YEZL T9
Reviewer's Overall Rating: ★★☆☆☆
Summary:
Battery: | 1x18650 |
Switch: | Reverse clicky |
Modes: | Five: Low, Medium, High, Strobe, SOS |
LED Type: | XML T6 |
Lens: | "Aspheric" |
Tailstands: | Yes |
Price Payed: | 30 USD |
From: | cnqualitygoods.com |
Date Ordered: | 7/6/2011 |
Pros:
- Good construction
- Amazing flood light
- Multiple modes
Cons:
- Big
- Dims when zoomed
- Plastic Lens
- Bad threads
Features / Value: ★★☆☆☆
Having owned a Yezl Z1X that I was decently impressed with, I thought this light might be a fun thrower to have around. Multiple modes, including SOS and strobe, appealed to me. Flood to throw also seemed like a nice trick to have a flashlight do. I was wrong. What I have in my hands is a Z1X made crappy. The Z1X is a nice compromise between flood and throw and it works well. The T9 floods really well but the throw is just unimpressive.
Design / Build Quality: ★★★★☆
Aside from the plastic lens and the gritty threads on the tailcap, the light is solid. Very thick construction, heavy in the hand and anodized well.
Battery Life: ☆☆☆☆☆
That's right, zero stars. Here's why; I bought this light thinking that an XML driven at 2.5 amps with the head zoomed fully would be the most amazing thrower I could possibly put my hands on. WRONG. While drawing a stout 2.5 amps, this light at full zoom is no brighter than my Ultrafire recoil thrower that pulls a whole 800mA. Also, while still drawing 2.5 amps and in flood mode, the flood is no more impressive than my Ultrafire recoil light in flood mode but the Ultrafire draws just over 1 amp! Sure, there are multiple modes on the YEZL but the PWM is so horrible that they are essentially unusable. It's like walking with a strobe light on.
Light Output: ★☆☆☆☆
The output of this light is so underwhelming on full zoom that I can only give this one star. It gets dimmer as you tighten the beam! So much light is wasted by the wide angle of the XML LED.
Summary: ★★☆☆☆
While well built and an interesting design, this light does one thing well. It's a great flood light but the PWM on lower modes and current draw on high are both a turn off for me making the light a hassle to use because of low battery life and strobe effects when moving, especially in wooded areas.
Pictures:
YEZL on the left. Ultrafire on the right.