Recently Morgan managed to get a few pieces of this light and I managed to get one from him, Roland and Shean was asking me how is it so I thought I might as well post here. Sorry my review got no photos, perhaps later.
The packaging in general wrote "Precision machined high strenght aircraft aluminium with anoxided finish, 3 watt LED lasting 100,000 hours, aluminium faceted reflector, flawless white beam, polycarbonate lens, water resistant, up to 75 lumens output power, use 1 piece CR123A battery.
Starting with the obvious; lenght of this guy is 9.5cm, or 3 and 3/4 inch, diameter is 1 inch at the bezel and 3/4 inch at the tail. Comes with a 1 and 1/2 inch long belt clip which extends from below the head towards the tail, so you can't use it as a pocket clip, or else the 1 inch head will be protruding out of your pocket. It will clip into a 1 inch width business pants belt nicely, but when I tried it with a 1.5 inch width tactical webbing it is quite loose. There is a groove between body and head, so I guess a Surefire style lanyard can be attached. It comes with a crappy pouch which looks like those cheapos for mobile phones, the belt loop of this pouch is rather filmsy, don't think any serious CPFer will use it. The tailcap is an on/off clickie switch, the button protrudes a bit out of the tail shroud so it can't stand upright, no candlemode for this guy. The tailcap button looks and feels well made however. The lens is recessed about 3/16 inch from the bezel end, and I estimate the LED bulb is about 7/8 inch deep from the bezel end. The reflector is orange peel texture, looks good and deep, lotsa potential for throw. Anoxiding is very good, very clean, sleek finish that puts some premium flashlights to shame. It sure looks like a mini Streamlight. The bezel is knurled and the body checkered, I would say the grip is good, although I wonder why the Nuwai knurled the bezel, since the light is turned on and off by clicking the tail button and the bezel can't be turned to adjust any focus whatsoever. The bezel would have serve very well for one hand operation if this light turns on and off by twisting. After turning on the light for like 10 minutes, the light feels slightly warm but not uncomfortably.
Is the beam white? After seeing so much color tones for Luxeon white beams, its hard to define white. First impression when comparing with Longbow Micras it does appears very white. I compared it with two Longbow Micras, one stock configuration, one with IMS reflector and UCL, Inova XO and Surefire L2. The Micras looks very green when compared with the Nuwai, making the Nuwai appears really white and the Micras green, the Inova XO is very purplish, and when compared to the Nuwai, they are very close in tone. I can say the Nuwai is slightly purplish but not as much as the Inova XO. Surefire L2's white is the best of the lot, but even then, its not really a true white. The white beam is definitely better that Inova XO and Longbow Micra, at that bargain price, it certainly impress. The beam's throw is like a Micra with stock configuration, but the beam is much better due to the fact that it use reflector instead of optics; it produces a center hotspot with a round side spill and no artifacts. The spill is smaller when compared to the Micra with IMS reflector but its about the same with the Micra with stock optics. Not sure of the runtime, someone mentioned its about 1 hour?
I am very happy with this light, a very good buy at SGD$85/-, compared to the SGD$160/- I spent on the Micra, and that havent account for the IMS reflector and UCL upgrade yet.
Read this link too:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=626352&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=2#Post630377
Edited to correct some line spacing errors.
The packaging in general wrote "Precision machined high strenght aircraft aluminium with anoxided finish, 3 watt LED lasting 100,000 hours, aluminium faceted reflector, flawless white beam, polycarbonate lens, water resistant, up to 75 lumens output power, use 1 piece CR123A battery.
Starting with the obvious; lenght of this guy is 9.5cm, or 3 and 3/4 inch, diameter is 1 inch at the bezel and 3/4 inch at the tail. Comes with a 1 and 1/2 inch long belt clip which extends from below the head towards the tail, so you can't use it as a pocket clip, or else the 1 inch head will be protruding out of your pocket. It will clip into a 1 inch width business pants belt nicely, but when I tried it with a 1.5 inch width tactical webbing it is quite loose. There is a groove between body and head, so I guess a Surefire style lanyard can be attached. It comes with a crappy pouch which looks like those cheapos for mobile phones, the belt loop of this pouch is rather filmsy, don't think any serious CPFer will use it. The tailcap is an on/off clickie switch, the button protrudes a bit out of the tail shroud so it can't stand upright, no candlemode for this guy. The tailcap button looks and feels well made however. The lens is recessed about 3/16 inch from the bezel end, and I estimate the LED bulb is about 7/8 inch deep from the bezel end. The reflector is orange peel texture, looks good and deep, lotsa potential for throw. Anoxiding is very good, very clean, sleek finish that puts some premium flashlights to shame. It sure looks like a mini Streamlight. The bezel is knurled and the body checkered, I would say the grip is good, although I wonder why the Nuwai knurled the bezel, since the light is turned on and off by clicking the tail button and the bezel can't be turned to adjust any focus whatsoever. The bezel would have serve very well for one hand operation if this light turns on and off by twisting. After turning on the light for like 10 minutes, the light feels slightly warm but not uncomfortably.
Is the beam white? After seeing so much color tones for Luxeon white beams, its hard to define white. First impression when comparing with Longbow Micras it does appears very white. I compared it with two Longbow Micras, one stock configuration, one with IMS reflector and UCL, Inova XO and Surefire L2. The Micras looks very green when compared with the Nuwai, making the Nuwai appears really white and the Micras green, the Inova XO is very purplish, and when compared to the Nuwai, they are very close in tone. I can say the Nuwai is slightly purplish but not as much as the Inova XO. Surefire L2's white is the best of the lot, but even then, its not really a true white. The white beam is definitely better that Inova XO and Longbow Micra, at that bargain price, it certainly impress. The beam's throw is like a Micra with stock configuration, but the beam is much better due to the fact that it use reflector instead of optics; it produces a center hotspot with a round side spill and no artifacts. The spill is smaller when compared to the Micra with IMS reflector but its about the same with the Micra with stock optics. Not sure of the runtime, someone mentioned its about 1 hour?
I am very happy with this light, a very good buy at SGD$85/-, compared to the SGD$160/- I spent on the Micra, and that havent account for the IMS reflector and UCL upgrade yet.
Read this link too:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=626352&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=2#Post630377
Edited to correct some line spacing errors.