Faulkner
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Since I work a great deal in the dark both on duty and around the homestead I've always got a flashlight or two or three on me or close by. It seems I'm a sucker for the latest in flashlight technology with something brighter or longer run time or smaller size.
For the past few months I've been seeing an add for the RovyVon Aurora A1x LED Mini Flashlight show up in my Amazon feed. Usually runs $26.95 but the latest Prime offer pulled me in for a 24 hour price of $16.95 so I figured I'd give it a try an order one and it showed up at the front door a few days ago.
I was initially intrigued by it's small size and max 650 Lumen super bright LED. It's also waterproof and USB rechargeable.
When I opened the package I was a little surprised in that it was actually a bit smaller than I anticipated. You can tell by the picture it's not but about twice the size of a .38 Special round. The instructions said to give it a full charge before using, which takes about 90 minutes, so I pulled out the enclosed USB cable and plugged it in.
The very clear user manual shows how to easily cycle it through the four light settings; moonlight - low (100 lumens) - medium (300 lumens) - and high (650 lumens). It also has a strobe setting if you push the "on" button three times in quick succession.
Because of it's size, it will only run in high mode (650 lumens) for two minutes before automatically dropping back to medium mode. This is because it's so small it doesn't have adequate mass to dissipate the heat. Once it cools down a bit you can change back to high mode.
And boy, high mode is bright. I was very impressed as I walked around our place around 10:30 last evening. Even in low mode (100 lumens) the Aurora A1 is brighter than my trusty Surefire E2e Executive light rated at 60 lumens. My current favorite flashlight is still my Fenix PD35, but you can see the obvious size difference in the little Aurora A1.
I'm going to give it a good field testing for the next few weeks as my everyday pocket carry and see how it holds up. If it holds up, at it's price point, I may be buying several more to stow in places like my kayak go bag and in the glove box of my Harley.
For the past few months I've been seeing an add for the RovyVon Aurora A1x LED Mini Flashlight show up in my Amazon feed. Usually runs $26.95 but the latest Prime offer pulled me in for a 24 hour price of $16.95 so I figured I'd give it a try an order one and it showed up at the front door a few days ago.
I was initially intrigued by it's small size and max 650 Lumen super bright LED. It's also waterproof and USB rechargeable.
When I opened the package I was a little surprised in that it was actually a bit smaller than I anticipated. You can tell by the picture it's not but about twice the size of a .38 Special round. The instructions said to give it a full charge before using, which takes about 90 minutes, so I pulled out the enclosed USB cable and plugged it in.
The very clear user manual shows how to easily cycle it through the four light settings; moonlight - low (100 lumens) - medium (300 lumens) - and high (650 lumens). It also has a strobe setting if you push the "on" button three times in quick succession.
Because of it's size, it will only run in high mode (650 lumens) for two minutes before automatically dropping back to medium mode. This is because it's so small it doesn't have adequate mass to dissipate the heat. Once it cools down a bit you can change back to high mode.
And boy, high mode is bright. I was very impressed as I walked around our place around 10:30 last evening. Even in low mode (100 lumens) the Aurora A1 is brighter than my trusty Surefire E2e Executive light rated at 60 lumens. My current favorite flashlight is still my Fenix PD35, but you can see the obvious size difference in the little Aurora A1.
I'm going to give it a good field testing for the next few weeks as my everyday pocket carry and see how it holds up. If it holds up, at it's price point, I may be buying several more to stow in places like my kayak go bag and in the glove box of my Harley.
....That one would get lost unless it was on a lanyard around here. Good looking stainless companion you got there.
