Jetbeam HC20, Heads Up, November 2015.

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Jetbeam HC20, Heads Up November 2015.

Currently the Jetbeam HC20 on a special at gearbest.com, the discount price is UK£17.03 (€23.13, US$25.89, AU$36.50). They say that it is a “Discount : 54% OFF”, and that the regular price is “£36.99”, though I have seen it cheaper than £36.99 for quite some time, £17.03 sounds like a reasonable price. Apparently a 2600mAh 18650 battery is included. I think the special offer ends in about three days.

I have ordered one. Though I don’t know if that was wise. So far I have mostly been disappointed with the 18650 headlamps that I have bought. The Crelant CH10 has a nice beam, but I hate the interface, as there is not a one click way to get from ON to OFF. The rubber bracket on my Xtar H3 started to fail within the first two weeks, and its beam has an extremely yellowish tint. The only 18650 headlamp I don’t regret spending my money on is a Rayfall H1LR. The Rayfall web site is a greater work of fiction than War and Peace, but in spite of the H1LR not showing any sign of being regulated as claimed, and the claimed beam range of 148m seeming to be a bit optimistic, this is good long throw lamp that gets very good runtimes out of a battery, but a small bright spot and relatively weak spill, mean that the Rayfall is not an electricians light, it is strictly geared towards long range.

Any way I’ll soon see if the Jetbeam HC20 is any good, or just another waste of money. The link for the Jetbeam HC20, is:

http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_109947.html

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What makes this a “heads up”?
Is there something we should know?

I hope you checked if it was OK to post sale price—we don’t need another
cancellation due to MAP Police.

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I thought people might like to know that there was a bargain to be had. If I have done anything wrong, I apologise. It was not my intention to break any rules.

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Not tryna be hard on a new guy But—Gearbest has several Deal threads ongoing
that you might add this to; instead of starting yet another thread.

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Check out reviews, there are at least two on this light.

I have ordered two, one already received and so far been pretty good with comfortable straps.

Prepare your magnets, because it wont be reliable without them though, battery tube is too long even for protected batteries ;)!

PWM is present together with whine in low and medium modes albeit not annoying/visible.

Otherwise good deal for the money with included battery.

Have ordered Crelant’s CH10 due to good feedback on it, only 21$ at the moment at GB.
What exactly is there about switching it off?

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The Crelant CH10 has two brightness modes (+ strobe & SOS), each brightness mode has stepless adjustment. When you turn the CH10 on, it starts in mode-1, a second click takes it to mode-2, and a third click turns it off. There is no way to turn it OFF directly from mode-1. From mode-1 you must enter mode-2, before you can turn it off.

I hate this! I always want a one click (or long press) way to turn off, without having to cycle through another mode. Perhaps this is just a pet hate, and it may not bother you.

I’m assuming the Jetbeam HC20 has similar beam characteristics to the The Crelant CH10, but has a one click OFF.

P.S.
Another thing I dislike about the CH10 is that when you insert a battery, the lamp always turns on immediately at maximum brightness, before the switch is pressed, and irrespective of the state of the switch. When a battery is inserted, if the lamp is pointing towards someone close at hand, it will at the least cause temporary blindness.

None of my other lamps do this, only the Crelant CH10.

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I see, thanks for clarifications ;)!

HC20 has around 0.5s long press to turn off.