Jason I have several S41 and Manker E14 models with and without the copper heads and steel and Aluminium bodies. . The 18650 battery tubes in Aluminium pretty much level them out in weight distribution front to back. With the 18350 it’s a noticeably heavier copper head. With the 18650 tube the weight is still up front however you won’t feel it unless you balance it for grams. I prefer the copper heads myself.
Okay I went for the copper Nichia version. It seems the light will be ready Oct 31, but the 18650 tube not until Nov 10. I wonder if they will ship them seperate or hold until they can ship it all together?
I’m also assuming this light uses the common 20mm triple quad mcpcb that lots of places carries. If I don’t like the nichia, I can always try something else. Maybe even a different optic.
It using it’s own quad optic. Sadly it is smaller than carlco 10602 quad and bigger than a triple 10507 so nothing will fit perfect. The astrolux optic has 22mm diameter. The easiest way is to fit a triple because MSPCB is 20mm and the glass will hold it down or you need to reflow different leds to the factory MCPCB.
If you haven’t yet, you need to read up on the Narsil interface. It’s fairly intuitive, but there can still be questions like yours that are answered in the documentation. Unfortunately, I don’t have a direct link. But if you search around BLF, I’m sure you can find it yourself. (sorry)
Whenever you ramp up or down and release the button it will blink once to indicate it’s using the 7135. It will blink twice to indicate it’s using the FET.
There is a little glitch/feature where if you turn the light off during these blinks, the switch light will stay off until the next time you turn the light on again. This is not documented. It’s just something that was noticed.
You can also go into to the settings to turn the switch light off on a more permanent basis if you prefer.
Wondered if it was a glitch, the button feel in general is pretty w4nk. Hit it from an angle and nothing happens, hit it too lightly from dead on and nothing happens.