Killer review, I meant to pick one of these up from Neal on my last order and forgot…. :cry: Def looks interesting I think I am going to be picking up a few for Christmas presents. Also how does the NW and CW compare to each other? NW about 5000k and CW about 6500k?
Could you do some beam shots when you get a chance? Also with how you talk about the beam being so floody, doesn’t seem like it needed the other lens shown in pictures.
The pictures show my own triple build on a X6 with the Ledil CUTE-3 optic, polished. These have a lot larger individual optics so they have more of a hot spot to the beam profile. Not sure why they didn’t go with something like this, maybe availability of the Ledil components, or price. The Ledil CUTE-3 is taller as well, about as tall as the X6S optic plus o-ring plus glass lens.
Thanks for the review, Dale. I thought this light was a great idea, when I first read about it a while back. But, I realized that I like the original X6 head size better than the more compact head on this light, when looking at them side-by-side in your photos. And floodier optics? :confounded:
Thanks for the review, Dale. These look very, very nice. They are also a great deal. It wasn’t too long ago that the parts alone cost a lot more than this, and maybe they still do. Decisions are getting tougher, with the FW3A if that happens, the Emisars, this, and others.
Where are your Kronos Flashlights for direct comparison?
Does they use the same threads as the Kronos?
Is there a clip included? there is much space for a clip.
Looking good Dale, and I see a lot of inspiration/homage
A better driver/firmware could transform them.
I like the rounded lines of the original (I have four), and the screwed-in pill, and reflector screwed into the pill. Of course with a TIR that’s not necessary.
The anodising… was not terribly good.
Actually I just like these, rather than the dreary industrial tubes, bigger tubes with fins on the head, huge tubes with even huger heads, the “how big can I make a reflector and put a SOA emitter behind it” game, etc.
I can put the Mateminco X6S tail cap right on the Kronos battery tube like they were made to go together. I can pull the Kronos battery tube and stick it between the X6S head and tail, works fine, so yes, the Kronos X6 lights fully interchange with the Mateminco X6S EXCEPT the bezel of the X6S is shorter to adapt to the shallow triple optic.
Edit: Threads do not interchange between the Kronos/Mateminco lights and the original Eagle Eye X6.
I think they are. I have a matched set of SS/Cu and Cu, with serialised wooden box, and a working set in Al.
Definitely Manker made.
I think they would have been rather expensive to produce, in particular the threaded reflectors and other tight tolerance bits. I got good ones but there was some variability.
Banggood kept selling them under Astrolux brand afterwards at random prices, but I think that they are now long gone.