Bit of back story I started sourcing lights back in august for some group test. 5 months, 19 videos, 149 gb of footage, 3 group test later I've finally finished my reviews.
Here's the full playlist of 2016/17 videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbvvHmvcizy4_V0Bwg0_yiuEgpA6-sc3N
and...
It also looks like they've had a redesign of the bc30R, original prototype pictures showed extra buttons and a screen
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?388113-*-new-coming-prototype*-Fenix-BC30R
the version in the new catalogue has only 1 round button, but it looks a lot...
I disagree it's far better having a universal type of charging rather than a proprietary charging cable that you can lose or damage and have to wait ages to source a replacement.
I know if I lose this cable I'll have a spare kicking about.