Flashlight Fiesta
Laserware 1G Green LED Gun Lamp
Mounted on my imaginary Rifle!
Price: £3.89 winning bid free shipping
Manufacturer: Laserware
Model: 1G
Power: Green Cree XP-E Q5 LED
Run By: 1x 18650
Focus Type: Zoom
Vendor: Laserware via ebay
Description: Green Rechargeable LED Gun Lamp + Kit
Shipped From: UK
What's in the Box?: 1G Lamp, Gun Mount, Wall Charger, Pressure Switch, Samsung 18650 2500mAh Lithium battery, instructions
I got quite a lot for my £3.89!
First Impressions
These little packages appeared a few times on the flashlight auction recently and they looked rather good for the low starting prices. I just had to get one!
Advertised as factory refurbished units I was expecting a few knocks and scrapes from the previous owners. I wondered if I had inadvertently stumvled into a quality lottery with this one.
After only a day or so my item arrived direct from the manufacturer Laserware based in England. The larger padded envelope contained a much larger green go box than what I'm used to.
Inside was an almost perfect gun lamp, with only one small mark on the body. Everything about it looked brand new to be honest.
Also inside was a good quality gun mount, a pressure switch tail cap (not unlike the ultrafire WF-501B switch) a UK mains plug and a brand new Samsung 18650 - a proper protected cell I might add . All very nice indeed.
I will let them off with not putting the car fag lighter charger in the box seeing as though the rest of this kit was so good.
The lamp itself is made of a high quality solid aluminium with a equally solid focus ring mounted near the head.
The action of the focus ring is reasonably smooth and features a nice positive click when turning the dial.
The green LED is a good quality Cree Q5 by the looks of it. No cheap lattice bright crap here.
The tail cap,head screw and lens screw fittings are high grade with smooth operation and rubber ringed to be waterproof .
A cool feature of this lamp is the ability to charge the battery directly without the need to remove it first. Just plug it straight into the wall plug and that's it. it does feature protection circuitry so it shouldn't explode on you!
Overall a nice piece of hardware.
No need to charge the Battery separately
Wooo! A genuine Samsung protected 18650 battery!
Testing
As I don't own a rifle and in keeping with continuity I shall test this lamp with the tried and tested garden bushes test. Nice and simple.
*No Rabbits were shot in the making of this review 😁
Full Flood Beam
Full Flood Beam
Glorious green beams are very attattractito look at and seem brighter than red or black lights. (Green light is received differently by our eyes)
The green beam is really bright and clear. The project circle and spot are far from perfect. Many artifacts from behind the optics can be seen on the projected light circle. It's not a deal breaker by any means.
Narrow Beam
Beyond the Narrow Beam.
The focus system on this lamp is very interesting. From flood to spot is normal but carry on past seeing the Cree chip on the wall and the beam starts to open out again for some strange reason? This is where you hear the final click from the clutch mechanism. The beyond beam looks slightly defused as a spot. Not sure what that is all about? Nice touch though I think?
The flood to spot zoom feature works really well. A little clunky at times, although I feel this is down to its crude BB and spring bearing system which could have been designed a little better.
Battery life is mediocre really, dropping off after a few hours on the 18650. Not a problem if you can get to a plug socket.
Rating: ✅✅✅✅✅ 5 out of 5
Whether you own a rifle or not this lamp makes for a great night time light source. a nice change from the standard cool white LED offerings. This complete package for under four quid is frankly outrageous!
The original retail price of this package was eye watering to say the least. Wallet flattening
Now you can forget that pay day loan and buy it for beggar all!
Extreme value for money. and the battery is at least worth £5 on its own! More reasons to be cheerful.