really good review. i had a few questions and all addressed in detail…
Very cool looking light! Thanks for the review _the_! 
Sweet review! Thank you. This cleared up lots of things for me as I've been eyeing this light since it came to market.
So here's my take on it.
IMO the combined package leaves me wanting because:
Parasitic drain - non flashaholics and some flashaholics will leave batteries in it and forget about it. Soo primaries will die and leak. Rechargeables will maybe drain to ~0V even if protected since so low drain might not trigger the protection circuit. And then they die. Or a non flashaholic throws them in the charger without checking them. And then they die. Bummer all around!
Low mode of 80 lumens? Too high. I get the 200 lumens on primaries - still lots of usable light IMO - and the tradeoff is runtime of course. But a low of 80. Think about it this way. A standard incan maglight 3*D put out ~50 lumens. And people love those! But that makes 80 too high of a low.
Thank you for the superb review the
But I dont like Gold ano myself, if they come out with the dark grey like Darth + control ring, surely I’ll get it :bigsmile:
Nice review and the light looks great on first appearance. But I have to confess I’m rather confused at it’s intended use apart from a collectors piece.
A Mini Mag Pro puts out more lumens on 2AA and surely running 1x18650 would be more efficient than 3x14500’s?
I can see it’s good that it takes multiple battery types should the need arise (likely rare for most of use I’d have thought). And the bigger head should offer up better throw.
-undecided….
For the review. I'd wish it was a 4AA form factor, I'd be ordering... that's just me though as I hate getting odd number configs of alkaline cells or NmH cells....
Great review and thanks for taking the time. I’ve been looking at the version of this that uses cr123a batteries, but I can see getting my sons the AA version if they like the look of mine. My only disappointment in this whole thread/review, and it is very minor, is that I was hoping that MRsDNF’s request would have have produced a different someone. You are in a Scandinavian country, right? 
Yes, he is.... and so am I, you wanted to see me holding it naked? 
Sorry don't have Rook, but here's next best thing.... Me holding TN31 naked
1. It is. I mostly listen Finnish metal (but which is song in English)
2. I press "quote", and copy text and go to my old message and do "edit" and paste text there
3. I thought this light is called Rook (FandyFire Rook to be exact)
4. Yes, that's me naked there... do not go look 
I don’t know, maybe. If you are going to do it, let me know so I can get my wife over here because Vikings in their natural state always put her in the right frame of mind. 
Four quick questions, the first three are for M3tal_Lord.
1. Is your username a music reference? If it is, my wife might be a little too interested. JK! I hope!
2. How did you get my quote above the post it came from?
3. Could you please clarify “rook”?
4. Did any of y’all click on M3tal’s link? I’m too scared to do it now.
And the, sorry about going off topic.
2. You can edit posts... :P
4. Yes, I clicked it. Nothing to big. :P
Spoiler alert: M3TAL_L0RD is wearing a watch. ;)
Too funny. I forgot what we were talking about. I thought “rook” might have been Finnish slang for something else.
The, since I’m personally responsible for messing up a great review, I will try to make it up to you by giving away one of these lights when I hit 2000 posts. Totally serious. I am sorry because while everyone knows I don’t mind straying from the OP after a thread has started to come to a close, I feel really, really bad about doing it in something that like this review that I know took you lots of time, but perhaps worse yet, is “stickied”.
I will order one up this week so that it is available when the time comes.
I think someone just wants to play with the light. :D
I will be happy to accept any donation for this flashlight
P.S. Nice review, thumbs up.
I really, really, REALLY hope I win this when the time comes. I never win any of these dang giveaways. 
Three fully charged Eneloop drained to 0.8V after leaving it inside the ‘Rook’ for just 2 weeks without using it (I was away for 2 weeks).
Since the ‘Rook’ cannot be locked out, I place a piece of round thin cardboard between the battery and the head unit to lock it out. Troublesome when come to use the light which need to remove the cardboard first before it can be used.
Btw, this light can run on 1 battery.
Thanks for the review! Great light, but I really dislike the colour. I will wait for the black version to come out (or for the zebralight q50, if they ever release it)