Overview.
The T6 is a high-powered tactical flashlight with lots of throw, that is also compact enough to be reasonably carried as an everyday-carry (EDC) flashlight as well. It may be long, but it has a compact head that can still slip into a pocket reasonably well. It takes a protected 21700 cell for lots and lots of runtime, so there’s not much need to carry a spare cell or powerbank.
It has a dual-switch system, with sideswitch for setting modes and tailswitch for on/off functionality. It’s also momentary-on, so you can half-press it for quick flash’n’dash without having to worry about switching modes as with single-switch lights.
Also because of the dual-switch system, its UI is pretty simple and intuitive.
It also comes with a bevy of accessories, including a holster and 3 color filters in red, green, and blue.
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What’s In The Box?
Inside the no-frills box is the light itself with 21700 cell inside, a nifty swivel holster, 3 dichroic filters in red/green/blue, a lanyard, extra O-rings, charging cable, and printed manual.
Features.
Despite using a 21700 cell instead of the usual 18650, the T6 is long and slim, so you don’t really notice the extra 3mm. It has a pretty good hand-feel when using it for a long time, whether just carrying it or actually shining it on things.
It has built-in charging, so there’s no need to remove the cell for anything. The cell is a protected button-top cell.
The light has a “forward clicky” switch, which allows momentary-on use without having to click on and then click off.
Each of the color filters easily and securely snaps onto the business end of the flashlight, and isn’t too tough to remove, either.
The user interface is pretty basic and easy to understand.
The beam is a pretty tight hotspot for maximum reach, so even at medium power it can light up things pretty far away. At full 1800lm, that’s a pretty long reach.
The User Interface.
The T6 is a dual-switch light, with rear tailswitch that only controls off/on, and a sideswitch that only changes modes. It doesn’t get any simpler than that!
Half-press the tailswitch for momentary-on, click through to get it to stick. Click again for off. 
Press the sideswitch (when on, of course) to cycle through low, medium, and high, over and over.
Hold the sideswitch for 2sec or more, and it goes into strobe mode. Keep holding, and it goes into SOS mode. Click to go back to normal mode.
That’s it, in its entirety.
Battery Status.
The sideswitch also provides a battery status function. Turning on the light will have the indicator turn on for 2 seconds showing the battery status in color. Green means fully charged, from 50% to 100%. Yellow means adequate charge, from 20% to 50%. Red means insufficient charge, from 5% to 20%. Finally, flashing red means “feed me now!”, or less than 5%.
I did notice that what might show as green on lower settings will reflect voltage drop of the cell and show yellow on high mode. The closer to the green-to-yellow transition, the more that would become apparent.
I haven’t run down the cell enough to see if it might be, say, yellow on low and medium and red on high, but that’s probably likely, and a good indicator (haha) to recharge the cell as soon as possible. Or, for that matter, green on low but yellow on medium and certainly high.
First Impressions.
First impressions of the light are great. The box wasn’t a fancy “gift box” style, but still adequate. It’s the goodies inside that you’re going to be using, not the box.
All the goodies are packed inside nice and snug. The reflectors are in their own separate ziplock bags and small boxes for protection. Everything is pretty secure.
The light itself has a really nice smooth matte finish, almost silky. The spline knurling on the body tube feels grippy but not sharp or cutting. Edges cut around the tube are nicely squared but again not sharp. Somewhat smoother knurling around the tailcap gives good grip when unscrewing or rescrewing it. In general, it just has a great handfeel, with nothing that pokes or cuts or feels uncomfortable.
I’m never thrilled with “thumb guards” on tailcaps. They make you twirl the light to get your thumb actually in the cut-out area, else you gouge your thumb on one of the corners. And then you have to twirl the light again to find the sideswitch with your fingers. Either have the tailswitch sitting proud (like Solarforce lights) or have the ring go completely around the switch if it “needs” protection. The WF502 does this beautifully, and that’s an ancient light. It might be fine on a light without a sideswitch, but in general is a really bad idea on a light with sideswitch.
Another minor complaint is that the sideswitch is a bit hard to find by feel alone. There’s no squared-off platform or ring or anything which helps you find it. Possibly having the battery status be on the entire time the light is on, instead of only for a few seconds, would help. That would also help keep track of battery status if using the light for a long time uninterrupted, in that you would see if drop from green to yellow as a warning to be ready to recharge it, or at least go into “conservation mode” if possible.
