Polarion Night Reaper (CSWL)

[Patriot]

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Andreas, got a good laugh out of your post and needed it...lol. Thanks man. You and Lux can always make me laugh with you senses of humor.



DM51 !!!!!!

haha.... I can tell you're excited. I will work on that for you tonight. The beam profile is typical Polarion perfection but there are subtle differences compared to the PH50. I think that with a proper exposure the camera will be able to show the 13% increase. The target will be the power line tower again since I need to stick close to the house tonight. Hopefully that will be good enough for satisfy the beam hungry for now.

 

[BVH]

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I was just going to ask for the "Patriot tower shot" before I saw that you have it planned for tonight. That, to me, is your reference shot by which I judge all your lights.

Sorry to hear about your bout with the flu. Which version?

 

[Patriot]

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I was just going to ask for the "Patriot tower shot" before I saw that you have it planned for tonight. That, to me, is your reference shot by which I judge all your lights.

Sorry to hear about your bout with the flu. Which version?

I'm glad that you like my tower. I figure if I use it enough they may dedicate it to me. It will be a while before I ever own another light that could burn through it like your 84W Blitz creation though. Gotta love customs!

I don't know which version I had. Never saw a doc. Chills, fever, extremely tired, liquid but no throwing up (being keen you'll catch that). It lasted about 5 days, followed by 3-4 days of a stuffed up head . Sleep, Emergen-C drink mix, Imodium, and Pepto took care of it. An occasional Tylenol allergy sinus provided sinus relief.

 

[BlueBeam22]

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Awesome reflector photo, Patriot; thank you very much for taking it for me and posting it so quickly! It is exactly what I wanted to see, and even better. I can tell its reflector is incredibly smooth/shiny and very deep, so I can see how it collimates the light so well for a tight throw beam.

I also really like the fact that I can see the detail of the front part of the light's body so well in your close-up - it's gorgeous looking.

I am sorry to hear about your flu that you have been sick with, and your uncle will be in my prayers.

 

[Patriot]

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and your uncle will be in my prayers.

Thank you sir. That's very much appreciated.




Also, I'm glad you liked the picture. It's an angle that I've never seen taken before of this light.

 

[Patriot]

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Ken J Good,

Can you advise me as to what I should or shouldn't do about the heavy plastic wrapped around the battery? I started to remove it but upon seeing that it fit into the light body with the plastic on, I hesitated thinking maybe it was suppossed to be there. Right now I've only removed the plastic from the ends.

Thank you sir.

 

[Ken J. Good]

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Whoops...

It is there for 3 reasons.

1. To prevent the battery from moving within the battery compartment under weapon recoil.

2. To help prevent the battery housing from splitting when dropped or if it experiences rapid temperature changes...

3. To create situations like this online.

So:

I can send you another plastic sleeve. You will have to slide it over the battery and then apply heat by means of a heat gun to shrink wrap it around the battery.

You can send it back to me & I will re-wrap it for you.

You can not worry about it.

 

[Patriot]

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Mine won't be mounted to a M2, MK19, or M134 so I think I'll go with option "C" and not worry about it.

Sometime in the future when I order something from you I'll ask you to send a battery sleeve my way and I'll install it myself. Excellent idea btw. That's some good tough stuff.

Many kind thanks Ken.





Attention Vesa: Leave the plastic on the battery.

 

[Patriot]

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Random Observations and Points of Interest.





The battery tube is smooth instead of grooved like the P series. This allows the battery to be inserted in any orientation and doesn't have to line up with grooves.

The CSWL battery is wrapped in heavy, clear plastic and I began to remove it thinking it was packaging. Turns out it's suppose to be there for the reasons Ken mentioned in his last post. It's marked CSWL but the batteries work interchangeably.

The tailcaps are not interchangeable, have different seating depths and even different threads. My heavy duty PH50 tailcap is pictured below the PH50 along with the stock cap with aluminum insert. The cap on the left belongs to the CSWL. Sorry for the dark photo's. I can see now that I should have used my flash.

I did remove the stock O-ring and installed a #38 silicone rubber ring. It stretches more but seals the light light noticeably better as well. I have two of them on the PH50 that have been there as long as I've owned the light. The CSWL only has one O-ring groove instead of two like the PH50.

Length comparison with tailcaps removed.

Length comparison with tailcaps installed.

 

[sledhead]

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Congrats on your purchase! Looks like it is built like a tank- thanks for the photos, they speak volumes.

