Wow, you are like the Batman of light reviews
Very impressive! I also received one to review from Olight but my review pales (pun intended) to yours. I can add one thing that I did make for mine, since it doesn't have a lanyard;
I came up with as a makeshift lanyard, with the groove running around the light, I tied a whip knot tightly to the light so the paracord is anchored in that groove. And the celtic bead is decorative and also acts as a keeper, meaning you slip your hand into the lanyard, and slide the bead up to your wrist which makes it safer and less likely to fall off your wrist, works well too. And this will prevent the light from rolling around, of course with the wide base it easily stands up on it's own, but this helps.
also behind the light is the holster that comes with the light.
and a close up of the whipping knot, easiest way to do this is to start the whipping knot while it's off the light and get it close to where you have to force the loop over the light housing, then wrap it tighter and finish the knot.
And it's position, with the bulk of the weight behind the lanyard, the head is tilted up if you happen to drop the light and the lanyard wouldn't even attempt to slip off due to the wider bezel area.
I took some shots in hand today to show a size comparison, my palm measures about 3 1/2" wide which I would say is about a medium glove size. Here is a shot to compare it's size to a Fenix TK22 which I am pretty sure most light folks will recognize. Now the TK22 is rated about 900 lumens and the Olight X7 is rated at 9,000, yes, a sizeable difference in output, but the main difference I see would be the throw, where the TK22 goes as far or farther but not NEARLY as full or wide a flood as the X7, so it comes down to what you need to do with the light. The TK22 you would be moving it about in order to see more things, where the X7 lights up a wider area so you SEE things at the same time, that is a plus for sure.
The lanyard idea seems to work fine, and it still fits into the holster with that attached, here you can see how I slid the celtic bead up to my wrist to act as a keeper, please keep in mind, this is NOT from Olight, just something my brain cooked up to solve the lack of a lanyard attachment spot
and if it drops out of my hand, it will hang like so, or if you needed to let it go to grab something, you can do so without having to find a spot or put it in the holster;
you can see that the weight is tail heavy so that will make the lanyard unable to slide off, even so, it is fairly tight around it so it wouldn't come free at this point anyways.
Hope that helps you guys and gals out and maybe you can use this lanyard idea on some other lights as well.
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