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 largement suffisant pour la plupart des utilisations.
La contrepartie, c’est une durée de vie de la diode très supérieure à la moyenne, et une autonomie très respectable pour une pile LR 03 (saline, alcaline, lithium ou rechargeable). À peine plus encombrante que la pile qui l’anime, elle sera parfaite attachée à un porte-clef ou au fond d’une poche.

Features

• Uses a Nichia white GS LED with a life of 100,000 hours

• Constant brightness: 10 Lumens

• Uses one 1.5V AAA ( Alkaline, Ni-MH, Lithium ) battery, inexpensive and widely available

• 7.1cm (Length) x 1.4cm (Diameter)

• 21-hour working time ( 11-hour sun mode plus 10-hour moon mode)

• Made of aircraft-grade aluminum

• Durable Type III hard anodized finish

• 14-gram weight (excluding batteries)

• Waterproof to IPX-8 Standard

• Reliable twist switch

• Capable of standing up securely on a flat surface to serve as a candle

$ 15 chez Fenix-Store

• Cree Premium (Q5) 7090 XR-E LED with lifespan of 50,000 hours
• Two modes of output, selected by turning the bezel:
¨ Turbo Mode: Constant 225 Lumens, 1.5 hours
¨ General Mode: Constant 60 Lumens, 10 hours
• Highly efficient focusing head - throws beam over 200 meters
• Textured Reflector for optimum balance and transition between spot and flood
• Digitally regulated output - maintains constant brightness
• Low battery indication system
• Uses two 3V CR123A lithium batteries TWO CR123A INCLUDED
• 136.5mm (Length) x 35mm (Diameter)
• Solid stainless head & durable aircraft-grade aluminum housing
• Premium Type III hard-anodized anti-abrasive finish
• 153 + — 0.5 gram weight (excluding batteries)
• Waterproof to IPX-8 Standard
• Toughened ultra-clear glass lens with anti-reflective coating
• Tactical tailcap switch with momentary-on function
• Tactical body clip – attaches securely for easy carrying
• Anti-roll, slip-resistant body design
• Able to stand up securely on a flat surface to serve as a candle
• Included accessories: holster, lanyard, two spare o-rings, and a spare rubber switch boot

Environ 75 dollars de Monopoly.

Chez Néolumen ou Fenix-Store

Parce que cette lampe est juste foutrement géniale, et me semble le choix idéal pour l’everyday carryinger qui n’a pas d’utilité tactique ou industrielle pour son choix d’éclairage portable.
Les Fauxton fonctionnent sur deux piles CR2016 remplaçables (mais vu leur prix, il me semble plus rationnel d’en prendre une nouvelle), compatible avec une pile CR2032 qui stressera moins la diode et lui donnera une excellente autonomie. Le secret des excellentes performances (équivalente à une Mini-Maglite incandescente, avec quelques heures d’autonomie en plus) de la Fauxton tient en effet à la suralimentation de sa diode, qui n’est donc pas très durable. Et alors que ça peut être un problème pour une petite lampe à 15 dollars pièce comme chez Photon (et malgré l’excellente couverture du service après-vente de LRI), la question ne se pose absolument pas, vu que le pack de 10 Fauxton coûte moins de 5 dollars (avec le port gratuit !). Elle est cassée ? Les piles sont usées ? Il suffit d’en prendre une autre dans le paquet, si elles n’ont pas toutes déjà été distribuées comme petits cadeaux pratiques. À ce titre, il est plus que conseillé de ne pas se contenter d’en acheter un pack - ça part très vite, plus qu’on pourrait le penser.

Au final, avec cette petite lampe honteusement copiée sur la Photon américaine, vous disposez d’un instrument d’éclairage léger (très léger !), compact (très compact !), pas cher (vraiment pas cher !), efficace (cinq-six mètres de portée utile, une dizaine d’heure d’autonomie), et fiable (résistant à l’eau, mécanisme ultra-simplifié increvable, piles au lithium). Évidemment, vous pourriez pour cent fois plus cher, vous pourriez investir dans une des ces lampes fonctionnant sur pile AA ou AAA et sur diode Cree, mais je ne suis pas certain que dans 98 % de vos utilisations, ces petites merveilles électro-métalliques vous seraient plus utiles.

5 $ chez DealExtreme, soit moins cher que les deux piles de remplacement dans le commerce.

Like most new generations, it’s a bit wider than the old ones, but that’s the price to pay to use commonly available batteries.

It weighs 45 grams (about 1.64 oz.) and lenght is 12.7 cm (about 5.3 inches).

Visit Streamlight website
Buy it at EDC Depot for $ 18

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 the most practical. I love the idea of changing the direction of headlight, like a Pentagon Molle light but with much less bulk.

