Bottom line: This is one of the brightest single XPL / 18650 lights I have tested.
Construction, fit and finish are as good as any equivalent light costing 2 or even 3 times as much. This light is SOLID.
No complaints with interior quality of components. Springs are thick, diffuser is solid aluminum, switches are heavy duty, PCB is thick copper, lens is AR coated, (Couldn’t get driver out).
Rainbow looking light color separation is present but noticeably less than other lights with similar led/reflector.
I wish the low was lower, but the turbo is nice and bright.
Sounds like a very nice light. It’d be really nice if Thorfire somehow got around to manufacturing them again and then delivered some to Banggood and they sent me the one I ordered a couple months ago.
Keep checking Amazon. Might be a 40% coupon-code popping up every now and again. Might not hurt to check freeme’s code in that particular thread, too. Never know if it still works.
Ramping’s too slow on mine, too, and is linear, not logarithmic, so it kinda flies through the low end and seems to hover without much change on the high end.
2 switches, fine by me. Takes some getting used to, but it’s not a big deal.
Length is fine, as I’ve used an F1, UT20, etc., which are about as long (the UT20 is even longer with the usb charging), but definitely swap the come-with clip for a deep-carry clip, so it sits deeper in your pocket without riding too high.
Really like the pineapple knurling, as it’s different. Grippy, without sanding away your fingerprints with each use.
If TF would fix the ramping to be more like the Q8 or SP32A(v2), faster and logarithmic, it’d be a killer light. Until then, I’m using it in stepped mode, as they’re pretty well-spaced.
It was for a group-buy… not sure if it’s kosher to mention details even after the buy’s over. (If someone else wants to jump in, go for it; just that I’m not gonna be the one to blab.)
i get it, mine was a review sample… they are still, i will say, made better than any light i have, though the UI isn;t perfect
why can;t someone just make the perfect UI, then everyone could copy it, and BDWI
_Urban Dictionary: BDWI
BDWIwork.
Be Done With It.
just BDWI already!
cf, danny llewellyn 1990 · #be done with it#quit it#get it done#fix it#get the job done. by wle February 25, 2010._