EDC GEAR AND FLASHLIGHT REVIEWS

Picture of my Niteye EYE15 XM-L led, 18650 light.  Photo taken with a Panasonic GF5 and edited with Snapseed.

The new Niteye MS Series has now been released. The MS stands for Military Soldier and from all appearances it looks like it fits that role quite nicely. Thank you to Niteye for supplying me with two models from the series for review. The two are the MSA10 , which runs off of 1xAA and the MSC20 , which runs off of 2xCR123A, 1x18650 or 2x16340 batteries. The other two lights in the series are the MSA20 , which runs off of 2xAA batteries and the MSC10 , which runs off of 1xCR123A battery. For those of you who are into the latest and greatest in led flashlight technology, you probably are already aware of Niteye and their fairly recent appearance onto the flashlight scene.  For those of you who are not aware, they are a company based in China who are the OEM manufacturer for other well established flashlight companies, such as Jetbeam .  Quality and design wise they share many similarities to some of the other higher end brands out there. This new MS Series grabbed my attenti...

Well the long awaited EYE-30 from Niteye has arrived, courtesy of Viola from Niteye.  This is my first multiple XM-L flashlight and my first multi 18650 light as well.(4x18650)  I was always leery of multiple battery flashlights as I'd heard of accounts of lights exploding.  I've been assured that with decent quality batteries and proper battery management, i.e. keeping batteries at a similar charge state, that it would be safe.  The light was received in a nice quality aluminium case.  Upon opening, the light sits in foam with the included accessories of a carrying handle, car charger, holster, and a spare o-ring.  Right off the bat when handling the light you notice the quality of this light.  The machining and anodising is top notch, with no flaws visible to the naked eye.  There's some nice and functional cooling fins around the head, and not too aggressive knurling on the battery tube. The main feature of this light beside the ...