I do agree with you.
At first I thought it is a titanium light.
If I were to buy an AA light with a budget of $60-70, I’ll take the tried and tested ZL anytime over this.
$40 is a more appropriate.
Like that titanium Manker, they use way to much material to my taste, making the light bulky. I guess I'm more an Eagletac type of person. I do like the reflector size though, there's not much in the AA-'thrower' category.
Well, after seeing this review and watching the video, I take back what I said about it being ugly. It’s still not my favorite design, but it’s not bad really, and it has a nice tight beam!
The reflector looks amazing. I don’t really care much for AA lights but the fact that it’ll take a 14500 makes me want one. The deep carry pocket clip is the main selling point for me, I like to carry my lights, not just leave them sitting on a shelf. The size of the head reminds me of the Nitecore MH20 but it’s still pocketable.
The head is almost 30mm wide. That’s about the same as a Zebralight SC600. I think that might be too wide for pocket EDC.
On the other hand it does look like it has pretty good throw for a 14500 light. It must be making good use of all that interior space for a large reflector.
Don’t bet on it.
There was a proposed group buy for Manker Timeback titanium recently that was torpedoed by Manker.
GB also first advertised the light at discount, and had to raise the price to RRP after warning by Manker.