Review: Prometheus Lights Alpha Series XM18-B (XM-L T5 4C | 1x18650)

hum........... do i get an employee discount?

just kidding.

very nice light.

That's a piece of functional art.

Beautiful.

Beautiful light! I thought I recognized it from "darksucks.com". I greatly admire Jason for his dedication and decision to bank it all on the light business. Oh, to have a CNC machine!!!

What's the website?

Cool zipper pull also. Is it tritium? Where is it from if I may ask?

Thx guys!

To learn more about Jason's creations (including the Ti clip & Ti zipper pull) please visit his site: www.darksucks.com

@taz, those are GITD o-rings, however I recall that he might be working on tritium ones. Feel free to contact him.

Ceci n'est pas une pipe non plus

I appreciate Jason's work very much and would really like to support his business, but i can't wrap my head around shelling out so much for a 3 modes chinese driver aluminium light(You can have the same tool for 20$ shipped...), hand made with pride or not.

To coin a much overused phrase
Dear Santa…

Excellent story and review .

LOL…that’s why you are on BLF, not CPF

the price is actually kind of reasonable considering that it is pretty much a hand made light.

i think the one thing that really hurts the Alpha's desirability is that it doesn't offer any functionality that i can't get from something significantly cheaper. SF L2p + intl-outdoor 3A dropin = about $45 for similar performance from an equally handsome light.

does Jason offer custom modes? that's one thing that would make his light different from cheaper alternatives.

Yeah, his site does showcase a bunch of unique custom orders and limited run batches that he's made and notes that he's definitely up for custom orders. I think his biggest advantage will be his expiramenting with different finishes, from the Electroless Nickel to Cerakote to raw copper, he's got a lot of various finishes.

After reading thru his blog though I'm mostly impressed with his modded McClicky switch. The gold plated wavy spring makes a heck of a lot of sense to me, and I don't think I've seen that elsewhere.

Thx again guys! Yes, Jason does custom work (bespoke models), feel free to hit him up with your request.

Beautiful light and great review. “INITIAL CONCLUSION” I like that.

Thx guys!

Quick video summary and runtime on shorty tube added (search 5/15).

fishinfool, PM incoming. =o)

this is kind of an artisan lite. very nice, very $

Weight measurements & AW IMR 18350 runtime added (for full details search 5/16). Basically it's (without battery):

4.13oz (117.2g) w/the shorty tube

4.79oz (136.1g) w/the full tube

Cheers,

Tim

Thanks for another excellent, detailed review! Frontpage'd and Sticky'd... and check out that teaser picture! ;)

Darn, Tim, this is the third review I'm reading and I must admit: amazing reviews in all aspects! Hands down :O I just read them because of the quality :bigsmile: I know that I will never buy any of those reviewed lights :bigsmile: But it's a pleasure to read your reviews ;) Hope to see you doing budget review as well :)

Thx guys! I most certainly will review a few budget lights in the future.

Cheers,
Tim