I’ve only been a flash light collecter for a year now…. I’m not up technically, but I do have some nice lights to compare……I occasionally buy cheap lights just to play with, but I do use the lights professionally at work. I routinely need to see 60 feet away into dark spaces and I often work splicing wires in cramped dark spaces.
So far I’ve only tested looking at cathedral ceilings
The EDC 18650 XP-G2 R5 is nicer than I expected… I honestly didn’t expect much from a cheap light. I ordered the 3 mode. I gave it a redilast 2600mah….
It’s less bright, but floodier than a Maelstrom X10. Obviously the X10 is 3X the size and in a different league…
It blows a Xeno E03 XML T6 + 14500 away in every thing, but size. The EDC 18650 has better usable light in all modes. The white of the EDC led out shines the Xeno.
My favorite edc: Quark XP-G + 14500 will take a back seat to this light….atleast for testing My Quark looks noticably greener next to the EDC’s larger and significantly brighter hot spot.
First impression is great!…….I hope it lasts
Quick comparison shots ….I know this is not ideal, but its some thing….20 feet away, tilted ceiling.
EDC 18650 is always on top in the pics, the bottom half is the light as stated. Its hard to tell there is another light on the bottom of the pics, except for the X10.
All lights are on high.
All the lights…. the EDC 18650 is the grey
EDC top / Quark +14500 xp-g bottom
EDC top / Xeno +14500 XML T6 bottom
EDC top / Maelstrom X10 +26650 bottom
Here’s a shot at 10 feet on a slightly yellow wall (my kid’s).
The EDC 18650 is on the left, Quark 14500 on the right.