Didn't notice in use, but now tested and it has hole in beam... when shining wall closer than 50 cm, further than that I can't see hole. On high hole is much harder to see and makes me see spot all the time :D
Actually I like the possibility of scrolling quickly through the modes by clicking the button slightly and then selecting a suitable mode pressing it completely.
Well, I do, low mode here is quite useful and I don't need to switch to other flashlight. Besides - forward clicky+mode is useless because you can't really use it because of unintended mode changing.
Tested it against UF-980L and I got to say, it had tough company to start with...
On a shorter distance, say 100 meters, it is easy to notice that STL-V2 has tighter spot and more lux.
Then if you compare an absolute throw in meters, there´s really not THAT astonishingly big difference.
STL-V2 throws further but after 980L it does not make my jaw drop that much. Could the difference be something like 50-60 meters? Hard to say, I don´t have a lux meter to leave up there to test.
It is now 0°C and RH is at 93%, I felt like the beam itself in the air was blinding me.
At this kind if weather, I would say I saw it doing maybe 200m+, can´t say very accurately. Measured only by cars speedometer.
Well I have a Olight M3X which this light here is pretty much a clone of. I have a Crelant 7G5 coming. I'll let you know who the winner is? I say it is going to be close.
No, it won't be brighter, coz it is fully regulated. BTW, can it take such a high voltage? Had the impression that it can only take 2 cells. 1 cell also won't work.