firelord777
Enlightened
Who said performance always came with a hefty price tag?Well, maybe everyone does think that, you know, deep down. But the Crelant V6CSis telling me otherwise.:tinfoil:
For only literally $40, we can get a medium sized 18650powered thrower with more than 700 ANSI lumens. Although, personally, the onlyreason why it's so affordable is because it only has two output levels, 710lumens and 65 lumens, it nevertheless has characteristics reserved for lightpriced much higher, such as a hidden but easily accessible strobe and SOSmodes. You can also get it in neutral white for a mere $2 more.
To be honest, I never knew anything about the light when itcame in the mail, so seeing the $40 price tag on Madecov's site was shocking. Iown quite a few 18650 lights, ranging in price from $20-$200, and the V6CS feltlike a $80 flashlight. The light was, by the way, provided for us by Madecov, an awesome dude.:rock:
http://md-lightsource.com/searchquick-submit.sc?keywords=v6cs
The flashlight comes packaged very safely, and the packagingitself is simple.
Construction
The V6CS is built like a tank.
It has very thick walls and anearly perfect finish to it.
Here are some pictures of the light and its variouscomponents:
Candle mode is really cool, but I don't recommend you dothis, nor touch the LED. The oil from your skin and fingertips can cause theLED to overheat faster and may decrease the overall life. Basically look, but don'ttouch, well, if you CAN look at 700 lumens of sheer power haha!
Some cool experiments I was doing:
AR coated lens:
Here are the competitors:
Vs Yi-Light AK21:
Vs ArmyTek Predator G109.01
Vs. Fenix TK41
Size Comparisons:
Clip Pictures
I was in a very awkward position while taking thesepictures, but here they are:
Whitewall Beamshots (Actually more like "Bluewall Beamshots" becausethe particular wall I was aiming the lights at is blue):
All exposures are equal, and reduced exposures reduced inequal increments:
Fenix TK41:
Crelant V6CS:
ArmyTek Predator:
Yi Light AK21:
Crelant V6CS modes.
As previously mentioned, the V6CS has two main modes, a 710lumen zombie-melting beam of light energy, and a 65 lumen side-kick mode.
As shown, even the 65 lumen output level still keeps goodthrow, and if you need more power, well, LET 'ER RIP!
Waterproof Test
Despite the $40 price point, Crelant still managed to put ita lot of research and development into ensuring that no particle of water willever be able to penetrate the V6CS's defenses!:devil:
Conclusion
This light has impressed me a lot. It has a super smoothbalanced beam that is also throwy. It's solid and has already taken a beatingfrom me, I dropped the light from various places such as the counter of thekitchen. It even fell on grass! I know, I know, grass doesn't really count. Butwhat if I told you it was from more than 10 feet high? I usually climb the treein my backyard and perch myself in this nice spot at the top of the tree. Mysiblings needed a light fast because they caught this lizard or were trying tocatch a lizard (We consider it a sport in my household, especially catchingthese giant geckos at night, which by the way, the V6CS did a good job atblinding) :devil:and so, I was really lazy on top of that tree and just ended upthrowing down the V6CS. It was fine, but still, I think that's a huge milestonefor me to teleport a flashlight like that.
Be sure to check out madecov's site at
http://md-lightsource.com/main.sc
Madecov is also a licensed FFL dealer, just a heads up:buddies:
If you guys have any questions or requests, please feel freeto post it here or PM me,
Cheers,
Alain
For only literally $40, we can get a medium sized 18650powered thrower with more than 700 ANSI lumens. Although, personally, the onlyreason why it's so affordable is because it only has two output levels, 710lumens and 65 lumens, it nevertheless has characteristics reserved for lightpriced much higher, such as a hidden but easily accessible strobe and SOSmodes. You can also get it in neutral white for a mere $2 more.
To be honest, I never knew anything about the light when itcame in the mail, so seeing the $40 price tag on Madecov's site was shocking. Iown quite a few 18650 lights, ranging in price from $20-$200, and the V6CS feltlike a $80 flashlight. The light was, by the way, provided for us by Madecov, an awesome dude.:rock:
http://md-lightsource.com/searchquick-submit.sc?keywords=v6cs
The flashlight comes packaged very safely, and the packagingitself is simple.
Construction
The V6CS is built like a tank.
It has very thick walls and anearly perfect finish to it.
Here are some pictures of the light and its variouscomponents:
Candle mode is really cool, but I don't recommend you dothis, nor touch the LED. The oil from your skin and fingertips can cause theLED to overheat faster and may decrease the overall life. Basically look, but don'ttouch, well, if you CAN look at 700 lumens of sheer power haha!
Some cool experiments I was doing:
AR coated lens:
Here are the competitors:
Vs Yi-Light AK21:
Vs ArmyTek Predator G109.01
Vs. Fenix TK41
Size Comparisons:
Clip Pictures
I was in a very awkward position while taking thesepictures, but here they are:
Whitewall Beamshots (Actually more like "Bluewall Beamshots" becausethe particular wall I was aiming the lights at is blue):
All exposures are equal, and reduced exposures reduced inequal increments:
Fenix TK41:
Crelant V6CS:
ArmyTek Predator:
Yi Light AK21:
Crelant V6CS modes.
As previously mentioned, the V6CS has two main modes, a 710lumen zombie-melting beam of light energy, and a 65 lumen side-kick mode.
As shown, even the 65 lumen output level still keeps goodthrow, and if you need more power, well, LET 'ER RIP!
Waterproof Test
Despite the $40 price point, Crelant still managed to put ita lot of research and development into ensuring that no particle of water willever be able to penetrate the V6CS's defenses!:devil:
Conclusion
This light has impressed me a lot. It has a super smoothbalanced beam that is also throwy. It's solid and has already taken a beatingfrom me, I dropped the light from various places such as the counter of thekitchen. It even fell on grass! I know, I know, grass doesn't really count. Butwhat if I told you it was from more than 10 feet high? I usually climb the treein my backyard and perch myself in this nice spot at the top of the tree. Mysiblings needed a light fast because they caught this lizard or were trying tocatch a lizard (We consider it a sport in my household, especially catchingthese giant geckos at night, which by the way, the V6CS did a good job atblinding) :devil:and so, I was really lazy on top of that tree and just ended upthrowing down the V6CS. It was fine, but still, I think that's a huge milestonefor me to teleport a flashlight like that.
Be sure to check out madecov's site at
http://md-lightsource.com/main.sc
Madecov is also a licensed FFL dealer, just a heads up:buddies:
If you guys have any questions or requests, please feel freeto post it here or PM me,
Cheers,
Alain
