Well, could be a lottery - I have got 3 of them and all with clean, shiny reflectors, could not see any other fault like off center emitter, etc. One was with black bezel and the latest two were with blue bezel. Charging working well on all three.
I have played with one of them, measured 263K candela from 11m with HS1010A, shined it @500m - looks OK and within the spec. I think the turbo should have also been able to be memorized, as switching on by the forward clicky is bringing you only to high, while Turbo is not that hot to be dangerous.
For me the light is excellent bang for the buck. Lets see how it will perform on a longer run.
IF it was a “lottery”, as mentioned above…… I WON!! .
Perfect as far as I can tell. Blue bezel has those 4 super tiny “black marks” that were mentioned… but as far as I am concerned that is not an issue at all.
LED is perfectly centered
Reflector is clean & nicely done
Finish is well done… both reflector & anodization
It was packed very well
ALL IS GOOD!!
The only complaint is it has a Chinese Owners Manual… . .
Charging up a 26650 & will check the rest out later.
This seems to be an excellent value…. as in ‘great bang for the buck’!!!
Well, mine might not have the best reflector quality available but after bridging the springs it does 240Kcd (measured with Djozz’ calibrated Gossen).
So for this price point a great deal.
I will get a XP-L HI V3 3C to replace the led because I do not think the latest bin is in there.
That will bring a nicer tint and perhaps a little more throw, will post results.