Zebralight gives 200lm with an AA so might not need a LiIon to shine. 14500 support lowers the efficiency on AA batteries, and sometimes burn the boost circuit, so I try to pick a AA only or a pure LiIon if I can.
itp sa1 is my edc..great on aa and even better on 14500..39.99$ and was tested at over 250 lumens at cpf in a sphere on 14500's..and actually they changes frpm xp-e r2's to xp-g r5's recently..I remember the xp-e going down a few bucks to be cleaed out on goinggear..well worth the price..
Hm... ITP come to mind (the only one)... for less than $50 and moon mode (well, actually you can buy SA1 or C7 for less than $40). That Quark cost $57 now.
Bryan @ SB sells all versions with R5 already (GG also, AFAIK)
I've never understood which models of Jetbeams and Nitecores are available, and where to buy them..
I think I will finally go for the Quark, I've a kind of love story with it. The ultrafire C3 was the first led flashlight I bought, and it seems to be a Quark knock-off. In october I decided to buy the Quark, but it never arrived
Now there is a 10% discount in 4sevens with the coupon LUMENLOVE.. if I wasn't so skeptical I would believe it is a message from destiny LOL
Good light. Don't know if it has good regulation, but at least you will not burn the driver with AA after using 14500 :bigsmile: The only "bad" thing I remember... is that too many model tends to have bluish or purplish tint :( So if you like neutral or warm tint... think twice.
ITP EOS A3 R5 throws a very broad light and is a flooder totally. Now SA1 Eluma R5 looks promising but I don't know if the brightness would differ much to the R2 version. Some say A3 R5 isn't much brighter than the original Q5 version. What would you guys recommend? A XP-E R2 SA1 for ~$40 (Lightake) or a XP-G R5 SA1 for ~$50 (inc. shipping from Goinggear)?