Snareman
Enlightened
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- Mar 10, 2011
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The new V11R is a definite improvement over the V10R that I had and passed on to my dad. If they could just fix the issue with the tail button it'd be even better!
Great video review! :thumbsup:
The soft start is supposedly to get rid of any preflash, so that's why it's not there on highest.
The extension tube is not only for improving the Lumens to 500 you mentioned...
The extension tube is not only for improving the Lumens to 500 you mentioned, its also for using normal AA Eneloops because many ppl dont use CR123. The Metal Button looks great and its obvious that they did it because it just lasts longer then rubber, after half a yaer the rubber will look old with a metal button not. That is squeeze is not nice
Improving lumens to 500 comes from using higher voltage li-ion batteries. You don't need the extension tube for that. You can get 500 lumens without the extension tube using CR123 sized 16340 li-ion cells.
The extension tube is for if you want to use AA sized cells (AA or 14500 li-ion).
I am not sure the title is accurate.
From what I can tell, the switch is a deal breaker for most. And changing what was once a very unique and disntinctive light into one that looks like every other single cell light from 3 years ago is not an improvement, imo. If they were going to redesign the light, why not make it better looking?
I'm not sure the person who mentioned the soft start understands how unnoticeable it is. You click the switch, it comes on immediately. If you didn't know what to look for, you wouldn't notice. It's not like you click it on and it takes 5 seconds to come on or anything.
I have used my v10a every day since I got it several months ago, and never have I thought, if only the tail was scalloped. Plus the fact that everybody says you have to be right on, dead-center to push down this new switch without it hanging, having scalloped the tail out doesn't really help.
I love the v10a/r models. I also have recently gotten the ti+ with this new and improved switch, and if I didn't have a replacement on the way from kuku, I would be returning it. If I had bought this light with that switch, returning it would be a no-brainer for me.
The only definite improvement that I can see is the emitter went from a t6 to a u2 xm-l. Sure, head to head the u2 is brighter and more efficient, but not by that much.
I'm just really disappointed in sunwayman's latest offerings. Maybe if I read this post in a month or so, I will think, 'wow, that was way too negative a take on this light.' But I doubt it. Especially when you read how some people bought an m10 light just for the body so they now have the new emitter, but with the older body and switch, and how everybody thinks it's an improvement.
http://www.cpfmarketplace.com/mp/showthread.php?262104-Veleno-Designs-SWM-V-series-titanium-modsDo you have a link to the thread where Steve Ku is selling replacement switches? I'm having trouble finding it.
I am not sure the title is accurate.
From what I can tell, the switch is a deal breaker for most. And changing what was once a very unique and disntinctive light into one that looks like every other single cell light from 3 years ago is not an improvement, imo. If they were going to redesign the light, why not make it better looking?
I'm not sure the person who mentioned the soft start understands how unnoticeable it is. You click the switch, it comes on immediately. If you didn't know what to look for, you wouldn't notice. It's not like you click it on and it takes 5 seconds to come on or anything.
I have used my v10a every day since I got it several months ago, and never have I thought, if only the tail was scalloped. Plus the fact that everybody says you have to be right on, dead-center to push down this new switch without it hanging, having scalloped the tail out doesn't really help.
I love the v10a/r models. I also have recently gotten the ti+ with this new and improved switch, and if I didn't have a replacement on the way from kuku, I would be returning it. If I had bought this light with that switch, returning it would be a no-brainer for me.
The only definite improvement that I can see is the emitter went from a t6 to a u2 xm-l. Sure, head to head the u2 is brighter and more efficient, but not by that much.
I'm just really disappointed in sunwayman's latest offerings. Maybe if I read this post in a month or so, I will think, 'wow, that was way too negative a take on this light.' But I doubt it. Especially when you read how some people bought an m10 light just for the body so they now have the new emitter, but with the older body and switch, and how everybody thinks it's an improvement.
My v11 doesn't work with a single AA battery, or 14500, with the extender. Oddly, I can put the extender in M11 and it works fine on AA. I've previously used RCR123 only in the V11. Is there a reset that I need to do?