The new Jaxman E3 flashlight comes in the new year

For an AA light? Wow, I’m impressed! :smiley:

Unless you have a TARDIS battery-tube. :smiling_imp:

My first Jaxman was the 365nm UV light. I was impressed by its quality and elegance.

So I did not hesitate and got a E2 219c CW. That was a great light too, with very useful modes for real daily use, and of course unparalleled cool white high color rendering. I took it to Acadia National Park for a week-long camping trip. With a diffuser from mtnelectronic it was the best ever tent light. My family had lots of fun playing Uno under it.

When this comes out, I will for sure get one too. Maybe two, one for each color temperature.

My personal preference for modes is low, medium, high with no mode memory. Low 2-5, medium 50-100, and high ~200 for AA, 500-600 for 14500.

One suggestion to you Jaxman is to provide a nice diffuser to go with it. It can turn the light to a very nice and useful lantern. Not the transparent ones but the opaque.

Another suggestion to you Jaxman is to make the host of the new Jaxman E3 available for sale. For this, I believe I speak on behalf of a number of people here who are willing to purchase and try the E3 host for personal use.

Using a 2*1/2 AA NiCd is well within the realm of possibility. :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue:

There was the answer :smiley:
With a 17mm driver…it will be nice for some mods :smiling_imp:

Yeh, I’m (pleasantly) surprised! Must be a nice thick-walled design.

So any idea when will the new Jaxman E3 be released?

Suggestion for the UI: Sofirn SF36W UI is the best rear clicky flashlight UI I have ever seen.

“click” to turn on or turn off; half “click” to cycle LL (10Lm)→Low(70 Lm)→Medium(353Lm)→High(1000Lm).The flashlight is set with Modes memory function within 2 seconds excluding Strobe.

Hi Jaxman!!

Any new on this light with the 3 mode driver?
Thank you :+1:

hatman, have you received our flashlight already?
If so, is there any possibility to measure the head diameter and height (from the shelf to the threads) internally, please?
Thank you in advance!! :+1:

As Jaded said, and I agree, I am very interested in this host but I would need to get some measures first! I don’t mind getting the whole light and then use what I need, but it would be nice to get the host as a “separate” sell :wink:

…unless the ledboard is glued with tons of gooey, like the E2L’s, that case a host version would be nice!

It will not be, according to jaxman :smiling_imp:

BTW, I guess the version being sold currently is not the “final” version as the driver is only 2 modes (according to the product description) and they intend to sell it 3 modes.

This seems a pretty nice host indeed, robust and well made :wink:

For AA EDC light, I think it is important to have warm white 4000k hi CRI and moonlight mode less than 0.5 lumens. Don’t want to wake up your kids or wife/husband when you turn it on in the middle of the night.

I think many chinese manufacturers aren’t too fund of moonlight modes. I can understand why, though. In my personal experience moonlight modes can be a bit alienating in the normal rotation for most users because they are so low.

I wouldn’t mind if they don’t include a moonlight mode for a simpler operation, but they should at least have them well spaced out. If they want only three modes something like 10 => 40 => ~200 lumen would be nice, I guess.

The Thrunite T10 is a similar light and has around 0.3 => 10 => 250 lumen, but the jump from 10 to >200 lumen is a bit too high in my opinion. I think the T10’s settings are good for enthusiasts who know what to expect from a light with those modes, but without some setting between 10 and >200 lumen you probably won’t satisfy most needs. Something around ~50 lumen is good enough for a quick walk around the house or dimly lit streets.

With only three modes some compromises have to be made, but I think if in doubt I’d optimize for muggle usage with a light like this. See the popularity of the BLF 348. One of the most popular lights despite its simple operation. I think there’s definitely some demand for a high CRI light with a simple UI.

It looks like Jaxman got some Kodak lanyard leftovers, i have received the same :money_mouth_face:

This looks like a nice light but I wish it offered more light output like the Manner E11,UT-01 and EDC05. I would have jumped on this if that was the case.

Today I received an E3 that I bought for my grandmother (219C 4000K), and took the opportunity to disassemble it a bit and take a look at the insides. Here are my findings:

- the build quality is as good as I’ve come to expect from jaxman

- the driver is 17mm and it looks like any 17mm driver would work in it without issues

- the switch and its washer are a bit smaller than my X6’s, but anything that fits in an X6 or an S41 tailcap can probably be made to fit with a little sanding

- tailcap button is ~12mm

  • the ledboard is 16mm and it’s glued in :person_facepalming:

I’m really disappointed by the glue, if a host version was made I feel this would be a good candidate for a 14500 build with a 3A LD-A4 and an ILC-0, but I’m sure my grandma will like it as it is :smiley:

Oh boy :person_facepalming: Didn’t expected it to be glued…
But, how hard will it be to remove that?

Did you get the 3 mode driver or just 2?

Thanks for showing us this :wink: And I hope your grandma likes it as well :slight_smile:

2 modes, high->low

Thank you :+1:

It’s poor. 8(
moonlight is nice option.