Can you see much of a difference between firefly and low mode? I just received my Mini today and there doesn’t seem to be any difference between the two levels, firefly looks way too bright for .5 lumens.
Good review, and impressive little thrower. The recessed lanyard attachment is pure genius IMO. My number one complaint about most budget light designs are the tail cap profiles and lanyard cutouts or dimple profiles. I absolutely despise scalloped caps and roughly milled dimple holes on short barreled lights (to include standard 18650/21700/26650 single cell tubes). Thrunite really nails it here.
If I didn’t already have an overabundance of NM1 lights, I’d be all over this. Still might as I’m intrigued by the TIR optic.
Thanks for the review, I like these reviews that are not too long.
The Catapult Mini looks nice and useful but the throw is IMO not “incredible” (as you mention) even for its size, TIR lights never are, using the same led in a similar size reflector light gives you substantially more throw. I do like TIR flashlights though, they have in my opinion a great beam with the perfect ratio between spot and spill.
“loose the tailcap first, and then long-press the switch while screwing down the tailcap again, and then you could find the firefly mode, slowly single press the switch to choose the lumens of the firefly mode that you like, when you find the brightness you like, double click the switch to confirm, and then single click to turn off the flashlight.”
It worked and wow, there are a lot of firefly output options!
ZeroAir complained that the Catapult Mini charged the battery to 4.25v… anyone else have a slight overcharging problem like this with their Catapult Mini?