AlphaZen
Enlightened
I received a Dereelight C2H last week and have had some time to play around with it.
Here is what I like:
-Beautiful, WHITE beam from the XP-G R5. I have a Quark R5 and it is minty green (still love the light), but this C2H beam is pure white. It has a good mix of throw and flood and is a very useful beam without rings.
-It has three levels that seem fairly well spaced out, and the top level is incredibly bright. This thing is maximally driven, for sure.
-It has a forward clicky with momentary-on that is recessed to allow tailstanding. There is also a cut out to allow easier access to the clicky.
-It has a simple U.I. with only three levels of brightness and NO STROBES.
-It has MODE MEMORY, which I have grown to prefer over other interfaces, so you don't have to click through 2-3 levels every time you turn on the light.
-There are glow-in-the-dark accents with a GITD tailcap and o-ring at the lense. I find this very useful for finding the light on my nightstand in the middle of the night.
-It takes CR123's, AA's, RCR123's or 14500s
-It is well regulated
-It is fairly inexpensive and in my opinion a great value
-It is compact at less than 4 inches, even with the AA extension, and much smaller without it so it fits in my front pocket easily
-It has a nice low-profile wire clip
-The light is upgradeable so you can keep it updated with the most recent emitter
Here is what I am not so fond of:
-The clicky was very difficult to press at first. A simple modification of adding some hard foam under the tail boot fixed this. Thanks, timbo114 and swrdply400mrelay for the easy solutions.
-The emitter is not perfectly centered, although it doesn't appear to effect the beam.
-The lowest level could be lower. It is still fairly bright compared to the Quark's low.
-The runtime on high isn't very good, but it is so highly driven that I wouldn't expect it to be.
-It gets hot quickly
-It dies without warning
All told, I love my new C2H, and now that the tailcap issue is fixed I am extremely happy with this light. The negatives don't affect my satisfaction with it at all. I am extremely pleased. :twothumbs
Left to right: TerraLux Lightstar 220, EagleTac P20C2 R2, Ultrafire C3 SS, Dereelight C2H (in AA form), Quark Mini AA, iTP EOS A3
Left to right: TerraLux Lightstar 220, EagleTac P20C2 R2, Ultrafire C3 SS, Dereelight C2H (in 123 form), Quark Mini AA, iTP EOS A3
Dereelight C2H with RCR123 on High
Quark Mini AA with 14500 on High
Here is what I like:
-Beautiful, WHITE beam from the XP-G R5. I have a Quark R5 and it is minty green (still love the light), but this C2H beam is pure white. It has a good mix of throw and flood and is a very useful beam without rings.
-It has three levels that seem fairly well spaced out, and the top level is incredibly bright. This thing is maximally driven, for sure.
-It has a forward clicky with momentary-on that is recessed to allow tailstanding. There is also a cut out to allow easier access to the clicky.
-It has a simple U.I. with only three levels of brightness and NO STROBES.
-It has MODE MEMORY, which I have grown to prefer over other interfaces, so you don't have to click through 2-3 levels every time you turn on the light.
-There are glow-in-the-dark accents with a GITD tailcap and o-ring at the lense. I find this very useful for finding the light on my nightstand in the middle of the night.
-It takes CR123's, AA's, RCR123's or 14500s
-It is well regulated
-It is fairly inexpensive and in my opinion a great value
-It is compact at less than 4 inches, even with the AA extension, and much smaller without it so it fits in my front pocket easily
-It has a nice low-profile wire clip
-The light is upgradeable so you can keep it updated with the most recent emitter
Here is what I am not so fond of:
-The clicky was very difficult to press at first. A simple modification of adding some hard foam under the tail boot fixed this. Thanks, timbo114 and swrdply400mrelay for the easy solutions.
-The emitter is not perfectly centered, although it doesn't appear to effect the beam.
-The lowest level could be lower. It is still fairly bright compared to the Quark's low.
-The runtime on high isn't very good, but it is so highly driven that I wouldn't expect it to be.
-It gets hot quickly
-It dies without warning
All told, I love my new C2H, and now that the tailcap issue is fixed I am extremely happy with this light. The negatives don't affect my satisfaction with it at all. I am extremely pleased. :twothumbs
Left to right: TerraLux Lightstar 220, EagleTac P20C2 R2, Ultrafire C3 SS, Dereelight C2H (in AA form), Quark Mini AA, iTP EOS A3
Left to right: TerraLux Lightstar 220, EagleTac P20C2 R2, Ultrafire C3 SS, Dereelight C2H (in 123 form), Quark Mini AA, iTP EOS A3
Dereelight C2H with RCR123 on High
Quark Mini AA with 14500 on High
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