This is where my addiction really started. Sure, I had bought big sla spotlights, Maglite, etc. but this was way different. One of my few warm white lights to this day.
Who still has a xeno?
It flickers a bit, I will add to my mod list, needs a new switch (or to take off the gitd boot I added).
Lookit the finger-grips on the body. The body’s that thick to be able to cut them in.
Only 2 things I’m not crazy about. First is the MLH-nomem UI, ie, it always starts in M. I treat it as a 1-mode light and rarely change modes as a result.
Second is that mode-spacing changes a lot when switching alkaleak ⇄ 14500. Spacing’s good with AA, but not as bright. Lots brighter with a 14500, but all modes are bunched pretty high.
I think it is very nice. I probably ruined some of the beauty with the gitd rings, but flat surfaces are a danger for my flashlights so I add flair.
I think it was 300 lumens on high? Pretty standard AA/14500 EDC aside from the finger grooves, colors, CC, emitter choices. I had never seen any options on a flashlight.
Now that I picked it up a,gain I can feel the warm white beam costing me money on new lights.
I was honestly confused by all the 2.7k and 4k lights that get sold. I thought I liked 5k, but I see the attraction now… If I went back to AA for edc this might do it.
My first “real” lights were a pair of 80buk (!!) Quark 2AA-Xes. Loved the UI, but hideously green emitters.
After that, I bought a one-way ticket to Drop-In City. ’501s and ’502s, mainly, then C8s (pills, not integrated shelves), then a coupla ’98s for variety.
This thread reminded me of this one I created for “”incandescent palm-sized flashlights”:https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/58401”!
I guess my “thing” with lights started with that one, although only in recent years I actually started my addiction with “not so old” flashlights!