Estimated review date of the Nitecore EA41?

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@JohnnyMac

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@JohnnyMac

Considering the sketchy history of the EA4, I recommend you skip the EA41 and just get the SWM D40A. It's a top notch light with zero complaints to my knowledge and the EA41 is pretty much a copy of its interface. I have the D40A and have zero complaints. It's an incredible light as anyone who owns one will attest. Can't same the same about the EA4. The EA41 is too much a crap shoot until we hear otherwise.

Have you reviewed both the D40A and the EA41?

I haven’t reviewed my D40A because I bought it but have too many other lights that need reviews that I’m obligated to review first. I also don’t have an EA41 but given a chance to get one to review I’d happily do so. I just won’t buy one to find out it’s not much better than an EA4. I’m sure the EA41 switch has been improved greatly but some have reported as much as 25% output loss due to heat sag on the EA4 and it appears that the EA41 has the same heat sinking (or lack of it). I’m sure Nitecore will send one to selfbuilt as soon as they start shipping.

@ johnnymac, do you have a link?

As far as I could remember the tests were shown no real output sag.

I think it was in the tear down thread.

Edit: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/17922#comment-374616

Nitecore EA8 tear down - Modding will be later and in a different thread.

EDIT: I want to state here, for anyone else reading, that this whole thread (or most of it), was based on MY uninformed, knee jerk reaction to something I saw as a problem. The Real problem is my lack of knowledge when it comes to anything other than conjecture. I did what I Normally do and I ran my mouth without having any real knowledge. It's what I do, it's how I am. I develop my own thoughts based on non-scientific results. which ends up being useless words. So, what I am saying is, that…

Nitecore EA8 tear down - Modding will be later and in a different thread.

EDIT: I want to state here, for anyone else reading, that this whole thread (or most of it), was based on MY uninformed, knee jerk reaction to something I saw as a problem. The Real problem is my lack of knowledge when it comes to anything other than conjecture. I did what I Normally do and I ran my mouth without having any real knowledge. It's what I do, it's how I am. I develop my own thoughts based on non-scientific results. which ends up being useless words. So, what I am saying is, that…