Fenix, thank you for commenting in this thread. I find this little light to be a decent little tool, and was happy that it survived the washer/dryer 'test'. I may put it through a rock tumbler, a test that killed several other AAA lights...and a test that the original Fenix E01 survived - and actually won the challenge, based on my subjective measurements. You can find that challenge here.
The original E01 endeared itself to many in this community for its quirky beam, ridiculous runtime, and absolutely bullet proof performance. It wasn't bright, the beam was ugly, but if you needed a reliable backup light you could always count on it. Several companies tried to copy it and a few did a decent job, but none could match the character of the original. If. a person wants multi level, blinky, flame thrower, etc. etc. etc., there are almost endless choices.
But for those of us who want a simple, reliable, inexpensive, virtually guaranteed NOT TO FAIL light, the E01 was it.
Now, the E01 V2 is a nice little light. I decided to leave my Tana Triple Haiku at home today - was planning to carry it - and chose to carry this little V2 instead to have an understanding of how well it will serve my needs in a normal day. After all, it does have a nice, white beam, it's light as a feather, and it has plenty of brightness. It may be superior to the original in several ways, but.....
Speaking of brightness, if your results with your battery were as published (and I have no reason to doubt you), why not include the battery that netted those results? As Scout24 said, we are all interested in maximizing performance. If it means upping the price a bit, no worries.
But that's not what the E01 was about to its devotees. No, it was about having a little backup, or backups, scattered around the house, car, plane, boat, whatever, that could be relied on. Perhaps this new E01 will prove to be reliable - I hope so - and Fenix is known for producing reliable lights. It suffered only a bit of ano wear in the washer/dryer.
But it's not an E01 in the original sense. Maybe you should have called it an E02?
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