Can't wait for the story of how it wound up in your hands- Vee73 had a hand in it? This should be interesting!

 

[Patriot]

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Congrats on your purchase! Looks like it is built like a tank- thanks for the photos, they speak volumes.

Can't wait for the story of how it wound up in your hands- Vee73 had a hand in it? This should be interesting!

Thank you for participating in my excitement. It's a serious piece of hardware and has the feel of a chunk of military equipment. Photos explain so much don't they! It's why I try to use them liberally.

Vee73 will have a CSWL in his hands shortly also. Out of respect to Vee, I'm going to wait until his arrives and then tell the story. Vee is in Finland as that's why his is taking longer.

 

[Kubbie]

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I was just going to ask for the "Patriot tower shot" before I saw that you have it planned for tonight.

Just watched a youtube video of the night reaper. You aren't going to mount that on the side of Ma Deuce and start slingin some tracer rounds at that tower, are you?

I wonder if the LED guys ever leave their AA vs 18650 and SSC-P7 vs SST-90 discussions and realize the real porn is over here...

 

[LuxLuthor]

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Sorry to hear about your bout with the flu. Which version?

Being humbled by a lowly flu virus builds character, so I salute your incipient victory.

I am saddened however, to hear of your uncle's terminal illness. Such things are horrible and upsetting. My sincere condolences, hopes, & prayers for the best possible process for everyone involved.

 

[Patriot]

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Being humbled by a lowly flu virus builds character, so I salute your incipient victory.

I am saddened however, to hear of your uncle's terminal illness. Such things are horrible and upsetting. My sincere condolences, hopes, & prayers for the best possible process for everyone involved.

Thanks Lux, it's nice to be feeling better. Thanks for your condolences as well. Difficult circumstances and unexplainable happenings are certainly a part of life but the good Lord has been faithful in seeing this family through.

 

[Patriot]

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Beamshots!!! wide about 40mm. F5.6 @ 10" ISO50 Auto WB

Powerline tower is 335 yards.


As always, I like to toss a few odd lights in the mix for reference or in this case giggles.

Control

WE Boxer 24W

Microfire K3500 (had it on wide focus, sorry)

PH50

Night Reaper

Another control to compare with above

Night Reaper top, PH50 bottom

The exposure turned out to be fairly accurate. Typically I prefer to over expose them a little and probably should have used F4.0 instead.

 

[vee73]

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Great pictures! NP is indeed effective. Patriot, you beamshot only add to the pain of waiting for me. Thank you very much.:twothumbs

 

[BVH]

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There looks to be a VERY significant increase in Lumens output, not just a different focusing reflector. To me, the beam itself in the foreground of the NR shot is larger in diameter as if it was slightly geared towards more flood. And more trees on either side of the beam are lit up and more of the tower itself is lit up - again supporting flood. However, the tower itself is more brightly lit than with the PH50 - supporting throw. So....You can't have it both ways unless there's more Lumens.

Interesting there is a very defined outer corona in the PH50 shot but almost no defined corona in the NR shot. Look at the color of the asphalt in the NR shot. Much lighter than in the PH50 shot.

My only disappointment??? The far streetlight is still on!!!

Paul, I wish you had a BarnBurner to do a comparison with.

 

[jeffyred]

Your neighbors probably thought Clark Griswold plugged in his Christmas lights when you turned on the NR!

 

[Patriot]

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Just watched a youtube video of the night reaper. You aren't going to mount that on the side of Ma Deuce and start slingin some tracer rounds at that tower, are you?

I wonder if the LED guys ever leave their AA vs 18650 and SSC-P7 vs SST-90 discussions and realize the real porn is over here...

Naw, not likely but it may see some long range night shooting use.

I think many of the LED guys make it over here and they're usually very respectful of the HIDs. The best single MC-E light that I ever tested couldn't even be photographed next to a full range of HID's because it just looked like it wasn't turned on. If I increased the exposure enough to make it look correct, the other big HIDs were way over exposed. Whatcha gonna do?

 

[BVH]

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Just watched a youtube video of the night reaper. You aren't going to mount that on the side of Ma Deuce and start slingin some tracer rounds at that tower, are you?

I wonder if the LED guys ever leave their AA vs 18650 and SSC-P7 vs SST-90 discussions and realize the real porn is over here...

I'm an HID guy that makes it over to the LED sections, does that count? Just got a couple D-Mini VX Ultras and a Blue Preon in today's mail! Just like Christmas. Should get 3 4/7's Mini123's on Saturday, I hope.