Overall the exterior and UI seem pretty well thought out.
I really hope that roll resistant design feature, even without the clip installed, works well (really appreciating anti roll body designs after having to fish my L3 Illumination L10 out from under the oven when I dropped it last night).
I like the fact that you can decide to have the beacon on or off without having to physically lock out the light via a twist of the tail cap.
Depending on how low the output for the red-led is, it might be able to serve as a moonlight mode, but I don't see its output listed anywhere. I don't expect it to have much output, anyone have any idea?
Direct access to high, low, and the auxiliary red. Voltage read out, red and white signal beacons, anti-roll, two way clip, light crenelation on the bezel (so I can tell if i accidentally leave it on even when its standing on the head!). No light is going to tick every box, but they certainly seemed to integrate a lot of useful things pretty seamlessly.
Very tempted, excited to see the other EC lights (1AA, 2AA, 1CR123).
My only worry is Nitecore's track record of issues early on with lights (though they seem to take steps to solve the problems) and quality control. On the other hand, to be fair, many products have teething. However, based on this form I always get the impression that Nitecore has some great ideas and designs, but the follow through isn't always the best.
Sorry this post is a bit ranty, and me just drooling over the specs, but it seems like they really put some thought into this design and I might have to pick one up.
Anyone know if these new explorer lights will have square cut threads like the original EC1, EC2, etc.?