At first sight this looked like an impressive flashlight. It has quad LED’s,
2 pairs. 1 of the 2 pairs has some kind of optic to focus the beam and serves as a thrower, the other has a clear reflector for smooth flood. So this flashlight is basically a 2-in-1 a thrower and flooder all-in-one. I guess this is how they avoided the need for a Zoom head.
Price is about $15-$20.
I am not impressed with the performance of this flashlight, I could barely light things up 200 feet away.
With a similar 4xC or 3xC I was able to light up objects 500 feet away.
Not that I think highly of Zoomies but a $5 3xC zoomie will outshine this monster any day.
I bet you 3xAAA Atomic Bea can outshine it.
Detail of an LED “everydaysurvivalgear” pointed out these are Cree XPG3
I observed the following modes:
Modes: High-Throw-Flood- Strobe
High uses all 4 LED’s (throw+flood)
Throw uses 2 LED’s with a focus lense
Flood uses 2 LED’s
Strobe is self explanatory.
Tons of PWM, just awful!
Let’s look at the tail assembly, The tailswitch doesn’t have an exposed spring but a push button.
You can peel off the rubber head cover, and you will see stainless steel and plastic.
The body is basically a stainless steel tube inside a black plastic tube that you see. The head is stainless as well, with a rubber cover.
Inside the battery tube
Threads are plastic!!! Common! , whos idea was that.!!!
Here are some beam shots
Quad Mode
Flood mode
After all the bashing of this light, I want to come up with something positive to end with.
A: The black plastic body could be advantageous in wet conditions, when metal surface becomes very slippery.
It might also be great asset during freezing temperatures. Touching your aluminum flashlight with bare hands is very painful so a plastic body is a major plus.
What about labeling it as a budget Maglite and what about a “self defense” training tool. As everyone knows a Maglite is a popular self defense tool, and this flashlight could be great especially for training purposes because you will have to whack somebody while you are practicing your moves and as well for the fun of it when you just want to see how it feels getting whacked by a Maglite, Well, it’s going to hurt much less with a plastic body dampening the blow. Also you have a less chance of the flashlight slipping out of your hands and damaging your surroundings.
The last plus would be that the rubber head has some Squared off features to prevent rolling.
To be continued…
