All good points hIKARInoob ……… I kind of feel like the attention now days is mostly on the Big , High output lights also , no matter what brand really.
These smaller lights though are the biggest part of what I use personally for 80% of anything I do with flashlights to be honest.
Don’t get me wrong , I do have a lot of nice throwers in the collection and I use them when I can or if they are needed , but as I say for most of the normal usage and EDC the Neutron and other lights of similar size (or smaller) just seem a lot more practical.
Thanks for the suggestion (and I’ve been following your 18350 thread). But, alas, the eagletac has a lowest mode of around 20lm, complete deal breaker for me. Guess I should’ve included need for sub-lumen mode (or something close) in my post…
Even without your sub-lumen mode requirement being reveled in your post I would have still wanted to make it known there are decent smaller NW reflector18350 lights. The main attraction of the Eagtacs is having XHP emitters and outputs up to 2480lm (1830lm ANSI) from such a small light.
Since you’re following the thread I’m sure you’re aware of these Jetbeams, but I thought I’d mention they’re even shorter than the Eagtacs, with low modes of 1.1lm & 5lm, although there’s no NW/WW option. I’m not sure how difficult it would be to swap LED’s on a Jetbeam.
The EC-R16 in particular is incredibly small for a reflector light.
(Note they’re listed by Jetbeam as 16340, however it’s been confirmed they also can accept 18350)
There is NO tail switch on this new model and ALL functions are through the side switch , which is a nice looking metallic one. There is also a small indicator light in the very center of the switch button that is a constant on , blue in color , when the light is powered on. This same indicator light is also a Low voltage indicator and RED in color when the battery voltage starts getting low. The Low voltage warning will start blinking at first and when the cell is more near depleted , then the indicator light is a constant red , until the Low Voltage Protection will turn the light off when the cell gets to the low voltage level
I wasn’t sure because I don’t see that in the description on Thrunite’s website, It’s probably in the user manual which I think can be downloaded there. EDIT: no user manual downloads there.
Not sure why you mentioned in your reply about it not having a tail switch?