I've held off posting for a few days since receiving mine. Had the E14 and an 18650 tube arrive from China last week. Fairly impressive build quality for such an inexpensive, multi-emitter light. As has been pointed out many times, this little light will definitely heat up QUICKLY on the higher settings. That's a good thing - the copper head doing its job moving the heat away from the electronics. I was so impressed that I ordered another one from Amazon. So I have a long and a short. Had some old IMR18350 and 18650 cells that worked fine, but decided to pick up 2 AW 18650 (3000mAh/20A Continuous) and 2 AW 18350 (800mAh/12A Continuous) and they fit and function perfectly.
My 18650 version reads 1200 lumen in my sphere (Nichia 219)
Even with the short tube this is a HEAVY light, but the tint and beam pattern are so nice that it's hard to not carry it. The long tube version has taken over morning dog walk duties. Still using factory settings (although I want to switch to 'memory mode on') I find that level 3 or 4 is plenty of light for the early morning dog walks. Turbo is just nuts - even overkill, as the highest normal level is plenty.
As has been mentioned, the clicky requires finesse to access the levels without accidentally clicking, but I've become accustomed to it and now it's easy.
And the tint on my 2 lights is about the same. Nice, neutral tint. No rosy tint like I love so much on my Aeon MKIII or even my Eagletac D25C Nichia, but still a nice tint that lets colors show through naturally.
Who'd a thunk it - $50 for a 1000+ lumen, multi-emitter programmable light with a copper head. These are the good old days for sure.
It took about 1,5 hour, the drill ran out of battery so i had to take a break while it charged. could have done it in one hour.
