Nitecore confirm me a few minutes ago that Tip Wintern edition “the winter edition is definitely from a newer batch without the lockout issue”.
(The person that comment, I think is quite reliable.)
I have 2 Winter edition on the way (one from gb, one from bg). one of them (the first that i bought) is now ” Delivery in progress”, it will be delivered today….in a few hours I will check if is new batch.
Honestly I did not think I would like it. I was going to leave it here for my wife.
Truth is I am keeping it. Making it my EDC at work. I do wish it had a belt clip and the little rubber cover for the Micro USB is kind of irritating really only because of the tiny little tip of it. I snipped that off and now that cover does not get snagged all the time.
Arrived my first TIP winter Ed. (from bg this unit)
Confirmed that after lockout if I press any button, the switch not blink (my previously TIP blink the switch after lockout if I touch it)
I was looking for a torch that took 3xAA for friends that don’t like Li-ions and found this zoomie. Pretty good for the price (£11.70 BangGood). LED looks like a genuine XM-L2. It can also take a 26650. With a fresh 26650 I measured 1.4A on high and 350mA on low (so room for improvement).
I like the zoom feature - gives you both a thrower and a flood in one. Access to the battery is a bit complicated though… you have to unscrew the end cap and then the charging piece before you can get to it.
It does come with a nice Sanyo sourced 18650 3350mAh protected battery.
It is a Spanish knife of the brand Aitor (it is an old knife that I found years ago in an armory that was going to close the business, it was in the back room)