Fenix lance une nouvelle lampe d’entrée de gamme qui va entrer directement en concurrence avec la petite Arc. Contrairement à ses modèles les plus récents, qui fonctionnent avec des diodes suralimentées de toute dernière génération, la E01 utilise une simple Nichia et produit donc relativement peu de lumière (autour de 10 lumens), ce qui est […]

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La firme chinoise Fenix a lancé il y a quelques mois une version “tactique” de ses lampes Cree, lourde et solide, apparemment capable de lutter à armes égales contre les leaders du marché, Surefire.

• Cree Premium (Q5) 7090 XR-E LED with lifespan of 50,000 hours
• Two modes of output, selected by turning the bezel:
¨ Turbo […]

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Les Fauxton sont des imitations chinoises de l’excellente petite lampe Photon II de LRI. La Photon consiste en un emballage très astucieux d’une diode électroluminescente alimentée selon les modèles par une pile bouton au lithium CR2032 ou deux piles CR2016. Les Fauxton ont repris sans vergogne le principe et le style de la Photon II. […]

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Not really a revolution in the domain of the penlight, but more something like getting near perfection, this new generation is a good all-around little flashlight, providing 24 lumens for seven hours running on two AAAs batteries through a regulated circuit.

Like most new generations, it’s a bit wider than the old ones, but that’s […]

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The Zebra Light H50-Q5 comes with the very last Cree LED type.
With its extreme light weight, high brightness, long runtime and floody beam pattern, the H50-Q5 headlamp is the perfect choice for camping, hiking, task lighting as well as indoor use.
It’s one of the most ingenious and polyvalent headlight of today, and probably one of […]

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It seems that Leatherman is going to offer besides its quality tools and knives a line of Cree ledlight. It risks to be heavy (6 AAA batteries in a stainless steel body…) but don’t seems to be bulky, not much than classical 2 x CR123 tactical flashlight alla Surefire 6P.
Price TBA.
Discuss it on EDC Forum
Technorati […]

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JetBeam, like Fenix, is the new kind of chinese products of very good quality. Both brands are now very appreciated with flashlights aficionados for thier innovation (when most american brands still stay on three years technologies) and overall quality and reliability.
Always on the edge of last LED technology, JetBeam offer one of the last Cree […]

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Fenix L1D/L2D CE line use Cree LED in one of the most useful package available on the market, and for prices very acceptable. Only two years ago, the idea of tiny flashlight running on standard batteries for hours and able to put shame on best “tactical” flashlights there was was truely audacious.
The chinese brand […]

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The Black Diamond Cosmo is a first rate headlamp for kicking around camp, or walking on the trail.
The different power settings help you dial in exactly what you need. Switch on top lets you select from four lighting levels: low, medium, high, bright strobe.

The streamlined design sets the beam at an efficient illumination angle. […]

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LRI, an innovative flashlight manufacturer, already responsible for excellent EDC flashlights like the Photon or the Proton, is releasing a very clever upgrade of its keychain minimalists lights : the ReX.

A little wider than the classic Photon light, the ReX got four Nichia 5mm LEDs embeded in the polycarbonate body - that means that it’s […]

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