For $11 the jacobs is a great little light. Way too small of a pinpoint light for me but it’s fun anyway. I see the J-18 for sale at a bunch of places on Ali-express this month although this is a cheap as any and Wallbuys does usually deliver the goods. My bet though is that the J-18 will be coming down in price all over. I have one of the way that is getting XM-L2 U2’s and the IO driver.
Although my J-18 has been sitting in the post office in China since the 4th of this month (instant kill one) and hasn’t moved. I asked Cherry last night what was going on and she got right back to me with the, “it’s been shipped and be patient” line but didn’t bother to find out what was going on with it. My first order with Wallbuys ended with no flashlight delivered and me having to file a claim with paypal. I hope it doesn’t go the same with this one.
I really want to buy one and mod it, but every time I go to pull the trigger, I think I could just as easily use a LED "D" Maglite and make just as good a thrower.
In your hands I would say stick with the Maglite. The Jacobs is fun but it’s not that good of a host really. It’s fun because of the focus you get out of a tiny emitter but man that beam is soooooo small. Sure it’s cool because you can get big lux numbers out of it but it’s not like a de-domed XM-L2 at 7amps now that would be a cool Maglite thrower.
stop saying stuff like this! >) I got paid today and just bought another moded torch a couple minutes ago…. wow, I paid a hair under $100 for my x100 and now the J18 is $45……must……resist! (or wait and gain some skills to mod the x100……hmmmm) Awesome prices on these two lights! the future mrs is going to kill me……must resist…