Review: Romisen RC-N3

Al

what is the blue tape on your lights

It is tennis grip, my hands tend to sweat and if a light does not have aggressive knurling then the light just slips if i push the switch in.

i have cure for that

So whats the cure....lol.

Beamshots have been posted.

I agree with you completely Al, the RC- N3 is one of China’s bargains, either from DX or better still from Bryan.

I got around the rattling battery issue in a less ingenious way than you did, I made a small tube from card stock of a suitable size and dropped it into short barrel before I screwed on the longer section.

It seems to work well enough and costs little, which is good considering how cheap I am.

Hey you use what works, right. I used the o-rings because they were right in front of me, so i was like hey i'll try and use those somehow.

We obviously think along the same lines Al, use what you have at hand and waste nothing.

come to Scotland in winter sweat wont be a problem

Dude its in its twentys now......and we keep our house in the 70's and my hands still seem to sweat. lol It doesnt happen all the time but for some reason it happens when i hold a light.

Very nice review Al, thanks for the details! Beautiful beamshots there too. I turned on the 5-star rating widget for you too btw.

Thanks again!

For brightness on both battery configurations i gave it a 4, because i know the N3 on DX's site would have been cheaper to get since now it comes in a Q5. Another thing that i like to mention is that with Bryan he will actually test out the light before he ships it out to me.

That is an advantage, DX would save a lot of money and time if they did a simple test of their products before blindly shipping them out.

Yes it would, there RMA traffic would be on the low side. Its a bummer when you open the package, install the batts to realize that the light doesnt work.

Especially after waiting 40 days!

If i were to order from DX right now it would take up to a month for me to get it....of course it depends if the light was in stock.

It takes that long?

Also, who is Bryan?

He's the owner of shiningbeam.com lol.......i thought i said that in my above posts. He has a nice selection of ITP lights that i would love to have. Price is good and CS is awesome.

What light is in the second photo, far right side with the nice clip?

Does anyone know any AA 14500 lights that can take a cut to accomodate a 17500. I know the Romisen RC-I3 can handle it. The Akoray 106 won't and neither will an Uniguefire S10.

Lights that can handle a combination of AA 14500 and 16340 are only 1mm from being able to handle a 17500 and the jump from 880mah to 1300mah rated batteries.

Thats a Nitecore D10, uses a nimh or 14500 cell.