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There was a thread in CPFMP (dealers section), where this light has been shown. As much as I like exotic and low production quantity light, I had to try it. Especially that it was below 50$ :naughty:. It's so nice, that I had to show it to wider audience 😱
The light came packaged in bubblewrap (probably to save shipping costs), but some nice accesories were added (lanyard, o-rings, spare switch, spare glass). The reflector is light OP, pretty much similiar to Ultrafire C8 reflector (pictured below). The glass is clear (no visible coating). The spare one, too. It's clean, no dust, no fingerprints, etc. Reflector is nice and clean, too. LED is well centered.
The body has some brass insterts 🙂ooo🙂 to improve electrical contact (I suppose) on both sides. The clicky is reverse one (no momentary-on) with good feedback. Not too soft, not too firm. Body finish is superb, almost as good as on old Jetbeam lights (here I refer to M1X V2, which in my opinion is best Jetbeam light ever). Unfortunatelly, there was a ding on my head. The ding must occur before anodizing... because it's also very nice coated (see it on photos below).
The light engine is made of brass, and it has a thermal compound applied to the threads 😱 :thumbsup: . That's good.
All threads are good quality, not square, but smooth and nicely cut. There is a little lube on them (should put more). The body has also double orings. All in all, the machining and finish is outstanding for this price. If only the head wasn't dinged
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The LED is warm. Almost incandescent warm (there are also cool white versions of this light). It's much warmer than my XR-E Q3 5A lights (5A tint in XR-E LEDs is about 4300K). The tint as a touch of pink hue (which is good for warm LEDs).
As for the driver. From two 18650 AW 2200mAh cells it draws:
-1.3A high
-0.65A medium
-0.05 low
Manufacturer says, it drives the XM-L LED at 2.5A. Sounds true.
It doesn't have memory. Always starts from HIGH. Unfortunatelly, it has visible PWM. Around 300Hz (similiar to my Jetbeam C-LE v1.2, which has 317Hz).
As for the beam, it's clean, without artifacts. This light is not a huge thrower, but not a wimp either. Something around 17K-20K lux/1m. Not as throwy as my Jetbeam M1X V2, but much better than Fenix TK45.
Is it good? Yes. But not perfect. If it had no PWM, proper 4C tint, no dinged head ...and maybe forward clicky with modes change by twisting the head (like Olight M3X, for example) I'd buy two pieces more 🙂 Nevertheless, I like it, as it is now. Definitely a keeper.
OK... to the pics. Pretty, isn't it ? 😎lovecpf:
Size comparision to Jetbeam M1X:
Shadow TC6 reflector on the left, Ultrafire C8 reflector on the right.
Beamshots, from left: Jetbeam M1X V2, Shadow TC6, Fenix TK45 (these beamshots were taken one meter from the wall, this is not enough to properly focus Jet M1X, so it appears not so well focused, in reality on larger distance, M1X has much brighter hot spot).
Any questions, feel free to ask 🙂
The light came packaged in bubblewrap (probably to save shipping costs), but some nice accesories were added (lanyard, o-rings, spare switch, spare glass). The reflector is light OP, pretty much similiar to Ultrafire C8 reflector (pictured below). The glass is clear (no visible coating). The spare one, too. It's clean, no dust, no fingerprints, etc. Reflector is nice and clean, too. LED is well centered.
The body has some brass insterts 🙂ooo🙂 to improve electrical contact (I suppose) on both sides. The clicky is reverse one (no momentary-on) with good feedback. Not too soft, not too firm. Body finish is superb, almost as good as on old Jetbeam lights (here I refer to M1X V2, which in my opinion is best Jetbeam light ever). Unfortunatelly, there was a ding on my head. The ding must occur before anodizing... because it's also very nice coated (see it on photos below).
The light engine is made of brass, and it has a thermal compound applied to the threads 😱 :thumbsup: . That's good.
All threads are good quality, not square, but smooth and nicely cut. There is a little lube on them (should put more). The body has also double orings. All in all, the machining and finish is outstanding for this price. If only the head wasn't dinged
...
The LED is warm. Almost incandescent warm (there are also cool white versions of this light). It's much warmer than my XR-E Q3 5A lights (5A tint in XR-E LEDs is about 4300K). The tint as a touch of pink hue (which is good for warm LEDs).
As for the driver. From two 18650 AW 2200mAh cells it draws:
-1.3A high
-0.65A medium
-0.05 low
Manufacturer says, it drives the XM-L LED at 2.5A. Sounds true.
It doesn't have memory. Always starts from HIGH. Unfortunatelly, it has visible PWM. Around 300Hz (similiar to my Jetbeam C-LE v1.2, which has 317Hz).
As for the beam, it's clean, without artifacts. This light is not a huge thrower, but not a wimp either. Something around 17K-20K lux/1m. Not as throwy as my Jetbeam M1X V2, but much better than Fenix TK45.
Is it good? Yes. But not perfect. If it had no PWM, proper 4C tint, no dinged head ...and maybe forward clicky with modes change by twisting the head (like Olight M3X, for example) I'd buy two pieces more 🙂 Nevertheless, I like it, as it is now. Definitely a keeper.
OK... to the pics. Pretty, isn't it ? 😎lovecpf:
Size comparision to Jetbeam M1X:
Shadow TC6 reflector on the left, Ultrafire C8 reflector on the right.
Beamshots, from left: Jetbeam M1X V2, Shadow TC6, Fenix TK45 (these beamshots were taken one meter from the wall, this is not enough to properly focus Jet M1X, so it appears not so well focused, in reality on larger distance, M1X has much brighter hot spot).
Any questions, feel free to ask 🙂
