AKU review----Jetbeam RRT01

Hello everyone,

Here is AKU review from China.

This is just pictures review without comment.thanks

Details:

Beamshot: Left-to-right (JET RRT01--SKYRAY T6-S3--SUREFIRE E1B--XTAR WK21--N-LIGHT ST30)

1 Meter Lux:

Letf-to-right: JET RRT01--SKYRAY T6-S3--SUREFIRE E1B--XTAR WK21--N-LIGHT ST30

Outdoor beamshot:

5 meters: Left-to-right:No light-JET RRT01--SKYRAY T6-S3--SUREFIRE E1B--XTAR WK21--N-LIGHT ST30

10 meters, left-to-right:JET RRT01--SKYRAY T6-S3--SUREFIRE E1B--XTAR WK21--N-LIGHT ST30

30 meters,

Thanks for watching!

why the pictures can't auto-scarling?

Very nice photos, AKU. When you post a picture, after copying in link location, select the appearance tab. In the first size box, enter 100% (or smaller, but you must enter the %), which will scale it to fit anyone's screen.

I love the little gas cannister ST30. I have to get one of those.

Thank you! It work. [quote=BetweenRides]

Very nice photos, AKU. When you post a picture, after copying in link location, select the appearance tab. In the first size box, enter 100% (or smaller, but you must enter the %), which will scale it to fit anyone's screen.

I love the little gas cannister ST30. I have to get one of those.

[/quote]

Nice pictures, thanks!

Viktor

Sweet photography, AKU. This is totally off-topic, but have you seen the animated series Samurai Jack? It's one of my favorites and the antagonist is a real bad@$$ named Aku!

Awesome pictures, thanks!
That tail switch looks impressive btw.

Very nice Pic's

Got my RRT-01 and have had a chance to play with it for a few days. My thoughts:

(1) Very small for a flashlight with a magnetic control ring. This light is smaller than a Sunwayman V10R.

(2) Very bright. Brighter than my 460 lumen Sunwayman V10R XM-L. My guess is at turn-on with a fresh IMR cell it's at least 500 lumens. Maybe even 550 lumens.

(3) Very low low. This light has the lowest low of any light I own. So low that by playing around with it I could get it low enough that I could barely see the output even when staring directly into the emitter from 6" away in a completely dark room with dark adapted vision.

(4) Good interface. There is no button. The stainless steel post at the back is for a lanyard and is not a button. The only control on the light is the magnetic control ring with is the knurled portion on the head. Far left is off, far right is max. As the ring is turned from left to right the brightness gradually will ramp up from nothing all the way to max. Total ring travel is about 120 degrees and there is a detente at each end. This is an infinitely variable light with no preset brightness levels.

The light can be easily operated with one-hand and can be turned from off to max or any position in between in less than a second. Unlike tailcap button lights there is no need to rotate the light 180 degrees after turning it on.

(5) Hidden SOS mode. By turning the light to max, then quickly rotating the ring to the left and then back to max 3x in a row the light will enter SOS mode. Seems pretty useless to me, but fortunately, it's implemented in such a way that you'll never accidentally activate it. The light has no other modes.

(6) 50 microamp standby current draw according to the manual. This is needed to power the magnetic ring. The light is designed to be left in standby all the time with no need for an off switch. However, if you plan to store it for long periods of time, you can disable the standby current simple by unscrewing the tailcap 10 degrees or so.

(7) Jeftbeam tested the light on ICR 16340s. However, based on the output of this light and their previous history with the RRT-0, my guess is this light pulls way more than the maximum safe discharge rate of 1.5 amps for that battery type. My recommendation is to use only IMR cells in this light.

(8) The battery tube is big enough to easily accept 700 mAh AW 18350 cells. These hold more power than 550 mAh AW 16340 cells so should give a longer run time. It's sorta nice that this light is smaller and brighter than a Sunwayman V10R, but can hold a bigger battery.

(9) The light tailstands easily even though the lanyard ring post protrudes maybe 1/4 of a mm below the main body of the light.

(10) Smooth reflector gives decent throw in a light this size. And the flood is excellent owing to the shallow reflector depth and bright output. However, because the reflector is smooth the beam pattern is ringy.

(11) On maximum power on IMR the light gets very hot very fast. I'd recommend against tailstanding it at max power for more than a minute at a time as the light may overheat and be damaged. For tailstanding turn it somewhat below max power. If you're carrying it in your hand you can keep it at maximum power longer since your hand will help wick away the heat. More heatsinking on the head would have been nice.

(12) Expensive. Definitely not a budget light. but overall very nice for EDC pocket carry.

TY AKY1979 for the sweet pictures. This infinite variable stuff is sweet. Maybe I should go back to using my QTC light again.

Anyways - thank you for sharing some more details to Firelight2. It sounds like a super sweet light for EDC for sure. But where do you get the batteries you are speaking of and what charger can a guy use to charge them safely?? (I know they are LMR but dont those have a safe limit for charging too - I mean so you dont degrade the quality too fast?)

Lighthound.com has the 18350 batteries.

http://www.lighthound.com/AW-IMR-18350-700mAh-LiMN-Rechargeable-Lithium-Battery_p_3818.html

I charge them in my cheap WF-139 charger that charges all my other Li-ion batteries.