jch79
**Do Not Feed The Vegan**,
Instead of cluttering Dave's thread, here's a quick overview of this nifty light, that I thought others could add their thoughts and observations to. 
First, I gotta say, how friggin cool & tiny! I knew it was small, but had no idea what I was in for! Seriously awesome engineering! :thumbsup:
Here's the two lights I bought - a Ti SPY005 Cree, and a Ti SPY005 Seoul:
They each have a tiny bit of "off" anodizing, near the inset area by the knob - it's not bare aluminum, but it's not nearly as black as the rest of the HA. If you look carefully at the light on the bottom in the photo above, right under the knob, you can see an example of what I'm talking about. Nothing big at all, but thought I'd point it out.
Here's the business ends of the two lights:
Seoul on top, Cree on bottom (Level 6 - 1000mA)
As you can see, the Cree's reflector has been modified to fit the head properly. Pretty nice, IMHO.
Now, onto a quick beamshot - distance about 2 feet.
Cree on the left, Seoul on the right
Although the (crummy) photo really doesn't show it, the Cree's beam pattern is ringy (which was expected), and a tighter and brighter flood. The Seoul had a very smooth beam, and a wide and dimmer flood. About the same size hotspot, although to my eyes, the Cree seems a tad brighter. As you which one you'd prefer :shrug: I'm not you!
As noted, the knob operates very smoothly while switching between levels - it feels very natural and sturdy.. easy to turn from one level to the next, but has just the right amount of resistance to stay at your chosen level. I guess we can chalk that up to Dave's great engineering of the light, and Wayne's killer STFu board - great collaboration there! (Wayne, what would we do without you?!?)
Overall, what an amazing light! I can see why we don't see them on BST often.. very very nice work, Dave! A very unique, very well-built, very simple, very functional, very cool looking, very awesome light! (very.)
Thanks for making them available to us Dave! :twothumbs
john
First, I gotta say, how friggin cool & tiny! I knew it was small, but had no idea what I was in for! Seriously awesome engineering! :thumbsup:
Here's the two lights I bought - a Ti SPY005 Cree, and a Ti SPY005 Seoul:
They each have a tiny bit of "off" anodizing, near the inset area by the knob - it's not bare aluminum, but it's not nearly as black as the rest of the HA. If you look carefully at the light on the bottom in the photo above, right under the knob, you can see an example of what I'm talking about. Nothing big at all, but thought I'd point it out.
Here's the business ends of the two lights:
Seoul on top, Cree on bottom (Level 6 - 1000mA)
As you can see, the Cree's reflector has been modified to fit the head properly. Pretty nice, IMHO.
Now, onto a quick beamshot - distance about 2 feet.
Cree on the left, Seoul on the right
Although the (crummy) photo really doesn't show it, the Cree's beam pattern is ringy (which was expected), and a tighter and brighter flood. The Seoul had a very smooth beam, and a wide and dimmer flood. About the same size hotspot, although to my eyes, the Cree seems a tad brighter. As you which one you'd prefer :shrug: I'm not you!
As noted, the knob operates very smoothly while switching between levels - it feels very natural and sturdy.. easy to turn from one level to the next, but has just the right amount of resistance to stay at your chosen level. I guess we can chalk that up to Dave's great engineering of the light, and Wayne's killer STFu board - great collaboration there! (Wayne, what would we do without you?!?)
Overall, what an amazing light! I can see why we don't see them on BST often.. very very nice work, Dave! A very unique, very well-built, very simple, very functional, very cool looking, very awesome light! (very.)
Thanks for making them available to us Dave! :twothumbs
john
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