Hey all,
I bought my Peak Eiger about six months ago on the advice of people both on here and on various EDC forums, who proclaimed it to be one of the best keychain flashlights in existence.
So, given that I wanted a reliable, fairly high-output and good-looking flashlight for keychain carry, I plumped for the stainless lug oveready edition eiger with the standard head.
I was so excited about trying it out, but when it finally arrived, I was, to put it simply, underwhelmed.
The first thing to knock it off my keychain was the fact that I just could not use it one-handed. The threads are so stiff (even with plenty of lube) and the standard head so slippery that I needed two hands to get it to turn on, and a surprising amount of force to get full output out of it.
I let it slide for a while, and eventually, hearing good things about the mule head in 219, I picked one up from Oveready (at almost 3/4 the price of a new flashlight...).
The knurling helped to at least turn the light on, but if I want full output, I have to use two hands, and 3 or 4 turns to get there — and getting the light off takes enough force that by the time I've used it a couple of times, especially in the cold, my fingers get sore.
The mule head highlighted another issue with the Peak that really disappointed me. In theory, the QTC pill is a great idea that, coupled with the mule, should result in being able to get those super low lows for midnight trips around the house and long runtimes.
Unfortunately, getting a moonlight level low is almost impossible, because the QTC flickers like crazy for the first 1/4 turn and it still takes a ton of work to get to full output.
Finally, the light just isn't that bright; I use my keychain lights for general EDC tasks from pottering around the house to peeking in drawers, and the Peak is really only just capable of that.
Compared to my Prometheus Beta QR, the Peak seems to noticeably less usable light with only a marginally greater amount of flood.
I really, really wanted to like this light, but the issues I've encountered with it are so deal-breaking that it never gets pocket
time, and it's really disappointing to have spent $150 on a light I never use.
Is this just "how peaks are," or did I get a lemon? I just can't imagine peaks having such a cult following if my specimen is representative of
the lights as a whole.
I bought my Peak Eiger about six months ago on the advice of people both on here and on various EDC forums, who proclaimed it to be one of the best keychain flashlights in existence.
So, given that I wanted a reliable, fairly high-output and good-looking flashlight for keychain carry, I plumped for the stainless lug oveready edition eiger with the standard head.
I was so excited about trying it out, but when it finally arrived, I was, to put it simply, underwhelmed.
The first thing to knock it off my keychain was the fact that I just could not use it one-handed. The threads are so stiff (even with plenty of lube) and the standard head so slippery that I needed two hands to get it to turn on, and a surprising amount of force to get full output out of it.
I let it slide for a while, and eventually, hearing good things about the mule head in 219, I picked one up from Oveready (at almost 3/4 the price of a new flashlight...).
The knurling helped to at least turn the light on, but if I want full output, I have to use two hands, and 3 or 4 turns to get there — and getting the light off takes enough force that by the time I've used it a couple of times, especially in the cold, my fingers get sore.
The mule head highlighted another issue with the Peak that really disappointed me. In theory, the QTC pill is a great idea that, coupled with the mule, should result in being able to get those super low lows for midnight trips around the house and long runtimes.
Unfortunately, getting a moonlight level low is almost impossible, because the QTC flickers like crazy for the first 1/4 turn and it still takes a ton of work to get to full output.
Finally, the light just isn't that bright; I use my keychain lights for general EDC tasks from pottering around the house to peeking in drawers, and the Peak is really only just capable of that.
Compared to my Prometheus Beta QR, the Peak seems to noticeably less usable light with only a marginally greater amount of flood.
I really, really wanted to like this light, but the issues I've encountered with it are so deal-breaking that it never gets pocket
time, and it's really disappointing to have spent $150 on a light I never use.
Is this just "how peaks are," or did I get a lemon? I just can't imagine peaks having such a cult following if my specimen is representative of
the lights as a whole.