ernsanada
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I just received the Tiablo A10 R2 WC from Tiablo.
My first impressions is that the A10 is built tough. The light feels very solid. The A10 has very agressive knurling on the battery tube.
The battery tube has very thick walls. It looks like the inside of the battery tube has a brass sleeve inserted.
The fit is excellent. Threads are smooth. The A10 uses some thick o-rings, none of those thin "el cheapo" o- rings. I give the grade A.
The finish is excellent. No flaws in the Black Type III Hard Anodize. The logo are done very good no "blotching". I give the grade A.
The UI wasn't very hard to figure out. The stock A10 uses a reverse clickie. It's 2 stage variable adjustment or Tiablo calls it "Infinite Brightness". The first stage you can adjust the beam from high to low or low to high.
After you click on then click again and hold down the rear clickie for about 3 seconds. The light drops into a low beam and automatically goes into "Infinite Brightness". 1% to 100%, at these levels the light goes to 0%-----100%---50%----1% during this process, the light will flicker twice at 50% output and flicker three times at 100% output. After 100% the light goes the opposite way to low.
Anytime you want to stop a certain light level desired you click once and the A10 will stop at the level and remember that level.
The second click, setting or level you can adjust the level from fast flicker, slower flicker, SOS, low to high, then high back to low. To get into this adjustment mode hold down the rear clickie for 3 seconds. There looks to be a fast blink between SOS then to low to high and a fast blink between high to low. When I was checking the level sequence on my light the fast flicker was starting to get my a little dizzy and a little disoriented. The first light with strobe to do this to me. Maybe it's due to fact I only slept 5 hours last night and just got off work.
When you remove the battery the A10 defaluts to high on the first setting and fast strobe on the second setting.
The beam on my A10 has a nice white hot spot followed by the characteristic ring, mine is yellow in color.
Comparing the hot spot to my Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S the A10 has a smaller hot spot.
The spill on the A10 R2 is not as bright as the Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S.
The A10 gets a slightly higher lux readings compared to my DBS V2 Q5 3S @ 1 meter. When using AW's Protected 18650 vs AW's Protected RCR123' the lux number gets slightly higher lux readings but not by much.
In my beam shots at 96", the stepped down exposure, the Tiablo A10 R2 WC looks like it beats the DBS V2 Q5 3S.
At a distance it's very hard to tell wins the title of the "throw king" but it look like the DBS V2 Q5 3S edges out the Tiablo A10 R2 WC at longer distances 146' or 44.5 meters and 210' or 64 meters in my beam shots. It maybe due to the larger hot spot of the DBS V2 Q5 3S vs the smaller hot spot of the Tiablo A10 R2 WC. Maybe if I run the the 2 AW's Protected RCR 123's in the A10 the the edge may go to the A10.
The A10 uses a GITD o-ring behind the lens.
There are issues with the pill specifications. ma and draw to the R2.
My A10 is getting the battery current draw numbers as follows, AW's Protected 18650 - 1.02A. AW's RCR123's - 1.03A.
Voltage 2.75V to 8.5V
Pros
Excellent build quality, machining and finish.
Uses thick battery tubes with a brass insert.
Uses thick o-rings.
Comes with a spare o-rings, lanyard and GITD rear rubber clickie cover.
Will tail stand.
Cons
Specs are not as advertised.
No holster.
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I just completed a short video on Tiablo's A10 User Interface.
Click on link for Tiablo A10 R2's Users Interface video.
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Comes with lanyard, o-rings and GITD rear switch rubber cover.
Uses R2 WC
Rear view of the R2 WC module.
Reflector size. Width - 5.267mm, Length - 50.17mm
Lens size. 5.275mm. Thickness 2.45mm
Agressive knurling on the battery tube. Uses thick o-rings.
Has a brass sleeve inserted inside the battery tube.
Inside view of the rear clickie.
Rear reverse clickie. A forward clickie is being sent to everybody who purchased the light.
Size comparsions.
Left, Tiablo A10 R2 WC, Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S
Left, Tiablo A10 R2 WC, Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S
Reflector
Left, Tiablo A10 R2 WC, Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S
Left, Tiablo A10 R2 WC, Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S
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I also took lux readings of the lights shown above. These are the lux readings I got. I am using a Meterman LM631 Light Meter measured at 1 meter. I waited 2 minutes before taking the readings. I am using AW's Protected Black 18650's and AW's Protected RCR123's which were fully charged.
Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650 - 21300 lux @ 1 meter
Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 2 RCR123's - 21730 lux @ 1 meter
Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 - 20,767 lux @ 1 meter
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Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650 @ 96"
Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 @ 96"
Left, Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650, Right, Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 @ 96"
Left, Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650, Right, Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 @ 96" Stepped down exposure
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Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650 @ 32'
Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 @ 32'
Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650 @ 32' Stepped down exposure
Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 @ 32' Stepped down exposure
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Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650 @ 146' or 44.5 meters
Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 @ 146' or 44.5 meters
Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650 @ 210' or 64 meters
Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 @ 210' or 64 meters
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Beam shots taken against buildings. At this time distance unknown.
Tiablo A10 R2 WC
DBS V2 Q5 3S
Tiablo A10 R2 WC
DBS V2 Q5 3S
I edited these beam shots in. They are the longer of two distances shown above. The shots are stepped down in two groups.
Tiablo A10 R2 WC
DBS V2 Q5 3S
Tiablo A10 R2 WC
DBS V2 Q5 3S
My first impressions is that the A10 is built tough. The light feels very solid. The A10 has very agressive knurling on the battery tube.
