As a big fan of AA lights I can say this will be on my short list. Along with the Costco Coast HP550 whenever it decides to show up on the shelves of my local Costco.
Do you think the batteries are parallel? This looks like a perfect self contained bike light. Diameter is about the same as the head of the JM07 and it's about 1.5" shorter. I would think using 3400mAh cells might extend the run time a little above stated specs.
Edit: Don't know why I missed this was a 4AA light at first glance.
The more I read about this light at Nitecore webpage, the more I want one :D!
And now when you look at it as “search” light then modes start to make sense, they are there for some throw and not for some sub-lumen firefly modes, even tho one or two extra low modes would be great, lets say <3lm and ~10lm, yes?
And I do hope this will have some throw :D!
BTW, That Ebay seller and that online retailer el-top.com seem to be the same seller
The price per lumen is indeed the best. The previous top performer of 4xAA catergory - Sunwayman M40A with 645 lumen (600 lumen old version) is still at around US$100
The quoted runtime at 860 lumens is 1hour 45 minutes, that got to be a serious search.
Also I realized a good (or not so bad) point about the step down: after 3 minutes, you can just half press+hold the switch and it’s back to 860 lumens
I’m waiting to hear back from my guy. His prices are usually the best, and he has always given me dependable service. I like to be loyal to a good provider, but, if I have to wait, I’ll get it elsewhere. Bookmarking el-top.com though.
Even with nihm that’s assuming it steps down quickly from turbo. So it’s basically the high mode runtime.
Rudimentary calc for high assuming that’s accurate: