The new Jaxman E3 flashlight comes in the new year

I’m not great at estimating, but it was considerably brighter and more “floody” than my BLF X5. I would SWAG it around 2-2.5k. It’s WAY brighter than the stock emitter, and the tint is comparable to my eyes. I know color rendition is supposedly worse, but I’m not sure I’m learned enough to really tell a difference….

Holdon a minute. I’m confused. You’re saying it’s brighter than BLF X5 and you estimate 2-2.5k? Is this really running on a AA battery? That seems unlikely even for 14500.

What battery do you use? 2000lm means ~5A.

My apologies—it’s running a 14500, not a AA. 2,000 lumens may even be a bad guess for a 14500, but I don’t have a great frame of reference. My brightest flashlight is the X5, and it’s brighter than that.

Thanks for taking the time to answer! Hum, so the optics must be modded to fit properly…Well, that will worth it :wink:
The MCPCB also needed to be “shaved” right? If I recall, the triples are 20mm diameter, so it may need a little filing!
Despite the lighted tailcaps ate nice, I don’t use them much, but on this light it deserves one :wink:
Let us see it when you’re done !!!

E3 works great with LD-A4 driver :slight_smile:

14500 is only a urgent selection for strong power need….

It will be some hot and pls attention the overdischarge of the battery.

Rgs

Can anyone please take amd post a picture side-by-side with the Jaxman E3 and a Convoy S2+? Thanks in advance :+1:

why to to make this contrast……….

Hi Jaxman! Please don’t get me wrong! The only reason I asked to see that comparison between the E3 and the S2+ is because I carry a S2+ everyday and I wanted to compare both to check how much longer is the Jaxman E3 and how much larger is the S2+, in comparison. :+1:

There is no other reason. I am still thinking about getting an E3, but I want some more information to decide!
Thanks in advance if anyone can post that or sent it by PM!!

s2+, e3:

s2+, e3:

s2+, sf14, e3, s1:

g_damian, thank you very very much!! That went further of what I asked :wink:
Well, actually, I made a mistake when I asked because I wanted to say S2+ in 18350 version, but that photo with the blue Astrolux let me compare the sizes between both!
It is even shorther than the Sofirn SF14 :heart_eyes:

Thank you very much mate!!

See jaxman, that was the reason why I wanted to know this comparison!! You will receive an order in the next minutes :wink:

EDIT: order placed :nerd_face:

oh, you are talking size.I thought you are talking the flux lumens.

Yup jaxman, it would be in terms of size :wink: It would not make sense for me to ask output comparisons :wink:
BTW, thank you for shipping the flashlight so fast :wink: I will be waiting for it to arrive!! :+1:

aha, thank you.
Now my city have open the international mail service just now, so now I can arrange shipping as soon as the order is placed.
I would not like to wast others time.

Good morning, if you are in east Asia now.

Those are awesome news, shipping will be even faster :wink:
Thanks for your consideration and for your great work Jaxman!
I am not in East Asia, but a good day/night for you :sunglasses:

I’ve ordered four E3s and they arrive in CONUS in about two weeks.

Highly recommended!

I use NiMHs but I do wish Jaxman would clear up the question of whether or not to use 14500s.

On his site he seems to be saying “yes”; on this forum, he seems to be saying “no.”

I think what is implied is the E3 is more optimized for NiMh usage (it has well-spaced brightness modes). If using 14500 on the E3, the brightness is not well-spaced (low and medium look almost the same brightness. And High is not ‘significantly’ different from Medium when using 14500)

There are old E3 what can use only NiMHs and newer E3 what can use both

The mode spacing with the 14500 is not really working correctly. It was designed with AA in mind. But it is one of the best AA lights out there at the price.