Review: Brinyte HEX60

LED Flashlights – General Info 18650 Flashlights
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not exactly pretty, but I think it is good enough.

Brinyte HEX60

Reviewers rating: ★★3/4

Host rating:★★★

Battery:

1x18650

Switch:

Reverse clicky

Modes:

Low, Medium, High, Strobe, SOS

LED Type:

Cree XP-G2 (I say it’s cool white)

Lens:

Normal glass

Tailstands:

No, but if you modify the switch boot, then maybe

Price Paid:

This light was provided by gearbest

Current price: $28.96

From:

Gearbest

Date Ordered:

Shipped 7/16/14

Arrived: NA was DHL’ed to me.

Pros:

  • Beefy, I would have no issue using this as a hammer.

  • Good grip, despite no knurling.

  • No next mode memory (has mode memory)

  • Good hand feel (personal opinion)

  • Hexagonally shaped (will not roll)

  • Fits protected 18650s

  • Very nice matte anodizing.

Cons:

  • Strobe/SOS

  • Almost impossible to swap drivers

  • Stock lanyard is not so good. (one of the worst I have seen)

Other points:

  • Comes with battery (unsure of quality)

  • Decent threads, (but a lot of ’em), need at least a little lube to be smooth

  • Short centering ring

  • Press fit brass pill

  • SMO reflector

  • Holster is a good storage holster, not so good for normal use.

  • Has a huge thermal mass, so if you put a little bit of a TIM between the pill and the body, you can hot rod it to your hearts content

Unboxing:

generic manual (page one, and page two

 

head):

(ignore the dust and dirt, it was perfectly clean out of the box. Very well centered emitter.)

the internals:

The o-ring is very stubborn to remove, I recommend an x-acto wedged very carefully between the reflector and the o-ring, and pull. Then the reflector will fall out.

the shiny part is where the pill rests.

Pill back:

The reason the driver is so hard to swap is because of this press fit delrin (I think) ring, it has defied everything I have tried to remove it.

Side view:


Side view of light with stock battery and light in holster


and the lanyard, 5 minutes out of package:

In true BLF fashion, the tail:

One final note: the first sample I received was shorted out so it was direct drive, and my second sample worked but was dead within 5 minutes. I have caused enough hassle posting this a month late, and having them ship a second one by DHL (probably not cheap), so I decided not to ask them for a third one, and to review the working one as is, and do beamshots later if I can get either working again.

KronoReview: Odepro HEX60 18650 Flashlight
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I actually like the look of the light, at least on the outside. With two samples and both failing in short order I'd say that should be listed as a con and a deal breaker.

With a smooth pill and no threads to conduct the heat into the body, I'd guess that heat quickly killed the lights. An entirely unacceptable design and I really thought Brinyte was better than that. Good to know your experience with it. Thanks for the review! :) Did you happen to get any tail amp measurements on either sample?

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Thanks for the doing the disassemble work. Nice to see that your has a newer XP-G2 as well, but bummer on the dud rate.

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Dear musicmagic, thanks for the great review! I really appreciate your time and effort :party:

I will ask Brinyte to check the light and improve it, thanks for your important notice!

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oops missed the replies.

no amp measurements while the light was working properly.

the heat transfer is actually really good, even without any thermal grease.

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thank you por posting it :wink: