Ok this is my review of the Mini 500 Ferei AA/14500 flashlight AKA the monkey's butt.
It gets it's affectionate nickname from the tailcap that resembles a baboons back side. As can be seen in the pictures on Lightinthebox's site. Mine came with a replaced tailcap that was just black. :tired:
The Good: it's black.
The Bad:
Price; it's just a little overpriced.
The emitter: It was actually an MX and fried the second I put a 14500 in it. Well actually that isn't quite true I forgot that the switch fried first. Then when I bypassed the switch and made it a twisty the emitter went seconds later.
Does not tailstand:
No monkey's butt (maybe not a bad thing really)
Glued together: hence the pliers scratches from me ripping the head off to put an emitter in. It now has a de-domed XML T6
The Size: for a AA it's rather large.
The average, the lens is average, the heatsinking is average, the lanyard is average, the finish is average.
Conclusion.
I didn't really pay $109 dollars and it didn't come from lightinthebox. I paid $2.99 cents off of e-bay and that was refunded when I told them that it should never have been listed as accepting a 14500 battery when clearly it was not meant for one. So free host but no monkey Butt.
Overall star rating 1 star out of 5 and only because I didn't actually pay any money for this Monkey's butt of a light.
