So, I got this light from Amazon. I never buy lights off of here unless they are from a reputable company but this one just looked too intriguing for me to pass up and I couldn't resist. It just looked gorgeous to me and the gimmicky fire starter lens had me overly curious so I just pulled the trigger. I told myself that if I really didn't like it I could just return it as it's Amazon after all. I was literally looking for excuses to convince myself to return it but it never came to that point. I am definitely keeping this one. The tint sucks, the emitter is unrecognizable, the UI is overly simple, the driver is unregulated, and it comes from a company that I have never heard of before, BUT DAMN IS THIS LIGHT FUN TO PLAY WITH! When fully focused it actually somewhat resembles an LEP, just like the Convoy Z1 does. The fire starter lens works perfectly which is a good thing because this was the biggest appeal to me anyway. Sure, I could just use a lighter or some matches but this way is much more fun. As an extra bonus they included a fancy micro fiber bag to store the light in when not in use which is a nice little perk too. This is probably one of the biggest pieces of junk flashlights that I have but I just can't bring myself to send it back, it's just too fun.
The reverse charging feature also works as it should and I even topped off my Wurkkos TS11 which was very helpful. One other feature that wasn't in the description is the glow in the dark material that is applied to the inside of the lights head. It's pretty neat and makes the whole inside of the head illuminate a bright green which wound up being a very welcomed surprise that I quite like.
It comes with a generic 26800 cell that does a great job at adding weight to the back end of the light which makes it feel very well balanced in hand. I also got to thinking about this cell. It doesn't have a discharge rate stated on the wrap so I didn't know how powerful it was. I wound up doing an amp draw to get some type of measurement for a better idea of its capabilities. The cell is sufficient enough for this application but I thought it might be a little under powered as it measured 4.8A at the tail cap. So to see what would happen, I replaced that cell with a Molicel P50B and adapter sleeve. The result was actually quite significant and measured 7.05A at the tailcap. I'm not exactly sure what that equates to in lumen output but there's definitely a visible increase in brightness.
It's not very often that I make curiosity purchases but I can say that I am very happy with this one and this light is definitely staying in my line-up for sure.
