47's Preon Revo

Actually according to David, the high mode should step down at 3 mins, not 2. Maybe my head was just getting too hot or something. Probably better off with his time over what I counted although now if I keep the light in cold water for the majority of the time I can't see the drop at either 2 or 3 mins...

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Well scratch that. Popped in a new battery and tried again and it seems like it switched down at around 3 mins 15 secs.
 
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No I don't believe that is the case. I'm sure there's a timer in the circuit for the step down. Either I did something terribly wrong when I was timing how long it took or the head just overheated and some thermal protection kicked in. It seems to be consistent at around 3 min 15 secs for me now. Perhaps someone else who already got their ReVO can chime in on this?
 
PoliceScannerMan said:
Love them silky smooth brass threads. 🙂

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That stainless version sure does look sweet :thumbsup:.
 
I just received my SS Revo in the mail this second. A couple of notes that I didn't see covered (but I could have easily missed):

1. My kitchen scale indicates this light to be 23 grams w/o battery versus my Ti Preon I which weighs in at 22 grams and now feels huge by comparison. Clearly this SS light doesn't weigh too much.

2. The mechanism to provide twisty electrical continuity seems entirely different than any other 4Sevens twistys. It appears to make the contact between an insulated washer in the tail and a piece of spring steel that pokes through to touch the negative battery contact. If this is right, then it resolves an issue I have noticed with other 4Sevens twisty lights. I have found that if the other models are even slightly over lubricated then the lube sometimes interferes with a clean establishment of contact between the body tube and the contact ring in the head. Time will tell.

3. At least in my model, neither the beacon or the SOS function fully extinguishes the lamp during the "off" part of the cycle. It merely dims it to the lowest setting.
 
ziptrickhead - thanks for the great video review. Very informative and nicley done :thumbsup:

The beam pattern looks to be really nice. I can't wait to get my SS reVo - on it's way to the UK as I type. 🙂
 
I will order an aluminum Revo up tomorrow.

I am also figuring on buying a Quark AA regular at the same time and another 14500 just for it.

It will pretty much wipe out my spending money for the month, but it will be worth it!
 
This is the best AAA light I have ever used. I have owned Arc AAA, Maratac AAA, IlluminaTi CA1, Ti Preon and the ITP A3. The quality seems awesome there is zero thread play it is rock solid. The head action is very smooth and the light just feel like it is going to last. Time will tell but I think it is a winner.
 
jtivat said:
This is the best AAA light I have ever used. I have owned Arc AAA, Maratac AAA, IlluminaTi CA1, Ti Preon and the ITP A3. The quality seems awesome there is zero thread play it is rock solid. The head action is very smooth and the light just feel like it is going to last. Time will tell but I think it is a winner.
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No problem with one hand operation?
 
CaNo said:
I was going to write something down, but all of the CPFer's above had pretty much taken the words right out of my mouth. This light is not much of a difference really than the Mini's/PreOns which are less expensive than this light. All I really wanted was an "Upgraded" replacement for my Fenix E01 with longer runtime and a more up-to-date LED. The price is very unreasonable since the Preon I does the same job as this light (except for the difference in runtime) and atleast with the PreOn you have the option to use a clicky/twisty.

But going back to my comment on wanting an upgraded E01, Red02 pretty much summed it up completely. I like the E01 because of the Price, runtimeand durability. I do not want another light with the same UI as the previous 2 lights I had purchased from 4Sevens. I just want 1 low mode and that is it. I have so many other wonderful lights in my collection that screams brightness, I really do not need another one... unless it is really that big of a difference. I also would have liked a light that is has a very wide Flood as a keychain light, with an option to table-stand.
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I'm on the other side thinking this looks pretty good. As I mentioned previously/elsewhere I'm hesitant to dive in right now though. A neutral emitter would be nice but I am interested in this as it might make a good replacement for my LD01. It seems to be actually appreciably thinner and the fact that it starts on a (lower than LD01's low) low instead of medium is a plus (and really my only complaint about the LD01). Nothing wrong with my LD01 but that fact alone makes me want this. Not sure if I'll do anything about that or not right now.
 
PoliceScannerMan said:
None at all, a 90 y/o woman could do it with these glassy threads!! :twothumbs

The brass makes em slick, and +1 on no play in the threads, its awesome. :naughty:
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I would date that 90 year old woman to get this light... The things we do to satisfy our needs, Ill take one for the team:grouphug:.....🤢.......:twothumbs. Hello free light? Good job on making the maratac and preon aaa look like a walmart purchase:twothumbs.

Also great reviews guys:thumbsup:
 
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