DQG Spy 10180 titanium first impressions [picture heavy]

That really is a good collection, HKJ . It is a pity that more of them are not in stock anywhere
I usually read your page about flashlights. You do a great job

Nice collection. Thanks stirner and HKJ for the comparison pics.

The main reason being that your photo is back lit, for subject like torches you need the light from the front.

Torches on diagrams of firearms (pistols).

Very nice :wink:

Thanks for the advice fartybum. I tried to put more light, but did not go well. I’ll remember for more photos
The best is the natural light, but in my country it rains a lot. :slight_smile:
You have sharp eye Boro. It’s a mat I use for cleaning a pistol take pictures or anything else .


Is smaller than the button batteries keychain flashlights!


The battery sent bears the mark of a competitor

Nice little light!

Specs:
Dimension: 27mmx12.5mm
Netweigt: 6 gram

Did you checked the weight ?

Thanks the ! :slight_smile:

Tempting… minimal weight of lummi wee 12 - 20 g….

5.40 grams… :open_mouth:

It’s cute. I wonder how they do the two modes.

Tempting but not with a dim trit. I’d definitely consider if they came with bright fresh good quality trit vials.

I don’t know how the driver is constructed, but to access high mode you just tighten it a bit more than what’s needed for low mode.

Since mine was supposed to be a pre-production sample, i don’t know if just i got a bad trit, or if all of them are bad.

Other dqg spy owners, how are your tritium vials?

I’m having trouble seeing… is there a lens which covers the LED and ‘reflector’? Or is it just bare?

Yes. It is a lens, plastic.

The lens is not plastic. CNQG seller was wrong. (And I did not check, sorry).
The lens is made of quartz. The next batch will be AR glass. This information comes from the designer DQG (George), and is reliable.

Hello
Today I received another DQG Spy (yes, I bought another :bigsmile: ).
In the same shipment I received a vial of tritium (free, I asked Ric via email) to replace the first dim trit.
The two new trits are perfectly in the dark , very bright .
In the darkness you can see perfectly.
I think the first trit was a failure of pre-production

PS: I got a discount on the purchase of the second Spy due to failed trit

DQG SpyTi , DQG Spy 10440 , ultrafire 10440 battery :smiley:

I received this light a week ago. It replaced my poor old Photon Microlight on my keychain, and did it with style. I just love floodlights! This is like my 47s Preon P0, but its brighter AND neutral white! I just don’t think it’s nowhere near 200 lumens like advertised. When doing ceiling bounce, it seems to be about as bright as my Olight S10 on it’s 70 lumen medium mode.

I also bought a Veleno Designs charger (14:money_mouth_face: for the 10180 battery from Veleno website. It seems to use 1C charging current, as it uses about an hour
to charge the battery. It has blue light while charging, which goes off as it finishes (volt meter reads 4.17v from fully charged battery).

I tested the runtime until the light was down to moonlight mode-like brightness, and then measured battery voltage after 15 minutes.
Manufacturer’s claims of 10-15min high mode & 3-4 hours low mode seems to be pretty accurate.

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Compared to Spyderco Bug: