Got my light today. Not bad, standard cigar style, nice silver-blue-grey anodizing. The Manker E14 on 18350 impresses me more though, but lets see when I have the battery charged. With the Nichia 219C D280 the hotspot looks like some old CREEs I had where it is a distinctive yellow compared to the surrounding corona. After some burn time that may fade, but right now it can be distracting indoors for closer viewing even on low levels. Longer distances outdoors it is of course much less noticeable. Still not what i would have expected from Nichia.
The battery was installed in the light protected with an insulating film, but the film was too thin and the springs had already cut the insulation so the light was shipped ready to be powered up. I just hit the switch and on it came. Surprised I later opened the light and saw the film covering both terminals.
The battery was uncharged though as expected and just at storage level, so I'm charging it now rather than using a different cell since I want to see how this recommended one performs. With the near empty cell though it dimmed quick, but that can be expected on most cells. I didn't want to play with it much before putting the cell in the charger.
The CREE might be the better way to go with this one.
Now the anxiety of having to wait for the battery to charge, means I likely won't have a chance to really test it until tomorrow night; I don't like to push new cells with a very fast charge.
Anyone else get their light?