Wow FlashLion, great review! Very professional. This light to me, seems to be the perfect EDC. Side switch, (which I love in lights), simple UI, very small and powerful. Whatâs not to like?
I have the original S10 version, which I modded to upgrade the emitter to a 500k XML2 T6 neutral. Great light. I love the new shortcut the L2 version has to max.
The S10 is one of the best pocket EDC lights available.
The green tint is most definitely less severe than with the XM-L emitter, the S20 I had was quite green. The S10 Iâve got is slightly green in moonlight and low BUT I donât think it makes any difference when you actually use the light. I generally use moonlight in the middle of the night, part of my business is looking after peopleâs dogs while they are away, and this often involves getting up in the middle of the night if the dog wakes me up for what ever reason - I promise you that at the times you need to use moonlight, you donât notice the tint - but it is lovely to have a mode that doesnât blind you!
Low is not much use out side, it just isnât quite bright enough in my opinion (for walking) and the very slight green tint is not noticeable indoors when you are using the light on low, say for finding something or lighting up a tight space and so on.
I also think with current controlled lights you are going to have to accept some tint shift.
Agreed⌠for lower power settings. At max power there shouldnât be much tint shift and I expect to not see any green tint.
Most of the greenish tint from the original S10 wasnât caused by the emitter. It was actually caused by the coatings on the lens. Replacing the lens fixes it pretty easily.
I agree with all the above statements concerning the green tint. My example though is green in all modes but I will say itâs less in high.
However, it doesnât bother me in real world use but if it was any greener, I would have sent it back.
I still say, (even with the green in mine), itâs a dynamite little light especially with the side switch. The build quality is excellent and the UI is so simple which I really like. I also like the extra bonus of the magnet in the tail as it does come in handy occasionally.
I have a Nitecore EA4 that I never use because, (to me), the UI is way more complicated than it should be and every time I go to use it, I canât remember the UI drill.
Again, even though there is the green, I canât recommend this light more highly for someone who wants a tiny, easy to use, quality built light that they can put in their pocket and hardly know itâs there.
The OP says rechargeable R123s wonât fit, but I believe some have used R123s successfully. For those that use R123s, can you measure the length of your cells? Iâm thinking of picking up both the S10 and S20, but need the ability to run rechargeables.
On that note, anyone know if the S20 has problems with any 18650s?
jsr,I posted a review of the s20 and s10 and the s10 was tested with AW icr 16340 and a tenergy rcr123 3 volt.The s20 took keeppower button top 3400 with no problem as well as flat top redilast 3100.The length of the two are 68.9 mm for KP and 68.8 mm for redilast.Hope that helps.@ Flashlion,excellent review and pictures as usual!
Hello
I didnât write it quite well. I tested with Klarus and Keeppower 16340 and they are too long.Their protection circuit is not symmetrically packed and this could be the reason they donât fit. So this light needs really high quality battery like AW or Nitecore.
I use Nitecore RCR123A and it fits in all lights Iâve tested.