Now that Elzetta has decided to sell some "globally sourced" products the call G-EDC and some micro USB port batteries the idea has been somewhat contreversial.
"Blasphemy" has been said about the strictly Made in USA tactical light company to make a deal with an outsider to produce their next step in flashlights. Streamlight and Pelican did it a while ago. Yet they did not have the loyal following Elzetta has.
Point of this thread is to break away from the Elzetta best kept secret thread in discussing the G-Line so I hope folks don't mind. In my view the 'best kept secret thread' is all about the line of products they now call Z-Line. The love or not so love aspects of their military grade products. So I hope people don't mind keeping it that way and discussing the globally sourced, "affordable" line seperately. If not this thread will continue. If they do mind this thread will fizzle out.
So far I have acquired a pair of the EDC AA lights and a few of their batteries. It's still too early to say thumbs up or down about the batteries. I've replaced an RCR by NiteCore in my PKDL PR-1 and in time will know if the 700 mAh 2.59Wh capacity is going to outlast the 650 mAh 2.4Wh Nitecore or not. But I do feel comfortable that the PR-1 won't "pop" the circuit protection since it is the fuel source supplied with Elzetta's EDC 123 light that touts about the same output with an RCR as my PR-1.
Their 1000 mAh 1.2 volt AA battery replaced an eneloop pro in my old unregulated Coast HP-1 light. It is a 950 mAh eneloop pro. I placed it in that light to check on the over discharge protection device built into the battery.
Even though both batteries are the same dimensions as the RCR and NIMH by eneloop the capacty is stated to be a wee bit better. They both have a micro USB charge port and each come with a 275mm (11") cord with USB 2.0 on one end and micro USB on the other end.
Now the AA flashlight is a number JetBeam built with some Elzetta improvements for reliability. My only concern there is potential QC issues if they chose a factory that has slack inspections. Thus far the two lights have been flawless. I keep one as a night stand light for it's 1.5 lumen low that tosses the beam forward instead of flooding the first few feet like my Sofirn C01 does, which in my view causes a low output to appear more bright than I prefer during a 2am nature call or if deciding that bump in the night warrants the next down you hear to be POW. The spill is enough to keep me from goose stepping into furniture without waking the Mrs. I definitely prefer the beam to reach out like the AA does.
The 30 lumen medium, again tosses light forward very well and plenty of spill illuminates an area the width of my periphals without causing night blindness. Very useable for every day tasks and shadow busting close up crevices in daylight such as inspecting a dusty USB port or lighting an escape route in a windowless building during a power cut.
The high beam appears more than a 150 lumen light would suggest. Lots of throw, lots of spill.
Now the o'ring up front allows the light to be rated dust restistant and water tight. A great thing for the technician working in less than ideal conditions but……that causes it to put up a bit of a fight when trying to use it with one hand. So I have found at times when using one handed it can skip the mode it's memory had it on to the next setting. I prefer to activate the twisty head light with two hands for that reason. At times with one hand I did not activate it far enough to complete the circuit well so when I reached that point it had skipped to the next setting. If one insists on one hand only use of the twisty head they may find the resistance caused by the o'ring to be frustrating until they have practiced enough with the light to instictively loosen or tighten the head to the best point.
So far I have not purchased the 123 light as I'm happy with the PR-1 I carry every day. Simply put I prefer the 200 lumen medium and Elzetta chose 100 lumens for medium. But they did include a lo/lo for that one at 0.5 lumens. So that one has a hi/me/lo/lo-lo interface.
Hopefully Elzetta is successful with the G-Line.
"Blasphemy" has been said about the strictly Made in USA tactical light company to make a deal with an outsider to produce their next step in flashlights. Streamlight and Pelican did it a while ago. Yet they did not have the loyal following Elzetta has.
Point of this thread is to break away from the Elzetta best kept secret thread in discussing the G-Line so I hope folks don't mind. In my view the 'best kept secret thread' is all about the line of products they now call Z-Line. The love or not so love aspects of their military grade products. So I hope people don't mind keeping it that way and discussing the globally sourced, "affordable" line seperately. If not this thread will continue. If they do mind this thread will fizzle out.
So far I have acquired a pair of the EDC AA lights and a few of their batteries. It's still too early to say thumbs up or down about the batteries. I've replaced an RCR by NiteCore in my PKDL PR-1 and in time will know if the 700 mAh 2.59Wh capacity is going to outlast the 650 mAh 2.4Wh Nitecore or not. But I do feel comfortable that the PR-1 won't "pop" the circuit protection since it is the fuel source supplied with Elzetta's EDC 123 light that touts about the same output with an RCR as my PR-1.
Their 1000 mAh 1.2 volt AA battery replaced an eneloop pro in my old unregulated Coast HP-1 light. It is a 950 mAh eneloop pro. I placed it in that light to check on the over discharge protection device built into the battery.
Even though both batteries are the same dimensions as the RCR and NIMH by eneloop the capacty is stated to be a wee bit better. They both have a micro USB charge port and each come with a 275mm (11") cord with USB 2.0 on one end and micro USB on the other end.
Now the AA flashlight is a number JetBeam built with some Elzetta improvements for reliability. My only concern there is potential QC issues if they chose a factory that has slack inspections. Thus far the two lights have been flawless. I keep one as a night stand light for it's 1.5 lumen low that tosses the beam forward instead of flooding the first few feet like my Sofirn C01 does, which in my view causes a low output to appear more bright than I prefer during a 2am nature call or if deciding that bump in the night warrants the next down you hear to be POW. The spill is enough to keep me from goose stepping into furniture without waking the Mrs. I definitely prefer the beam to reach out like the AA does.
The 30 lumen medium, again tosses light forward very well and plenty of spill illuminates an area the width of my periphals without causing night blindness. Very useable for every day tasks and shadow busting close up crevices in daylight such as inspecting a dusty USB port or lighting an escape route in a windowless building during a power cut.
The high beam appears more than a 150 lumen light would suggest. Lots of throw, lots of spill.
Now the o'ring up front allows the light to be rated dust restistant and water tight. A great thing for the technician working in less than ideal conditions but……that causes it to put up a bit of a fight when trying to use it with one hand. So I have found at times when using one handed it can skip the mode it's memory had it on to the next setting. I prefer to activate the twisty head light with two hands for that reason. At times with one hand I did not activate it far enough to complete the circuit well so when I reached that point it had skipped to the next setting. If one insists on one hand only use of the twisty head they may find the resistance caused by the o'ring to be frustrating until they have practiced enough with the light to instictively loosen or tighten the head to the best point.
So far I have not purchased the 123 light as I'm happy with the PR-1 I carry every day. Simply put I prefer the 200 lumen medium and Elzetta chose 100 lumens for medium. But they did include a lo/lo for that one at 0.5 lumens. So that one has a hi/me/lo/lo-lo interface.
Hopefully Elzetta is successful with the G-Line.
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