Anduril code already has a compile-time option to support that. The tail switch acts as a momentary mode with optional latching, turning the light on at whatever regular ramp level it was at before. Or if the user holds the e-switch while turning it on via tail-switch, it can be a shortcut to something else (moon is the default, but it could also be turbo or strobe or whatever).

That was the main idea TK, yet, Hank said : nope, we do not have plans to redesigning it, whitch is quite unfortunate
X6R works( when reworked ofc) nearly the same way and paired with a SST40 it gives nearly 110k/125 with a good XPG

I realy hate when good ideas are wasted, realy

It is the flashlight that we realy do miss, alot

TBH, I wouldn’t like it as much if it was made for tactical use. It’d be bigger and heavier so I’d never have it with me. The best thing about the D1S is that it performs well above its weight class.

Indeed, 5mm longer and 10 grams heavier :slight_smile: Its true that for a casual hand use it might me practical ,yet i found that ppl who “live by night” do prefer dual switch type.

Thanks for your great work btw, you never failed us al those years, cheers!

87.4% of all stats on the internet are made up.

Not really a D1s competition, but Wouldn’t Sofirn C8 with e-switch work better than X6R?

That would most likely be me, was there also Neal’s last 2 Aspire 18350 inside the Emisar or tubes? if not
there will be another party involved. I did not get your grey D4. Instead my part in the lottery produced a
black D1S and a black D1. At this point I am just keeping my fingers crossed that my BLF GT gets to me
in one piece.

Hey,

No Aspires in the package…
But the D1S has a XP-L HI V2 with 5D tint.

It’s probably not your order…

Indeed…

Should we start a topic about this?
I get the feeling many more orders have been mixed up…
I’ll have a look around TLF if there are similar things going on, for as long as i can bare the German language… :wink:

My order was only missing 2 clips

Sorry to interrupt all you great modders about tailcap threads and such and orders going awry, (which is not good!), but the green D1 I received from Richard has the smooth finish which I really like. It’s a great little thrower and a bargain at $40.00.

I still think it would be nice to have a disfuser for it.

No, probably not. Contact Neal directly if you want to sort things out.

Neal is on a trip at the moment (to get married), but he should be able to take care of things as soon as he gets back. He was probably just in a hurry to get everything shipped before his trip.

Yeah, i think you’re right.
I’ll just wait for his reply then.
Or should i return the package a.s.a.p.?

Jerommel, I sent Neal a message about your situation. Hopefully he’ll get to it quickly when he returns.