Well thanks to my lurking here for a scant 72 hours, and my lack of self control, I am now a few hundred dollars poorer, and have the following lights on their way to me...
1. A Maratac AAA Rev 2
2. A Novatac 120E (pewter)
3. A Novatac Storm (black...for $40 on sale, how could I not?)
4. This (hopefully as cool as it looks) ASP Tungsten 1...
And last but not least,
5. A Jetbeam Jet III XML
I will likely not be keeping all these lights (open box sale coming soon!). My gut says the Jetbeam stays and becomes the house (tiny apartment in NYC) flashlight, the Maratac may end up on the keychain to replace a Streamlight Nano, and one of the remaining 3 will find its way into my EDC bag.
I have a good feeling about the ASP. Not much chatter about it out there, but what there is sounds good. One guy said it "blew away" his Surefire U2. I love the no nonsense design. It's very Leica-esque to me.
All I need now is the strength to NOT buy a Jetbeam ES3.
One quick question for all you torchheads...is it just me or is the Inova X5 kinda crappy? I've had one in my junk drawer for what must be 15 years. There was major hype about it when it came out, and that was long before the internet. But I never liked it. It gives off a terrible multicolored light, and the "beams" are totally scattered and uneven. I do still like the design though. Have they changed the light itself over the years? Would a new one be any better than my old one? And what's the consensus on its little brother, the X1? I like the design of it as well. My hunch is these are not bright lights at all.
mcdj
1. A Maratac AAA Rev 2
2. A Novatac 120E (pewter)
3. A Novatac Storm (black...for $40 on sale, how could I not?)
4. This (hopefully as cool as it looks) ASP Tungsten 1...
And last but not least,
5. A Jetbeam Jet III XML
I will likely not be keeping all these lights (open box sale coming soon!). My gut says the Jetbeam stays and becomes the house (tiny apartment in NYC) flashlight, the Maratac may end up on the keychain to replace a Streamlight Nano, and one of the remaining 3 will find its way into my EDC bag.
I have a good feeling about the ASP. Not much chatter about it out there, but what there is sounds good. One guy said it "blew away" his Surefire U2. I love the no nonsense design. It's very Leica-esque to me.
All I need now is the strength to NOT buy a Jetbeam ES3.
One quick question for all you torchheads...is it just me or is the Inova X5 kinda crappy? I've had one in my junk drawer for what must be 15 years. There was major hype about it when it came out, and that was long before the internet. But I never liked it. It gives off a terrible multicolored light, and the "beams" are totally scattered and uneven. I do still like the design though. Have they changed the light itself over the years? Would a new one be any better than my old one? And what's the consensus on its little brother, the X1? I like the design of it as well. My hunch is these are not bright lights at all.
mcdj
Last edited by a moderator: