You might call it a Brexit side effect, but this will happen to us too. In due time.
My opinion is that UK thought: it has to be done some time in the future, why not now?
People can blame it on the Brexit, but UK was planning it anyway. Brexix or no Brexit.
It has to do with the VAT “lost” to EU/UK because sellers now sell stuff at a net price.
And think: I leave it up to your customs people to deal with the VAT.
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I'd be interested if it had two modes, like mentioned by others above.
I'm wondering about the anodization quality, vs the E3A in its "best" version from this point of view (Slate blue), and vs its not so good other colors.
I wouldn’t call the 5 mm length difference marginal.
Also, the lanyard / keyring attachment is different. I like the Skilhunt much more.
But there’s another, much bigger difference that you’re missing: this one has a different head design with:
Separate LED and driver PCBs
Good thermal design
This means that:
With Jaxman you have a wider choice of LEDs that you can fit
Swapping these LEDs is easier
Good thermals enables making a good hot rod out of it
I haven’t bought a Skilhunt because I’m not very interested in lights that have a single board light engine with poor thermal path.
I think I will get this one, though I don’t want to be the first to buy it. And I also hope for a better deal later on.
even powered by a AAA 1.5V battery, it will still be some hot 5min later.
If by an 10440,much hotter.
So I can not use thin shell for it. Then the weight will be a little big. 14g while in fact, we can not feel the weight of a 14g small light.
My red one arrived in just 14½ days after ordering. Quite fast, with COVID still around.
The body is a bit darker red than in the OP picture, and it has a satin like finish.
A bit like the “metallic red” of the Mazda’s CX5 sold a few years back. Not bad at all.
The anodizing is next to perfect, no spots, no color shift, no chips missing.
But since I’m more a fire-truck red person myself, this light will become a gift item.
It is a one-mode light with a pebbled TIR. Given it’s size I call it a moderate flooder.
I care for every lumen so I ordered a CW. But it’s not that angry blue. Must be the TIR
The first touch and feel was a bit meh. That changed after adding a bit of grease.
In real life, the backside has a slot of approximately 7x1.5mm for installing a trit.
The head has two parts. The top part only contains a TIR lens and plastic retaining ring.
The lower part reveals a PCB with, just like the Sofirn C01S, an easily changeable led.
My two red ones arrived too. Nice and compact, I really like it. A bit shorter than the Sofirn C01S. It is simple, just on and off, but it does that well, lots of light and a smooth flood beam.
A special compliment is for the tint. The XP-E2 is a classic choice, but the 4000K led that I received has a beautiful neutral to rosy tint, not yellow not green like so many 4000K leds. It is not very high CRI but not very low either.