E smart XM-L U2
| Brand; | E-smart XM-L U2 |
| Emitter; | CREE XM-L U2 |
| Battery: | 1*18650 |
| Modes; | 5, Hi, Med, Low, Strobe, Sos |
| Switch; | Reverse |
| Reflector; | L O P |
| PWM; | Yes, but high |
Dimensions:
Overall Length: 120mm
Diameter: 24mm
Weight: 61gram
With battery: 106gram
In Comparison with 2 other well known lights;
With the Xeno e03 on the left, and the Solarforce L2P on the right.
Is this really a re-branded Roche F12?
Upon arrival, I thought wow.. finally a got my hands on a cheap Roche F12..
But actually holding it in my hands, these thoughts disappeared.. it felt a little rough.. sharp edges, not so smooth knurling. A so-so build quality to say the most.
Then I popped in a 18650 battery, and the light turned on in strobe....humm
I would have thought it would turn on in High, or maybe even low, but not in Strobe.
The beam has a fairly smooth transition between the hotspot and the spill.
That was a pleasant point
It`s definitly not a "thrower" and because of the shallow reflector, it has a pretty wide hotspot as well.
Please see my wall shots in comparison with a XPG2 NW.
On the left a SF L2P with a XPG2 NW , and on the right this E smart
First of, here a few pics of the machining;
Now the machining
As I told earlier, when i first handled this light, it felt a kind of rough.
Making a few macro shots, I definitely could see that this is not a Roche F12, because that has been highly praised for having a good build quality.
Macro shots really expose the weak machining, as you can see below;
And the threads came lubed, but has no square threads, They are rather pretty sharp.
Even though the light assembles not really worse than any other budget light.
The threads are also anodized, which makes it possible to do a quick turn off by twisting it a half turn.
Driver ,LED and the pill
The driver is a 5 mode, with a High, Medium, Low, Strobe and SOS.
The pill is made of aluminum and is very light. Not a good idea to drive this flashlight any more than it currently does at 1.7A
Its pretty thin, and it doesnt really work well as a heatsink,
and it wasnt a big surprise that the LED was held in place by a plastic ring, without any TIM under the star.
Light output
On High it draws 1.75A
On Med it draws 0.7A
On Low it draws 0.19A
This doesnt make the light a monster, and it also doesnt has a very low Low.
But they good thing about having it run on 1.75A is that it doesnt get extremely hot.
PWM
Just to keep it simple and clear. The light uses PWM, but its soo high it is actually not noticeable with the naked eye, unless you do some crazy things.
It must be a few K.
Final Conlusion;
Is it a rebranded Roche F12? No.
Is it something you want to buy to mod? maybe
Is it worth the extra few $ to get the real Roche F12? Yes, if you care about quality.
