Spark SF5 XM-L2 NW (AA/14500) Carbon fiber and Flood/Throw reflector kit

Love the look of the carbon fiber, quite beautiful. The light reminds me of a zebralight.

Will stop typing now..

thanks for the comments.. definitely better looking than the average black light.

Will hopefully continue the review tomorrow.

Nice review. Well check it out again after you finish. Cool trick with the mouse over.

You say the SF5 has a 3C tint neutral emitter? That would make it 5000k.

That’s much cooler than the tint in my SF3, which is around 4200-4500K.

i honestly don`t know which emitter they used.. but its more greeny that my 4C lights.
Don`t know exactly what other emitter they could have used.

The greeny mainly shows when comparing it with my 4C lights I own. Not as much by just shining at random objects.

Nice review ChibiM :smiley: .
The SF5 and the Zebra SC52 are my favorite aa flashlights.
With eneloop 2400mA runtime on turbo 1h.06 min, on High mode 2h. 47 min. I love with flood reflector.

Very nice review. Would it be possible to take a pic showing how the flood looks in your garage as well, as I'm assuming that garage pic is with the throw reflector? Maybe I'm wrong.

Also very weird how weak it is on 14500

Interesting.

My SF3 has no green at all in the tint. It’s actually one of the prettiest XML or XML2 tints of any lights I own…. comparable in quality to the tint in my 2012 XML Eagletac D25c neutral. Far better than the tint on my Zebralight SC52w.

Seems a great light for the money but for that kind of money, I’d rather get a ZL SC/H 52W.

As a con you missed the ‘low output on 14500’ :slight_smile:

Thanks for the great review.

Thanks for the review. I’m sold. Does hkequiment have a blf discount code? I put off buying the SC52 and now I’m glad I did.

The code on their site doesn’t work. Let me email them

The wife didn’t even blink when I said “I’m buying another $50 light payday” which means I should’ve held out for more. Now it’s just choosing a vendor and waiting a few days until money magically appears in my account :slight_smile:

Lol I got paid today too. I love the sf3 so much the sf5 is a no brainer :slight_smile:

I don’t get paid until the 1st [twitch] [twitch] :frowning:

Hmmm I think I’m gonna go for the NW version of the SF5. Probably that and a D25A Ti clicky will hold me over for another couple weeks. With some of my lights coming from China and some coming 2-day from Prime, it’s always like Christmas :slight_smile:

Fantastic review, one of the best ones I’ve read in a long time!

I’ve owned/used this light for several months (attracted by the throw/flood reflectors) and must say it is in my EDC rotation.

No, not cheap but dual reflectors actually gets you two good looking, very functional lights!

How is the clip? Is it decent? The review said this:

The Pocket clip is strong! it feels thicker than the one from the V11R, but the V11R clip is less flexible… Much stiffer than the clip of the Spark SF5.

…but I’m not sure what that means. It’s stronger and thicker without being stiffer? Does that mean it’s good? :wink:

Yes, it is very strong and rigid. So rigid, I’m opting not to force it on to the body of the light - I just hate to scratch anno surfaces.

BTW, it mounts on rear, opening facing forward.

Thanks. It looks nice. I wasn’t originally a big fan of snap-on clips but I have a few lights where it’s done right, like the V11R.

Nice! The comparison with V11R is really helpful as I’m in the market for a SF3 or V11R.

hkequipment has a pretty good price on a v11r

sometimes they will popup on ebay or the cpfmarketplace for $50-60