I will make this short ...
Its well made but not cheap ...
Im no fan of flood to throw , and this light helps re-enforce that feeling ..
Lets get straight to performance :
Rather than light box readings , as they were no accurate due to the flood to throw design , I have gone with a ceiling bounce comparison ...
Trustfire Z1
Flood = 47Lux
Throw = 16Lux [ Wow now that's a lot of loss ]
Solarforce L2 with 3 mode Manafont XM-L = 60Lux
Solarforce L2T with 3 mode low current XM-L = 35Lux
Now lets check out throw @ 1 meter ..
Trustfire Z1 = 12900Lux @ 1 meter
Solarforce L2 = 11000Lux @ 1 meter
Solarforce L2T = 7600Lux @ 1 meter
Wow , it does throw , but not nearly well enough to make a regular XM-L look bad , if anything it simply re affirmed my personal choice in lights .
What it seems to do is put out a nice spot , which is a little brighter at distance than a regular XM-L .. I have taken this light to the park ..
If you have to have one , fair enough , but it simply does not impress .
The flood mode is useful , and does a very nice job , but I just dont see the point ...
Bottom line ,
Flood is useful
Throws a little better than a regular XM-L [ P60 ]
Cheap ass pill , but emitter sits on a large base
2 x 18650 = A negative for me ..
Serious output loss in throw mode
Im not a fanboy of flood to throw , so I might be the wrong person to say yay or nay ! So I wont ...
If you like flood to throw ? [ My brother does - its his light ] you may wish to consider this one ,