Waiting for it to get dark...

CM2010 · Apr 22, 2010

Had my Thrunite Catapult delivered at 8am this morning and the wait has been killing me until i can get out with it tonight when its dark at 10pm (only 90 mins to go!).

I live in built up area so i wont see the full benefit of it until tomorrow night when i'm up at my gf`s who lives in a small village in the countryside and when its dark up there its pitch black,just how i like it :twothumbs

Mr Bigglow · Apr 22, 2010

Aim it at the western horizon at 02:00 hrs ZULU (GMT) tonight and I'll tell you if I see it here in Canada!

CM2010 · Apr 22, 2010

Will have to set my alarm :thumbsup:

mrartillery · Apr 22, 2010

Thats the sucky part about summer, every time I build a new light I have to wait until almost 9pm to get to go outside and use it! :sigh:

reeso · Apr 22, 2010

Well? Have you tried it yet? What do you think? :popcorn:

csa · Apr 22, 2010

I tend to be never done with building a light until it's getting light out again, which makes testing it a big problem! Congrats on your new light.

JCD · Apr 22, 2010

I'm also waiting for it to get dark. I received some IMR cells and an LF EO-E2R today and a P91 a few days ago. I have the EO-E2R installed in my E2D with IMR cells. I have the P91 in a 6P host with IMR cells. I'm ready to take them outside and compare them to my 6P w/ MC-E drop-in, and maybe a C3 with 2x 17500 cells and a P90. I might play with my R2 drop-in also, but mostly I'm interested in how the incans compare to the MC-E in real world conditions (as opposed to a white wall).

Fun stuff!

CM2010 · Apr 22, 2010

reeso said:
Well? Have you tried it yet? What do you think?

Yep,loved it my brightest light now.

Really looking forward to taking it out tomorrow.

Dances with Flashlight · Apr 22, 2010

mrartillery said:
Thats the sucky part about summer, every time I build a new light I have to wait until almost 9pm to get to go outside and use it! :sigh:

Almost makes you wish you spent half the year at the South Pole and the other half at the North Pole.

JCD · Apr 22, 2010

mrartillery said:
Thats the sucky part about summer, every time I build a new light I have to wait until almost 9pm to get to go outside and use it! :sigh:

I love the summer. The nights may be shorter, but their warm enough to be outside doing stuff (which provides opportunity to use my lights). I love walking and cycling at night, but it just isn't practical in the winter, when our nighttime temps approach freezing or slightly below.

Despite the longer nights, my lights get very little use during the winter. I could go a month without recharging the cells in my EDC, and it wouldn't be an issue. That's the light I use most often during the winter.

mrartillery · Apr 22, 2010

Dances with Flashlight said:
Almost makes you wish you spent half the year at the South Pole and the other half at the North Pole.

Lol, I like it cool, borderline cold, but those temps are a little to extreme for even me! :wave:

JCD · Apr 22, 2010

mrartillery said:
Lol, I like it cool, borderline cold, but those temps are a little to extreme for even me! :wave:

Once it gets below about 50º F, it all feels the same to me!

JCD · Apr 22, 2010

JCD said:
I'm also waiting for it to get dark. I received some IMR cells and an LF EO-E2R today and a P91 a few days ago. I have the EO-E2R installed in my E2D with IMR cells. I have the P91 in a 6P host with IMR cells. I'm ready to take them outside and compare them to my 6P w/ MC-E drop-in, and maybe a C3 with 2x 17500 cells and a P90. I might play with my R2 drop-in also, but mostly I'm interested in how the incans compare to the MC-E in real world conditions (as opposed to a white wall).

Fun stuff!

Wow! The 2x IMR16340 & P91 is impressive! It appeared to have as much spill as the MC-E, but with a much brighter hotspot. And, the color tint of the hot wire was much nicer than the LED. It's too bad I don't have a suitable permanent host for the IMR cells and the P91.

Igor Porto · Apr 22, 2010

Congatulations on the Catapult! I have one and I like it!

I was waiting to get dark too... tested my new Nitecore SR3!

strinq · Apr 23, 2010

Luckily I have a room that's pitch black when you close the door.
Quenches some of the thirst a bit when a new package arrives.

hyperloop · Apr 23, 2010

awwwwwwww come on guys, beamshots!

JCD · Apr 23, 2010

hyperloop said:
awwwwwwww come on guys, beamshots!

Send me a camera and I'll post some beamshots. :shrug:

CM2010 · Apr 23, 2010

hyperloop said:
awwwwwwww come on guys, beamshots!

Just been out with it in total darkness and was blown away,heres a few pics first one is with the Catapult the 2nd with a M30 Triton both on the brightest setting:

Dioni · Apr 23, 2010

Nice beam of the Catapult!

How many meters to the tree?

CM2010 · Apr 25, 2010

Maybe about 45.

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