Review NAGE 6X XM-L

LED Flashlights – General Info 26650 Flashlights
1

I bought the NAGE 6xXM-L, I bought it out of curiosity and also because I wanted a flashlight with 26650 in parallel without spending much.
The torch is cheap but, in my opinion, has a few weak points, and once remedied can go on well and give a lot of satisfaction.

_


removed the crown of the head, which has an O-ring, comes off the glass from 3mm thick and then the plate that holds the six parables that are retained on the plate of black rubber.


The six LEDs are on a single aluminum plate that also contains the electrical connections, the dissipation is very good. The plate is integral with the head of the torch, I could not move it.

The weak points are two:

- The thread is short and the pitch is small.

  • The springs, to the negative, are too strong, to screw the battery holder to the body must exert a pressure of more than 10 kilograms.

For the thread: I wrapped the cloth plasticized adhesive tape to add a thickness. Screwed now well, in a soft but solid
I have also reduced the strength of the springs softening three wires (for each spring ) with a small flame.

before modifications:

after modifications:

This is the tape that I used:

_

The Nage weight (with batteries) over 870grams.
The handle is removed without difficulty and is perfectly aligned with the base.
After these little but important changes to the Nage satisfy me. As light intensity is comparable to the Trustfire TR-J12 5Leds. When I have time I take pictures outdoors.

_

The power up sequence is:
on one LED, three LEDs, six LEDs, strobe, SOS; off. At any level if you hold three seconds, the flashlight turns off.

_

The handle is perfectly aligned with the base of the flashlight.
I do not know the use of the jack, I try to understand the next few days.

Added the Beamshot 17/09/2013

The front wall is 23 meters. — 2sec f:5,6

Control:

Low:

Mid:

Hi:

current draw

Hi: 4,03 Amp (after twenty seconds)
Mid: 2,77 Amp
Low: 1,36 Amp

_

I made a short video (53 sec). It’s not perfect because I was on the roof of my house. (it is better to see it directly on youtube)

_

_

2

Great review! Looking forward to beamshots when you get a chance.

3

Thanks for the review! (looking forward to beamshots when you get the time)

4

Subscribed. I’m working on a 4 x 18650 Ultrafire/Nage single XM-L light right now. I see your model also comes with a mystery charging port. I haven’t found a single mention about these ports on any of the Nage/Ultrafire lights, or one that comes with a charging cable. I can’t see any circuitry on my driver that looks like it could support any kind of charging. Perhaps it was a production boo-boo, so they just pretend its not there.

5

If I insert a plug, have an output voltage of 4.11 volts. (batteries at 4.11 volts).
With the plug inserted and no input voltage, the light does not turn on.

For now I think that the plug is directly connected to the batteries and excludes the lighting of the flashlight. Then used to charge the batteries, but the charger must be suitable for lithium-ion batteries.
This evening I modify a battery charger and do a test.

6

… as the subject

7

Nice beamshots.

8

Thanx for this review! Its a very interesting light. :slight_smile:

9

Thanks for the review. This looks like a super flooder.

10

Added current draw

11

Tailcap reading of 4.03A. Can someone interpret that for me? So what would each LED be receiving at the emitter? I get a little mixed up with these multi emitter lights.

12

Thanks for the review. Cells are in parallel, so just divide 4.03A by # of LED's for a rough number (assumes no loss through the driver) so 4.03 / 6 = 0.67A per emitter. Seems there's room for improvement! Sure looks brighter than that though.

-Garry

13

The plug is used to recharge, and when it is inserted, does not allow turning on the flashlight.
Today I did a test and it works so.

14

But…does it know when to turn off, or does it keep overcharging. There isn’t any kind of indicator for full charge. Like I said, looking at the driver on mine, there is no real circuitry that could monitor anything.

15

Driver Nage does not deal with charging. The jack does not allow to turn on the flashlight when it is charging.
The indication of charging is delegated to the light on the charger (turns green when it is charged) if you put batteries protected, you will have additional protection.

16

The modes are really shitty ! Using only 1 or 3 LED use more watts for lumens than all 6 on low amp and you loose all the purpose of using multi leds with multiple reflectors and their flood light, its like using a small light but in a useless HUGE package.

If they use 80CRI XML2 LED with OP reflector and always using all LED this could be a wonderful light !

17

thats where modding comes into play.

I too dislike the turn off leds for lower modes way of doing low modes

18

Doesn’t matter whether the LEDs are wired in series or parallel?

19

I believe the LED's have to be wired in parallel, otherwise the light would need the batteries in series to get a high enough voltage (and/or a boost driver).

-Garry

20

I would swap the three LEDs that come on first to HI CRI.