DQG 18650 EDC--World's Smallest 18650 Flashlight

Mine just passed through the sort facility in NY at 10:01 so at least it is in the states. It won’t be long now!

No idea where mine is as my tracking number still isnt working. It shows when it shows at this point.

Just got mine and some quick impressions before dinner :slight_smile:
Wow this is a really nice and compact light!
Head is slightly darker color than body, XM-L2 got a pretty nice tint, no lubing and o-rings not installed but included.
Xtar 18700 does not fit they are a bit to long, unprotected Sanyos fits fine though.
Lens is plastic but very nice quality, should be easy to change if correct size could be found. Maybe Ric can source them?
Some pics

Lol the star is behind the pill…

Hehe yes an interesting installation, it seems to be fujik glued from behind.

Is that a TIR lens? Didn’t realize that they were doing that with these lights…

If that’s really the case, I’m afraid ‘plastic’ may have been misrepresented in the OP as -“Reflector: Glass optics lens”…

Got a notice today a “parcel” from Singapore is waiting for me at the P.O.:bigsmile: Will pick it up in the AM.

EDIT:
The parcel wasn’t the DQG Mini :neutral_face:, just some stuff from Ali Express: what I got today #5079

What a really neat looking flashlight, like a big brother to the Jetbeam RRT-01. I saw an earlier post that this light gets rather hot on high… which wouldn’t be much of a surprise given how the emitter/star/pill is stacked. Maybe there’s an opportunity to improve thermal management.

Can someone who owns this light do a precise measurement of the inner tube diameter in millimeters? This would be really helpful for checking on existing 18650 cell compatibility. Thanks!

That said, a light that gets hot on high is a good sign that the heat is getting to the outside of the torch. The way the LED is connected to the head, no pill involved, removes an extra interface, and gives you a better thermal connection to the outside of the head, therefore allowing the heat from the LED to get to the casing faster with less resistance.

Thermal management comes from reducing the heat generated (lowering the output, or not running it for as long), and getting the heat out of the LED, and then out of the torch (thermal mass, and external surface area for immediate and continuous management respectively)

My protected Sanyo 2900 from FT is too much of a tight fit, but my protected Trustfires is no problems.

The star is actually the driver (like in it's smaller brothers). It's fujiked between a retaining ring and body => good for thermal transfer => body gets hot as it should.

Inner diameter: 18.7-19.0mm (from my initial impressions post)

The values above are precise measurements for both of my lights: Black is 19.0mm and the other is 18.7mm.

Yes. It's plastic. But we kind of knew that, because there aren't many glass TIR optics around, especially not in flashlights (as mentioned by djozz here).

I can also confirm the very nice quality of the optics.

Inside diameter of my Ti coloured is also 18.7mm.
The battery tube is exactly 70mm deep and the bottom spring adds at least 1mm.

That titanium (looks green to me) is very nice looking. Are these still available to be ordered?

Yes, they can still be purchased : HERE

Would someone post a couple of beam shots showing off those TIR optics please?

Looks like mine are in town :)!

Edit: What’s weird is that I have two coming in, but they’ve arriving via different routes :)!

Mine flickers a lot and skips modes when twisting it, only solution is to twist it really hard to closed every time I turn it on or change modes.
The threads were gritty and dry, but a little cleaning and grease solved that.

Otherwise it’s got the perfect size, fits the palm of my hand nicely, and it’s brighter and throwier than my SC52 on 14500:s.

My Maratacs or Itp:s are a lot better when it comes to that, smoother and more consistent in their mode-changing.