I was able to grab one too. I don’t really use AAA lights but this one I can bring on vacation when we go in a few weeks assuming it gets to me in time.
Took me 1.5 hours after the sale started to get the Desert Tan I3E (once the website started working).
Looks like Olight has discontinued all the I3E colors except black (over the last couple of years). Try finding the 120 lumens silver one. Which is all the more surprising they came out with the Desert Tan.
The Desert Tan will be a nice addition to my collection. I have a copper one in my car (with Energizer Lithium), my wife has a purple one in her purse (Energizer Lithium), and I have one laying behind our big-screen TV, for looking at cables (this one has an Eneloop Pro AAA). They all have a perfectly flat single-level output - until the battery drains.
I've been looking for a nice, small light for my wife's key ring ever since her el-cheapo plastic L.L. Bean twisty popped it's diffuser off. This Olight will do quite nicely.
Thank you Olight. Just to show my appreciation I bought a I1R EOS, even though it is all black.
Seems like an interesting marketing test. Give away small lights and gather registrations for a newsletter. Also, at the top of the page, "Olight and PayPal together are offering you discounts from 20%-40% OFF". During checkout I never saw an alternate payment method other than Paypal. I suppose if I wasn't already a member I would have had to sign up.