DX - Which lights to review?

Hi guys,

One thing I'm constantly asked is "When will you do some light reviews that are more budget-friendly?". Well, I've been presented with an opportunity, courtesy of DX, to review some of the lights they carry but given I'm not as familiar with this segment of lights I'd like your feedback/votes.

While I reserve the right to decide which products (from those voiced) are selected for review, it will still need to be cleared with DX for final approval. Regardless that the reviews will be sponsored, the usual disclaimers will be in place between me and DX in that I reserve full rights to say whatever I feel like about the products reviewed and I will not accept any edits unless something I've stated is incorrect (e.g. specs, pricing, functionality, etc).

So which lights would like to see reviewed? Given time constraints, I can only do so many reviews so please select only those that you truly care to have reviewed and not a general wish list.

Thx,
Tim


I personally would like to see this one reviewed.

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/12459

It may be ugly but if the charge port is functional it would be worth buying and deanodizing.

I got the offer too, but there was a list of lights included. I picked a short list of 6 of those lights. They said they would pick two, but wound up picking one and it was out of stock, so there will be a delay. Classic.

On that list was this one, an updated version of one of my favorites, the 1xAAA stainless Trustfire XP-E F23, now the Aurora SH036 with XP-G:

http://dx.com/p/134485

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The fandyfire g36 is interesting as a cheap triple xm-l

It’s either going to be a poorly driven, poorly heat sinked pipe bomb, or a bargain entry into tripple emitter lights.

It’s also not yet been reviewed afaik.

I recently became fascinated by this light:

http://dx.com/p/trustfire-z10-cree-xp-e-r2-white-led-150lm-5-mode-memory-flashlight-golden-1-x-10440-1-x-aaa-152540

The looks are, well, let's say: special, but the specs are very decent, it is a AAA-clicky (not too many around) and it seems to be solid brass.

My budget is too tight to buy one now, but a review could convince me

Jacob A60
Small Sun ZY-T08
Small Sun ZY-T13

They are supposed to send me this one, so hopefully you can get a different one.

http://dx.com/p/134427

It’s the NEW 661. Similar versions are talked about here.

Thx for the feedback guys, please keep 'em coming.

@brted - I'll check in w/you before I make a decision on which to review so as not to create any dupes.

Cheers,
Tim

That is a wonderful light. Mine is great.

They sent me a list of lights as well to chose from and review. Looks like we all got different lights to choose from. My list was mostly bike lights, headlamps and diving lights. the remaining were older Q5 models except for the ZY-T08 and UF-2220. I chose the zy-t08 because one, I've been jonesin' for one big time, and two, because Tmart is sending me a UF-F10 (tk35 clone) to review and i want to do a comparison.

As a cyclist, I think the ratio of bike lights reviews vs torch reviews is a little off. I’d love to see some more bike lights (or head lights) throughout reviewed. For instance:
dx.com/p/93382
dx.com/p/120685

And I’d also vote for some colored LEDs, red, green etc…

:bigsmile: