This will be my last light for a while - just got an unexpected (and large) bill. So here are some pictures of what arrived this morning.
Note the fine grooving - it gives a dark appearance, looking a bit like titanium. This picture has fairly accurate colours on my screen. It is quite a bit darker than the picture on Manafont's site where I bought it from.
It is weighs less than I expected, the metal walls are quite thin. It is only 58g without a cell which is surprisingly light for an 18650 torch. It is also 40g less than Manafont say. It is also non-magnetic and too thin to be aluminium. Whatever it is made of, it is very hard, it will scratch mild steel. Wonder if they sent me a titanium one by mistake. :) The methods I know of checking involve dissolving the thing in fuming nitric acid or aqua regia neither of which are things it is all that easy to buy these days given that it they are a good starting point for making many explosives. And i don't fancy dissolving the new toy just to find out what it's made of. There probably are better ways if you happen to have access to gamma ray spectrometers and similar fun toys - but i don't know anyone who does.
This is the head end.
The interior of the tube is coated in some black stuff. The threads, as you can see, are sharp and cleanly cut.
Tailcap end
Switch end. Someone's tightening tool slipped in the factory, hence the scratch.
It certainly did not need any more tightening, though the head end had a slight rattle which went away when I tightened up the pill in the head. It wasn't loose enough to cause any problems - probably just shaken a lot in transit from HK to here. It didn't spend all that long in transit either, I just ordered the thing 12 days ago.
Head end
Yes, that's an XP-G
Beamshot - not my usual door top but in my very brightly lit office. About the same distance from the ceiling as my usual door top. As you can see, it is happy to tailstand.
The beam - pretty throwy for such a small reflector and an XP-G
It is a relatively small 18650 light.
More once I've consumed a lot of cold remedies - my colleague at work has shed a whole lot of cold virus into the office air which I appear to have collected from her.