Coming with glowing in the dark accessories, it’s really cool and seems to be the perfect complement of a good throwing Cree light like the Fenix ones.

It runs on a single AA battery of any kind for a maximum runtime of 80 hours at less than three lumens (two hours on maximum setting, which provide about 70 lumens of flooding light).

It weights 58 grams (2 oz.) loaded and dimensions are 18.3 mm (diameter) and 66.5 mm (lenght). It’s of course waterproof.

Buy it at ZebraLight for $ 49.
Read comments on CPF here, here and here.

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

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 variation in a very compact package, running on a single AA battery.

Characteristics :

- LED : CREE 7090 XR-E (Q2 bin)
- Switch : Reverse Clicky, Tail Stand
- PWM Circuit : Medium bright - Low bright - Maximum bright – SOS - Strobe, with memory function each level (same with C-LE V1.2)
- Metal OP reflector
- Optical lens with AR coating
- Maximum brightness : 90 lumens
- Battery : one AA battery
- Input voltage : 0.7-2V
- Material : T6061 Aircraft Grade Aluminum Alloy
- Body coating : HA III natural
- Diameter : 20.5 mm
- Lenght : 92 mm
- Weight : 38 grams
- Waterproof to IPX-8 standard

More infos at CPF

Retail price annouced : $ 32.
Go to JetBeam website
Buy it at Supertactical

The chinese brand do it, and go on with innovation. This time, a batch of very last generation Cree leds is embeded in classical models, like the L2 or the P3.

The Fenix L2D CE is a digitally controlled constant current multilevel flashlight Fenix has to offer. It has six levels of output, which not only allows the user to select the best compromise between brightness and runtime for any given task but also has ability to aid in an emergency. The L2D CE does all this and still retains a compact size. If you’re looking for solid reliability, digitally regulated brightness, and compact size, this Fenix is for you.

Features:
* Utilizes a Premium (Q5) Cree 7090 XR-E LED with a life of 50,000 hours
* Two modes of output, selected by turning the bezel (patented)
* General Mode: 12 lumens (55hrs) -> 53 lumens (10.5hrs) -> 107 lumens (4hrs) -> SOS
* Turbo Mode: 180 lumens (2.4hrs) -> Strobe
• 28 days of survival use (2 continuous hours per day on the lowest setting)
* Digitally Regulated for Constant Brightness
* Uses two 1.5V AA ( Alkaline, NiMH, Lithium ) batteries (not included), inexpensive and widely available
* 14.7cm (L) x 2.1cm (D) or 5.8 in (L) x 0.8 in (D)
* Made of aircraft grade aluminum
* Durable Type III hard anodized finish
* 56-gram (or 2.0 oz) weight (excluding batteries)
* Waterproof to IPX-8 Standards
* Toughened ultra clear glass lens with AR coating
* Push-button tail cap switch
* Capable of standing up securely on a flat surface to serve as a candle
* Batteries not included
* Includes a holster, a lanyard, two spare o-rings, and a rubber switch boot

Buy it at Fenix Store

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. Ratcheting swivel head aims light where you need it, an indispensable feature for useful headlights.

The elastic headband is easily removable.

You only need to press smoothly the switch button - thus you can change the lighting function whenever you want.

While being not regulated, the maximal runtime is about 150 hours (on low setting) - this little headlamp is a good alternative to Petzl entry level ones.

It weighs 84 grams (about 3 oz.) with batteries.
Recommended price around 30 euros.

Emmanuel.

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 probably as powerful (or maybe more) than first generation cluster-LEDs flashlights - which were running on costly CR 123 lithium batteries and were at least five times bigger.

The main innovation is that ReX get rid of primary CR2032/CR2016 batteries (beside their impact on the environnment, they were not the perfect energy source for LEDs) and is running on a Li-Ion rechargeable battery which can be charged from classical batteries.

From LRI’s documentation, it seems that an AA battery can provide two charges, while an AA-like NiMH battery provides three, and a D alkaline battery about twenty. It takes about two hours to fully charging the ReX and its runtime is from two hours to two days (on the lowest setting).

The Photon Rex retains one of the best feature of the Photon Freedom, its very intuitive and practical user interface, with multiple bright levels, strobes and signals) with a cool phosphorescent button (like the X-Light). For the moment, it comes only in white LEDs/black body, but there is so much variations in the Photon line that we can hope special series to appear quickly.

Rugged, compact, powerful enough for most trivial tasks, ecological, well-priced, for me it’s one the better choice for minimalist hickers. And for casual EDC, it’s a serious contender for every flashlight not equiped with Cree or Rebel emitters. Futhermore, it comes with the extraordinary LRI service and lifetime warranty.

$ 29.95 - Buy it at Photon, with a pre-sale 10 % rebate

A pre-report at Equipped.org (search for “Photon”)