The battery tube has very thick walls. It looks like the inside of the battery tube has a brass sleeve inserted.
The fit is excellent. Threads are smooth. The A10 uses some thick o-rings, none of those thin "el cheapo" o- rings. I give the grade A.
The finish is excellent. No flaws in the Black Type III Hard Anodize. The logo are done very good no "blotching". I give the grade A.
The UI wasn't very hard to figure out. The stock A10 uses a reverse clickie. It's 2 stage variable adjustment or Tiablo calls it "Infinite Brightness". The first stage you can adjust the beam from high to low or low to high.
After you click on then click again and hold down the rear clickie for about 3 seconds. The light drops into a low beam and automatically goes into "Infinite Brightness". 1% to 100%, at these levels the light goes to 0%-----100%---50%----1% during this process, the light will flicker twice at 50% output and flicker three times at 100% output. After 100% the light goes the opposite way to low.
Anytime you want to stop a certain light level desired you click once and the A10 will stop at the level and remember that level.
The second click, setting or level you can adjust the level from fast flicker, slower flicker, SOS, low to high, then high back to low. To get into this adjustment mode hold down the rear clickie for 3 seconds. There looks to be a fast blink between SOS then to low to high and a fast blink between high to low. When I was checking the level sequence on my light the fast flicker was starting to get my a little dizzy and a little disoriented. The first light with strobe to do this to me. Maybe it's due to fact I only slept 5 hours last night and just got off work.
When you remove the battery the A10 defaluts to high on the first setting and fast strobe on the second setting.
The beam on my A10 has a nice white hot spot followed by the characteristic ring, mine is yellow in color.
Comparing the hot spot to my Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S the A10 has a smaller hot spot.
The spill on the A10 R2 is not as bright as the Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S.
The A10 gets a slightly higher lux readings compared to my DBS V2 Q5 3S @ 1 meter. When using AW's Protected 18650 vs AW's Protected RCR123' the lux number gets slightly higher lux readings but not by much.
In my beam shots at 96", the stepped down exposure, the Tiablo A10 R2 WC looks like it beats the DBS V2 Q5 3S.
At a distance it's very hard to tell wins the title of the "throw king" but it look like the DBS V2 Q5 3S edges out the Tiablo A10 R2 WC at longer distances 146' or 44.5 meters and 210' or 64 meters in my beam shots. It maybe due to the larger hot spot of the DBS V2 Q5 3S vs the smaller hot spot of the Tiablo A10 R2 WC. Maybe if I run the the 2 AW's Protected RCR 123's in the A10 the the edge may go to the A10.
The A10 uses a GITD o-ring behind the lens.
There are issues with the pill specifications. ma and draw to the R2.
My A10 is getting the battery current draw numbers as follows, AW's Protected 18650 - 1.02A. AW's RCR123's - 1.03A.
Voltage 2.75V to 8.5V
Pros
Excellent build quality, machining and finish.
Uses thick battery tubes with a brass insert.
Uses thick o-rings.
Comes with a spare o-rings, lanyard and GITD rear rubber clickie cover.
Will tail stand.
Cons
Specs are not as advertised.
No holster.
---------------------------------------------------------
I just completed a short video on Tiablo's A10 User Interface.
Click on link for Tiablo A10 R2's Users Interface video.
---------------------------------------------------------
Comes with lanyard, o-rings and GITD rear switch rubber cover.
Uses R2 WC
Rear view of the R2 WC module.
Reflector size. Width - 5.267mm, Length - 50.17mm
Lens size. 5.275mm. Thickness 2.45mm
Agressive knurling on the battery tube. Uses thick o-rings.
Has a brass sleeve inserted inside the battery tube.
Inside view of the rear clickie.
Rear reverse clickie. A forward clickie is being sent to everybody who purchased the light.
Size comparsions.
Left, Tiablo A10 R2 WC, Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S
Left, Tiablo A10 R2 WC, Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S
Reflector
Left, Tiablo A10 R2 WC, Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S
Left, Tiablo A10 R2 WC, Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S
_______________________________________
I also took lux readings of the lights shown above. These are the lux readings I got. I am using a Meterman LM631 Light Meter measured at 1 meter. I waited 2 minutes before taking the readings. I am using AW's Protected Black 18650's and AW's Protected RCR123's which were fully charged.
Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650 - 21300 lux @ 1 meter
Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 2 RCR123's - 21730 lux @ 1 meter
Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 - 20,767 lux @ 1 meter
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Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650 @ 96"
Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 @ 96"
Left, Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650, Right, Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 @ 96"
Left, Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650, Right, Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 @ 96" Stepped down exposure
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Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650 @ 32'
Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 @ 32'
Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650 @ 32' Stepped down exposure
Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 @ 32' Stepped down exposure
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Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650 @ 146' or 44.5 meters
Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 @ 146' or 44.5 meters
Tiablo A10 R2 WC, 18650 @ 210' or 64 meters
Dereelight DBS V2 Q5 3S, 18650 @ 210' or 64 meters
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Beam shots taken against buildings. At this time distance unknown.
Tiablo A10 R2 WC
DBS V2 Q5 3S
Tiablo A10 R2 WC
DBS V2 Q5 3S
I edited these beam shots in. They are the longer of two distances shown above. The shots are stepped down in two groups.
Tiablo A10 R2 WC
DBS V2 Q5 3S
Tiablo A10 R2 WC
DBS V2 Q5 3S
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