i bought 8 of these to give away for Christmas, a guy I know had one and they were impressively bright to me, at the time. Advertising 350 lumens they were the best I knew of in the smallest package a month ago.
Now joining this forum, I see a lot of other "Q5" lights rated for twice the lumens with the same q5 emitter. This is just one example that I am thinking about buying, the "host" looks more appealing to me but if you insist I will dredge up a link to the same zoomie host rated 6-700lumens.. :/
http://m.banggood.com/CREE-XPE-Q5-600-Lumen-7W-Zoomable-LED-Flashlight-1x14500-p-907006.html
I realize these lights never put out as much as they claim, but if the 300 lumen light puts out 150 and the 600 lumen light puts out 300, then it's still brighter! What is the difference, what am I missing? Is the 600 lumen claim just a marketing ploy and it's only the same lumen output as the other light? What about the other seemingly same host as first link ones that take an 18650, are they double rated too?