I did receive my flashlight couple of days ago.
Some Impressions of the flashlight.
First impression, it feels smaller then what I did imagine, this is positive, it defintly belong in EDC family, but the pictures online makes it hard to know the real size, so I am glad it turned out to be this size.
It also is very sexy to look at, I bought mind in gun grey color and I don’t regret the choice.
Second impression, with SST20 4000k I find the turbo very impressive, as usually you need to have surfaces to reflect light on to get the wow effect then it will really light up the whole surroundings in a very impressive way considering the size of the flashlight, so yes performance does not disappoint this 7 led configuration really adds that wow factor that I have missed in all my quad led lights.
I really dig the ramp/dim functionality, makes it perfect especially for indoor use, in a seamless way you and adjust brightness according to distance and as you get closer to doors you lower the brightness etc.
Battery life seem to be kind of good, as always it always depend on your use, all these brightness modes and ramp functionality is there for a reason, both in terms of heating protection and battery consumption the whole purpose is to change brightness all the time according to need, the more you do that the better battery life, if you use turbo a lot dont expect any good battery life, but if you use it for short flashes and then go down to high it will be good. I dont have any exact number of the battery life, but ofc you need to compromise you might be in scenario where you want to use turbo majority of the time with this flashlight you simply cant both because of heating and battery consumption, but this is where 7 led configuration and 21700 battery come to play, the “high” mode is even better then last generations quad led flashlight in turbo, and the difference in heat/battery is very big between high/turbo, also the 7 led config makes the “the eye” very wide and big so wow effect is still present in high mode but ofc not as much as turbo.
I still give this flashlight 10 points, it still the most beautiful and powerful flashlight in this size but I will list a few things I don’t like.
1. Aux leds, is nothing for me, it takes away the professional feel when having them on, gladely I can turn it off, the leds on the button I have no problem with it fills a purpose the other aux leds are only for bling bling.
2. Manual and configuration routines are a big nightmare, the manual is very hard to understand, I pretty much need to take help from youtube videos, in one video the person say that the manual included with E07 is not complete, some important information is missing so I will need to check that out… I can understand flashoholics don’t mind this complex configuration options but the truth is no normal person will never use it, they will never change the sensor above 50 degrees etc, or even manage to turn off the aux lights. Yes to summarize while config options are big the whole config system is still a joke to me and laughable. What is missing here is a atleast a secondary button that would help to config, doing all with just one button is a big pain in the ass. I would also like a LED screen like TM26, so I can see more easy what menu in the options I am in etc…
3. The button is not perfect even do it fills it purpose it is not as responsive as you would like it to be, I would want a more tactile one. For the ramp/dim I would like half press option like Nitecore TM26.
I still give 10 points because this is as far as size to performance ratio have come right now, its the most powerful in the size and looks good, configuration is a nightmare but probably worth it. having it set to 50 degrees most likely have a positive effect on the longevity of the leds, since I read people have problem with the leds loose lumen after a while it might be related to having them run too hot…
But 50 degrees I still think is very low, 70 degrees Celsius atleast…but 50 is the default setting now I have to watch youtube videos how to change the sensor myself and calibrate etc… its not fun but I must do it…
I wish they could calibrate the sensor before shipping and also that you would be able to ask them to set the sensor higher so you dont have to do all that yourself.
Putting off aux lights and change the sensor temp is two things you must learn how to do… after this you really dont need to change anything in the config…