No, I think it wonāt, because as far as I understand the description you basically lock it out at the head to āturn it offā. You can see the anodised threads in the pictures.
That taoboa website mentions ordering a locking spring if you plan on using it as a bike light. Imagine the mode shifting every time you hit a bump lol!
I have a light with a reverse clicky, if i unscrew the tail 70% of the way so itās loose and the spring is barely touching the cell, It changes mode if i bump into the light.
Iād rather not have the touch shift, I plan on using it 90% on high, changing modes with the twist switch cant be that bad within 2 seconds.
2100 - has yours arrived yet? I admit I find this light intriguing, but I'm still turned off by the UI and possible problems with battery length fitting...
Measurements : (remember the measurements are relative as itās done at the same time)
Palight V60
High - 460 lumens OTF as measured
Turbo - more than 580 lumens OTF in first 5 seconds. 30 seconds later the sliding output due to heat slows and itās about 550 lumens OTF.
Palight V60 Lux = 6500 lux @ 30 seconds mark, in Turbo mode.
SWM M20C XP-G (basically a P60 sized light but itās not a drop-in light) = 7200 lux @ 30 seconds.
N-light ST50 turbo (2 amps) - 390 lumens OTF. Mine is NW, believe it is T5 as there is no mention.
Olight M3X 730 lumens OTF as measured (Manufacturer spec = 700 lumens OTF)
Crelant 7G5 U2 800 lumens OTF (remember this is a U2 and driven pretty hard at slightly over 3 ampsā¦.dunno perhaps 3.5A?)
SWM M20C XP-G 250 lumens OTF as measured (manufacturer spec = 280 lumens OTF)
Xeno E03 XM-L T5 NW, fully charged IMR - 420 initial OTF lumens but instantly drops to below 400 within 3 seconds and then stabilises at 360 lumens OTF after ~ 20 seconds.
So it looks like the biggest positive is that the output is crazy. Throw is actually very very good for XM-L and small size. The built is very very good, itās Hard Anodisation.
Negative. ~ 200-250Hz PWM present in High-Med-Low. In High it is quite difficult to see the PWM coz itās as if 90% ON and 10% OFF. It is somewhat pronounced in Low mode. There is PWM in Turbo mode as well but only if you wave your fingers in front of the light very fast and even then itās not distracting. (something like the DRY in Turbo, it is there but itās not distracting).
There is quite a pronounced donut in the hotspot.
With regards to 18650sā¦. Solarforce 2400, TF Flames protected, XTAR 18700 and all my other protected cells do not work, as in you cannot change mode by tapping the rear. It just lights up in HIGH. (The XTAR 18700 canāt even light up). If you were to twist it ON and OFF fast to change mode treating it as if itās a regular twistie, i donāt know i canāt get it to change mode in HIGH-Med-Low-Strobe-Turbo-SOS. It changes HIGH-STROBE-SOS-HIGH-STROBE-SOSā¦. heheā¦
Sanyo 2600, Panasonic 3100 unprotected all work. Changes mode nicely. Basically this light can only accept unprotected cells.
Well this light has some quirksā¦.but darn itās so small plus output is so good, and of course low price for a well made light (Hard Anodisation). Iāll EDC it and see. Currently i am EDCing a Xeno E03 and iTP A1.
BTW it comes in a pretty nice and sturdy box. Sorry forgot to take pictures, but itās nice enough like what Xeno lights and Sunwayman lights come in.
I am really getting the hang of the ātouch screenā for mode changing.
There is a comment that the modes suck as the Turbo is between the 2 flashing modes. Yesā¦. But in reality, you can easily skip past the flashing STROBE, because of this ātouch screenā tap feature. Pup Pup Pup Pup and there you goā¦.nearly 600 initial lumens OTF for that WOW demonstration for your friends.
Definitely a pocket rocket.
I could change modes in about 0.15 seconds for each mode. The Strobe canāt even really kick in and there I amā¦in TURBO within 0.8 seconds.