Not a fan of the Shadow GF1’s ‘Caked Mud’ color? Looks like Shadow just released the GF2, which is almost like the GF1 w/ the 18650 tube, but in gray!
Other than the anodizing/color, they also made some slight changes to the design of the head and battery tube. Seems like everything else is the same though i.e. modes/UI.
I tried to buy one of these from China, unfortunately though the seller would only ship DHL express which cost more than the light…. oh well will have to wait for the other online sellers to stock them
Thanks for that link, price is still a bit on the high side I reckon, still it’s $5 cheaper with shipping than the other option I looked at (shipping was $24)
Happy with this torch, it seems to be comfortably the 480lm as advertised (need to test it though), significantly brighter than my crappy XML T6, 5 mode ultrafire 1800lm (yeah right) 18650 torch… Obviously not as bright as my 800-900lm EA4 or Sunwayman D40A, but much more compact…
Must say my ‘grey’ one is grey but also has a definite olive tone…
Due to short reflector the spread is rather wide (flood like), single button use is OK, single press through 3 brightness modes, double press for strobe and long press to turn off…
Mine does have an XML-2 chip in it and I bought it from the link below (when they had the 15% discount)…
I just got one of these today, and tried a Solarforce clip. The clip actually fits, but:
Since the body only comes apart at the head, the clip has to be such that it’s backwards
The light won’t turn on with the clip installed. I think that the reason is that the body threads are anodized, except for the front edge of the body, and it’s designed so that you have to screw the body all the way in to contact the negative ring that’s inside the head. So, when the clip is attached, you can’t screw the body in far enough for the front of the body to contact the negative ring.
The threads seem to be cut so that, without the clip, the side switch ends up at “the correct” position, but with the clip, the switch ends up in an awkward position when the body is screwed in.
If you find a clip, it’d have to clip around the body in order for the light to work, I think.
Tailstanding is great though.
It’s very much flood, and lights up a fairly large area. On a whitewall, it has a very “vague” hotspot.
I measured lux at about 3900 at 1 meter.
There’s a small aluminum (?) slug in the tail end. I thought it might be a magnet, but it’s not, so not sure what that’s for?
I bought a couple of these from Wallbuys when they were on sale (not that that price is bad, but they are out of stock now). I'm not using them for anything. It's intended for some Olight lights.
Always starts on low, with a click to cycle through modes and double-click at any time for strobe. Got one a few months ago and quite happy with it for the price.
I really like the look of this. Could be a contender to replace the UF-T50. What I would really like to see is access from off to both low and high, but you can’t have it all for $30.
