Laulima Ion Slim

[PoliceScannerMan]

I have been on CPF for 17ish years. I've spent thousands on lights, I don't want to know how much LOL. There has been many great lights pass thru my hands. See my sigline, those are all still near and dear to my heart.

Enter the Laulima Ion Slim. For EDC, this light is about as perfect as it comes for my use. I have owned this light for 9 months, the honeymoon is over and I'm still in love. 💞

The slim runs a 14500 Li Ion cell. Has a stout clip that grips, the smooth body doesn't tear up your pockets. Programmable H17Fx driver, and is avail with high CRI emitters. And for such a slim light, the McClicky switch has a nice wide opening for easy activation.

I own 2 of these, one in Aluminum with a 4500K dome on 519a, and a Ti one with a 4500K Dedome 519a.

Josh Dawson is great to deal with as well, he seems to stand by his product.

 

[scalpel_ninja]

I completely agree! My next quest is to find a long body Hoku in Ti and Cu.

 

[Monocrom]

Those would make beautiful, minimalist-carry lights.

 

[DaveTheDude]

I'm envious. Very nice lights.

 

[experimentjon]

PSM, I am nearly a year late to your thread. But you've clearly been on here forever.

And I very recently got an Ion Slim as well...mainly because the Okluma DC0 is neither available or programmable to have no memory (guess one could drop a Reylight module into it but that somewhat defeats the purpose...)

Anyway, the Ion Slim is indeed as excellent as one would have hoped. Side by side with a Haiku AA, you don't quite notice how much slimmer it is, but it makes a big difference in the pocket. The beam pattern isn't anything special by modern standards, but is still has a punchy spot and usable spill with a 219b. H17Fx means it can be programmed to do virtually anything you want it to do short of a triple-tap...and this driver remains my all-time favorite even if certain decks on Guppy3Drv can get me 90% of the way with 1% of the programming time. I have it in Titanium, so there are limits with heat dissipation, but this Ion Slim might still be the finest 14500 light currently on the market.

 

[Sean]

I read this awhile back and thought I would not like the ion slim. It's just too long and thin. I thought maybe the ion, but after trying several variations and the CWF peanut and the Comet, I have been carrying the titanium ion slim in zurblast finish and it has been the light I consistently grab. The size is perfect. The programming option is great (except I wish you could disable double tap). I set it to single output mode because that's what I need most of the time but have the option to switch to the second profile if I need multi mode. So far I've been very impressed! I'm glad I read this thread and gave the ion slim a try.

 

[experimentjon]

The size is perfect. The programming option is great (except I wish you could disable double tap).

I think you can just set your double tap to constant on (not strobe) and then to the same single level that you have your light programmed to. That might effectively "disable" double click at least for one of your mode decks.

 

[jacobd]

I think you can just set your double tap to constant on (not strobe) and then to the same single level that you have your light programmed to. That might effectively "disable" double click at least for one of your mode decks.

That's what I do with my "home deck" on the lights with H17f I use at home at night. Double Tap to moonlight makes it impossible to accidentally turbo yourself lol.

 

[Sean]

I actually did set the double tap to a slightly brighter setting on purpose in case I need a slight boost, but yea I could have just set it to the same setting. I've even set it to no light at all for awhile which is interesting.

 

[boo5ted]

Can't say enough good things about Joshua, he makes a hell of a light. Two of my most carried lights are from him, both Ti, H17FX and 519A 4500k DD.

 

[riw777]

Is there a web site where these can be ordered, drops, etc? I searched the 'web, but I don't see a site anyplace ...

 

[JP031716]

Is there a web site where these can be ordered, drops, etc? I searched the 'web, but I don't see a site anyplace ...

Dawson Machine Craft

www.dawsonmachinecraft.com

 

[boo5ted]

Is there a web site where these can be ordered, drops, etc? I searched the 'web, but I don't see a site anyplace ...

Yep

Dawson Machine Craft

www.dawsonmachinecraft.com