OK, so the name is a little ridiculous, but don't worry about that - the light itself has no name, or branding on it at all.
I picked this up from one of Gearbest's recent promotions for $8.46. In fact, it's still that price. First impression was disappointment, but that was simply because I thought it was the Olight S1 I'd ordered a week before. Actually I was very surprised when I opened the package to find one of the little (allegedly) waterproof plastic boxes like this. The light was wrapped in bubble wrap in the box, and also included was a small carabiner hook.
The light itself is a little unusual, with the head being slightly larger than the body - it's 15mm, while the rest of the body is 13mm. It's well built, which explains its weight - 43g with an eneloop (Thrunite TiS is 36g; ESOLamp SP11 is 37g; Klarus MiX6 is 29g and Nitecore T5s 30g). Also unusual is that the head twists to turn on/off (it's only one mode), but the head is fixed it won't come off. Quite handy for those worried about losing the head of twisty lights.
The emitter is described as Cree XPG-X2, which I confess I've never heard of. It does look like a XP-G2, and is perfectly centred, with a reasonable (cool white) tint. No green in a nice hotspot without artifacts. The quoted 105 lm output is an exaggeration.
Frankly, for $8 and change it's a no brainer. Personally I think it's too heavy to use on a keychain, but that doesn't bother me - it's going in my little pelican type case with my other stainless steel lights - and although a quarter of the price of some of them, it does not look out of place. Highly recommended.
I picked this up from one of Gearbest's recent promotions for $8.46. In fact, it's still that price. First impression was disappointment, but that was simply because I thought it was the Olight S1 I'd ordered a week before.
Actually I was very surprised when I opened the package to find one of the little (allegedly) waterproof plastic boxes like this. The light was wrapped in bubble wrap in the box, and also included was a small carabiner hook.The light itself is a little unusual, with the head being slightly larger than the body - it's 15mm, while the rest of the body is 13mm. It's well built, which explains its weight - 43g with an eneloop (Thrunite TiS is 36g; ESOLamp SP11 is 37g; Klarus MiX6 is 29g and Nitecore T5s 30g). Also unusual is that the head twists to turn on/off (it's only one mode), but the head is fixed it won't come off. Quite handy for those worried about losing the head of twisty lights.
The emitter is described as Cree XPG-X2, which I confess I've never heard of. It does look like a XP-G2, and is perfectly centred, with a reasonable (cool white) tint. No green in a nice hotspot without artifacts. The quoted 105 lm output is an exaggeration.
Frankly, for $8 and change it's a no brainer. Personally I think it's too heavy to use on a keychain, but that doesn't bother me - it's going in my little pelican type case with my other stainless steel lights - and although a quarter of the price of some of them, it does not look out of place. Highly recommended.