That said, the last two complaints are quite common for many, if not the majority of, lights with dual switches.
Beam quality is quite nice, too, with a nice tight hotspot that gets some nice “reach” out in the distance, even on low.
Despite the flared head, the light is very nicely balanced, too. It feels solid without being heavy, and just sits in the hand comfortably.
The flap covering the charging port fits snugly. It opens pretty easily, but also closes easily and stays closed. I’ll probably trim off the nubbin flush with the flap to keep it from catching on anything and accidentally pulling open, but that’s just me.
The switches are also quite nice. The tailswitch has a nice stiff feel with no play or wiggle in the rubber button. The sideswitch also has no wiggle back and forth, but only needs a gentle press to give it a nice click for good tactile feedback.
So, first impressions are generally great. It all seems to come together quite well.
Usage.
I put this light through some extensive use, and got others to play with it a while and got their impressions as well. People who never had dual-switch lights were confused at first, but got used to it when using it exclusively for even a short time.
The UI makes the light simple to use. Just remember on/off with the tailswitch, and modes with the sideswitch, and it’s a breeze. No memorisation or morse-coding the light to do what you need.
Charging the light is a breeze. Plug it in, the sideswitch glows red when charging, green when done. Also simple.
The Beam.
The light is definitely a thrower, and throws a small tight hotspot quite a way. The deep reflector “pushes” the spill fairly far away from you, which helps the light keep your immediate foreground from being lit up and washing out what you’re trying to look at in the distance.
I would’ve expected a greener tint with an emitter biased more for brightness, but it seems to be quite neutral, even on low. There’s more greenish tinge in the spill than the hotspot, and on high, the hotspot doesn’t seem to show even a hint of green. There’s a very faint bullseye effect, but nothing intrusive. It doesn’t show except when “white wall hunting”. Most importantly, there’s no nasty yellow corona anywhere to be seen, as I’ve seen on quite a few high-brightness lights.
All in all, it’s a pretty pleasant beam.
The Filters.
The T6 comes with three push-on/pull-off color-filters, in red, green, and blue. They’re not absorptive filters, like colored glass or plastic, but instead use interference to reflect light away, based on wavelength. Noice!
Red looks like a bright orange-red, because the naturally low deep-red content from LEDs just isn’t there. Red-filtering blue light doesn’t make it red, just dim. It’s still perfectly functional, though.
Green is definitely the nicest, and is a nice bright beam that turns the whole world green, especially on high brightness.
Blue is a nice deep blue, almost indigo. In fact, it fluoresces quite many things that glow bright orange under blue/violet/UV light.
They push on nice and easily and same with pulling off, but aren’t so loose that they would fall off, even if the light is dropped. Best to use a gently twisting motion when doing either.
Grexes.
Not many, only a few minor ones that might be a bit nitpicky. I mentioned the thumb guards around the tailswitch, and the sideswitch being a bit hard to find by feel alone. In practice, this might not be much of a problem or even just a minor inconvenience, but if you have to flip modes often, especially if using it as a duty light, it might not be so minor.
Final thoughts.
I’m… impressed. This is a light that throws 1800lm into a small disc of light that travels quite a way. Even on medium or even low, it has good “reach” to whatever you’re aiming at. On low, I can check my watch or light up the wall-clock on the opposite end of the house when it’s dark. On bright, it lights up my whole yard… and several yards over if I point it that way. I can light up trees poking above the houses on the next block.
The filters are quite nice, and give that flexibility to use the light for different functions, especially in a hunting/camping scenario. I’m guessing you can probably get more green light by filtering 1800lm of white light to green, than using a single green emitter and pushing it really hard. And red light on low makes a nice around-the-campsite light without blinding everyone or waking up who’s sleeping.
The light has great handfeel and isn’t noseheavy at all, and carries comfortably. And while it may be a 21700 cell and wider battery tube, it doesn’t feel like it, likely because of the nice length which gives it proportion.
Finally, the simple UI makes it predictable, even for beginners. Even those who would just rather keep it on one setting and only reluctantly change it, have an easy time doing so with the dedicated tailswitch.
So, it’s a winner in my book. I’m definitely keeping this around as a late-night “what’s making that noise outside?” light.