The light is elegant in design, comfortable to hold, easy to use, admits of one-handed and ski-gloved use in a way no twisty or tail-clicky could, and tailstands like no other pocketable light. The beam quality is superior. The exterior is sober and discreet, and, though I’m no expert, from what I can tell the machining is equally superior. Beyond the light proper, there is so much good to say about Ben. His responsiveness by email, amid the demands of a one-person production run of 300 lights, and his willingness to build the light with an alternate emitter — in fact, to propose an alternate — simply because I asked, reflect a care in the making of things that on its own warrants giving him your business. Years ago I spent far more than I’d expected to on a new pair of eyeglass frames. I’ve worn those frames every day for more than twenty-one years. Twenty years from now, with luck, I’ll still be reading, cooking, and walking the hills with this Synergy 1.5.
