Review: Crelant V9CS

You have nothing to apologize for….this was a great review.I really like how the UI of this lite works.By the way, I have acat with the same markings…besides yours,I haven’t seen another like her.I took her in as a local stray many years ago…although she is a bit bigger now(over-fed).Again……great review, thanks!

Great review, and nice looking light!!

Great review.
This light has regulated output with 1x18650?

You're going to love it here, jorgemac!

Honestly I don’t know if it’s regulated or not. The predecessor V9 T6 didn’t seem to be according to a review over on CPF, but that light had a completely different UI, so I don’t know how different the driver might have been.

That said, I haven’t so far noticed any issues or visual dimming due to not being regulated.

got my v9cs today

tailcap readings are 1.6 at 4.15v with a panasonic 2250…1.5 with a regular 18650…2 16340 is 1.1a so 2.2 at the emitter at 8.4v…far cry from the 2.5a claimed from crelant…would make sense though because their lux ratings are complete bs also…still really nice light that is sanely driven…it’s bright and will have good runtime…exactly what I wanted…still 2.5a would have been sane also and it could have always been dimmed…my 0.02$

It does make me wonder how much variance a different DMM’s can introduce though? I’ve got 2 DMM’s, one that I suspect was more pricey and a real cheapo one.

The more pricey one reads slightly higher voltages on cells by 0.2-0.3 difference compared to the cheapy DMM (even when using the same leads).

Sadly the better DMM doesn’t work when taking tailcap readings (something is broken on it). So I don’t know if it would also see an A difference too, but it does make me wonder.

What’s the REAL lux on this?

yeah I have a pretty decent DMM with 14 gauge leads on it…it’ll measure 5+ amps on my Dry and a bang on 2.8a with my nangj V1 and 3a with the nagj v2…therefore I trust what it tells me…if your DMM shows you 2.8 on a nangj v1 then it’s accurate…

What’s the real lux and how does it stack up to the HD2010 or V2?

Afraid I don’t have a lux meter or either of those flashlights (yet :wink: ), I can say it throws quite well, but my XP-E Mag will match it/slightly exceed it, albeit with a narrower beam and less bright spill. And my aspheric Mag easily out throws it.

I do have a Small Sun ZY-T13 that I want to do a proper comparison to.

readings from my neutral white V9CS:

protected 18650 (AW) ~ 486 lm
unprotected 18650 (Sanyo) ~ 530 lm / 15.425 lux

2x CR123A (Panasonic) ~ 603 lm / 18.475 lux

2x 18350 (unprotected, Ultrafire) / RCR123 (protected, AW) ~ 677 lm / 20.150 lux

I’m very happy with its clean beam without any artefacts, beautiful color is neutral white , not too yellow.

I would agree with those findings…with a fresh off the charger 4.2v 18650 I get a reading of 1.7-1.8a…it’s plenty bright and has great throw for it’s size…I used this at my moms property on saturday and was very pleased with it while walking around and shining it in the bush…colour is awesome 3C neutral…should provide great runtime also at ~1.5 hours for a decent 18650…light gets warm very fast but never gets too hot to be unsafe…which shows great heatsinking and sane drive levels…overall i’m very happy with this light and it fills a hole in my collection by being a small, decently bright, neutral, midrange thrower…recommend this light to anyone looking for the same…oh and I didn’t even mention how cool the variable dimming is…

Looks very good light for the price, do you know if this light have regulated output in 1×18650?

I doubt it…the tailcap amperage readings go down as the voltage of the cell goes down…regulated output the amperage readings would go up as the voltage drops to maintain output… (at least that’s how my regulated lights read to me on my DMM)

ok, thks.

Is the printing on the box incorrect…….5 lumen for just 39 hrs? Most 18650 lights can easily put out 5 lumen for >100 hrs.

I dont think so neither does the 300m range seems accurate too

I had an email from Crelant this morning - seems that they are discontinuing the V9CS light - when it’s gone, as they say, its gone. So if you want one, get it now. Or wait till the old stock is heavily discounted :wink:

Interesting. Wonder if they have something even newer coming out then? Seems it was a short lived light.