Review: Xeno E03 XM-L (Pic heavy, beamshots)

OK, now it has 3 modes :~ I've changed the batt. Strange. Don't know if it's an issue, but my unit has a very short delay when turned ON with NiMh (about 0.2 sec). No such delay with 14500. Now HI works. Before it was only MED-LO.

UPDATE: ok, I have to change between modes faster :bigsmile: Looks like I was doing it too slow. Could be the switch also, it feels somewhat cheapy. Anyway, excellent light. Thumbs up.

D'oh! :bigsmile: Thanks for telling me that, will update my previous post as well. ;)

My friends 2 year old grabbed hold of mine and ran off with it.(he loves playing with my lights). His 4 year old sister tried to take it off him and after a struggle my Xeno went flying through the air and hit a hard tiled floor.

Still working perfectly.

My friends were laughing at me because I was edc-ing 5 lights. They also found it amusing that look at flashlight forums. Soon after we had a blackout. They stopped laughing and I started laughing.

Sure it was like "Muahahaha" J)

edc, you bid me. I only carry 4 lights on me.

Just received my 2nd xeno E03 today... dated 07-11 on the serial , my original was 03-11

Looks like they have made a few changes. It no longer has the smaller GITD tailcap button, instead it has a regular 14mm black button.

The inside dimensions of the tail cap have also changed to accommodate the larger tail cap button.

It also has a less knurling (finer) and the finger grooves seem to not be as deep as the original.

My views:

LIKES : I like the larger tail cap button, since I have spare 14mm's I could replace them with any color I want, or change a damaged one. I wish it would have came with a GITD as stated by the seller. (that's me just be picky)

Dislikes: I miss the more rugged knurling on the body and the deeper finger grooves.

You received V3 version then. Please, post side-by-side pics for better comparison. Thanks.

Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics.

Seems to me the v3 is a little brighter than v2... my v2 has a yellowish tint, while the v3 has more cool white tent. Both are "Cool White" models.

Here they are.

I think the black tailcap change is fine. However, it really is too bad that they made the knurling less agressive. The old knurling felt very grippy and nice in the hand.

I'm glad they changed the tailcap to a regular sized one. That way I can have spares. The lack of knurling makes the light feel less "expensive" to me... I don't know why...

I Just bought the Red Cool white version, Will be my high output light on a mt hiking trip as I'm going lightweight now. will be leaving my Solarforce L2 with kadoiman XML drop in

I don't usually edc 5. My friend has a penthouse so I took the skyray 3 xml, L2T,KD C8 to try out (along with my dqg2 and Xeno). I saw a car speeding up a 40km hr street. I was just about to give them a blast with the skyray when I realized it was the police. lol

OK, 3 changes so far (comparing to V2):

- knurling less aggressive (was veeery aggressive before, IMO, you can actually use it as sand paper :bigsmile: )

- Bigger rubber tailcap (black instead of GITD)

- Less deeper finger grooves (after playing with mine for awhile, I can say that those finger grooves are amazing, light feels very comfortable in hand)

I just got the XP-G R5 CW model it was advertised as a V2, but I got the V3 delivered. Medium and high also seem to be very close together depending on battery (NiMH) status. Serial number is 0711 1395. I paid $26 with "make an offer" . Have to charge up some batts to see what's up with that medium-high problem.

With NiMh, MED and HI are quite well spaced, but use 14500 almost all the time :bigsmile: (just to see the "wow" factor when my friends asking me to turn it on :bigsmile:

And what about tint? My XML CW has a nice tint, not as cold as I thought.

Batteries are charged and Hi-Med is now well spaced... it seems that the Hi drops to medium-level on depletion of the batteries. So it is essentially a 2 level light when batteries reach their end. My Hugsbies P32/P31 are a lot "bluer" than the Xeno. Overall output on the Hugsby is better and more "throwy". The good old XR-Es are still a force to be reckoned with, at least on 1AA flashlights on NiMHs. 14500 totally different story ...the Xeno is bright as hell, but also hot as hell. I feel the Hi on AAs could be higher and lower on 14500. In this review both versions are tested. 510 Lumen for the XM-L and 335 Lumen for the XP-G , that is just insane. But overall I like the XP-G R5 CW the low mode without PWM is very nice. I will use it mainly on Eneloops. This Ultrafire diffuser fits like a glove by the way.

What I really want to know is where I could get a driver like the E03 are using.Unlikely I could find one unless salvage one from my E03s

Its seems the pictures have disappeared.

Fixed.

Awesome review.....was chatting with another member about this light and it seems like i have found my new edc, now maybe i can retire my Nitecore D10.