gadgetnerd
Enlightened
Just got a Fenix L1 (v2.5) through from lighthound (1 week from order to letterbox in Australia - great service).
What a great little light!
- Small enough for pocket carry without looking like a deviant
- Looks beautiful
- Great smooth white beam with nice hot spot
- Bright enough to be really useful outdoors but not too bright for closeup stuff and reading in bed
- Great runtime off cheapo NiMHs
- Cheap!
This torch has instantly become my EDC. Imagine how impressed I'd be if I'd been patient enought to wait for an L1P
The only comparable light I have is a Longbow Micra, which cost 3x as much. The Micra has a brighter, slightly warmer beam without a hot spot, and is a beautifully built little torch, but I only use it sparingly because a) I don't like burning through expensive CR123s every couple of hours and b) I don't like worrying about blowing up my unregulated rechargeable 123s.
If fenix could bring out the equivalent torch with 2 stage (eg 10 and 40 lumen) output they'd have an absolute winner. As it is, they're definitely contender for cheap small light of the year!
What a great little light!
- Small enough for pocket carry without looking like a deviant
- Looks beautiful
- Great smooth white beam with nice hot spot
- Bright enough to be really useful outdoors but not too bright for closeup stuff and reading in bed
- Great runtime off cheapo NiMHs
- Cheap!
This torch has instantly become my EDC. Imagine how impressed I'd be if I'd been patient enought to wait for an L1P
The only comparable light I have is a Longbow Micra, which cost 3x as much. The Micra has a brighter, slightly warmer beam without a hot spot, and is a beautifully built little torch, but I only use it sparingly because a) I don't like burning through expensive CR123s every couple of hours and b) I don't like worrying about blowing up my unregulated rechargeable 123s.
If fenix could bring out the equivalent torch with 2 stage (eg 10 and 40 lumen) output they'd have an absolute winner. As it is, they're definitely contender for cheap small light of the year!
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