4sevens Maelstrom G5 Review (Real OTF Lumen's, Beamshots, Youtube Video)

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I love the animated GIF beamshots. Very nice work!!! 😀 Is there a tutorial available on how to create them?

They would not work for me in my preferred browser (Firefox), so I opened them in IE8 and they worked perfectly. Really makes it easy to compare the beams.


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Chevy-SS said:
I love the animated GIF beamshots. Very nice work!!! 😀 Is there a tutorial available on how to create them?

They would not work for me in my preferred browser (Firefox), so I opened them in IE8 and they worked perfectly. Really makes it easy to compare the beams.


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Thanks for the complements 😀

Just size your images (800x800 for CPF), then go here, upload the jpegs in the order you want them to cycle, make sure "Loop gif animation" is checked yes; choose the animation speed you want (I usually use medium). I always leave "resize for AIM buddy icon checked no. Then click "create gif" below those options and wait for it to be produced. I always use the last link at the bottom of the page once it's created, and they are hotlinked, so be sure to remove that to comply with CPF rules. That's it, not much to it. Just keep in mind that creating a gif adds a lot of noise to your images, but to me, the benefits of having the beam cycle is more important than not having some noise in the image. Oh yeah, gif's work fine with Google Chrome too, but they don't work with the Android software on the Droid phones coming out (which is what I have :mecry🙂 supposedly they're working on a fix though. As it is, I can only see the first image in the cycle with my phone.
 
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ti-force - those comparison beamshots are great! It brought a huge smile to my face and the months of r&d with dozens of protos and reflectors well worth it! I was hoping someone would make some 100m beamshots. kudos!
 
Aside from the down-right impressive output, the thing I like most about the Maelstrom is the very simple appearance. It looks VERY nice, but isn't "over-fancified" with a bunch of unnecessary and usually unappealing excessive lines, indentations, and "futuristic" looking aesthetics. VERY sharp, simple design! Well done, David!

PJD
 
4sevens said:
ti-force - those comparison beamshots are great! It brought a huge smile to my face and the months of r&d with dozens of protos and reflectors well worth it! I was hoping someone would make some 100m beamshots. kudos!
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You guys definitely did it right. The beam isn't too tight, but yet it throws a ton of light forward and it still has very useable spill. Great job on the whole light :twothumbs. I believe it will be successful like the Quark series has been.
 
I wish 4-sevens would make a tailcap like that on the Eagletac T20C MkII where you have the option of putting on a rubber shroud. That'll be great for users like me who are prone to dropping their lights all the time and dinging the tailcap. Can't wait for the production model to start shipping........
 
Flashlight_Bug said:
I wish 4-sevens would make a tailcap like that on the Eagletac T20C MkII where you have the option of putting on a rubber shroud. That'll be great for users like me who are prone to dropping their lights all the time and dinging the tailcap. Can't wait for the production model to start shipping........
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Perhaps you could bug the Oveready guys to make something for ya?
IMO when other companies start making accessories for your lights - that's a good thing!
Plus... they're on a roll!
 
If this thing has the throw of an A9 but with a bigger more usable spot as the beam shots seem to show, I might have to get one.
 
This review sucks! Not ONE word about when I'll be getting me FREE sample 😀

Great job, especially on the multitude of pics.

I know this is the wrong thread but have you heard anything about the 18? The big one?

Again, great stuff!

George
 
Fantastic review. One of the most detailed, with some of the best photography I have seen since I have been here. Thank You
 
carrot said:
Don't want to derail this thread but I'd like to note that I'm running a passaround over on the MP.
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Thanks for taking the time to put that together so others can test this light 😀. Also, thanks for sharing here.

guiri said:
This review sucks! Not ONE word about when I'll be getting me FREE sample 😀

Great job, especially on the multitude of pics.

I know this is the wrong thread but have you heard anything about the 18? The big one?

Again, great stuff!

George
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Thanks for the complements. No info on the big brothers yet (S12 or S18), but if I had to guess, I'd guess that the S12 will be released before the S18. Just a guess though.


woodrow said:
Fantastic review. One of the most detailed, with some of the best photography I have seen since I have been here. Thank You
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DM51 said:
I agree. Outstanding work, ti-force! :clap:

Moving it to the Reviews section...
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Thank you both for the kind words 😀. And thanks for the move DM, I appreciate that :thumbsup:.
 
woodrow said:
Fantastic review. One of the most detailed, with some of the best photography I have seen since I have been here. Thank You
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+1. I particularly like those animated GIFs of the 100 yard shots. Makes it much easier to compare. :thumbsup:

Everyone always bugs me for these in my reivews, so it's nice to see someone else provide them and take the heat off me! :laughing: Seriously, I hope to do a bunch of long-distance shots myself soon for my high output and thrower lights, but I always seem to have too many other new lights to work on instead ...

Keep up the good work ...
 
selfbuilt said:
+1. I particularly like those animated GIFs of the 100 yard shots. Makes it much easier to compare. :thumbsup:

Everyone always bugs me for these in my reivews, so it's nice to see someone else provide them and take the heat off me! :laughing: Seriously, I hope to do a bunch of long-distance shots myself soon for my high output and thrower lights, but I always seem to have too many other new lights to work on instead ...

Keep up the good work ...
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Yeah, doing these reviews really is time consuming (as you well know with that impressive list of reviews you have 😀). Thank you again for the complements; I appreciate that. I think you, AardvarkSagus and I each brought certain things to the table which benefited the readers, and like you said, it makes it easier on us :thumbsup: You and Aardvark both went into more written detail (as well as other key things) than I did, which makes my day because that's one of my weak points LOL.....

All and all, I think people can read all three of our reviews and know almost every answer to every question (other than price 😀) they might have by the time they're done reading :twothumbs. We all three did an excellent job, and hopefully 4sevens will send big brother to each of us so we can do it all over again 😀. I really enjoyed it, and I really enjoyed both of your reviews. Thanks guys :thumbsup:.
 
ti-force said:
New images of the G5 with flat bezel and smooth grip ring.

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Now ya talking, it looks so much nicer with the clean lines of a non crenulated bezel, single colour and no grip ring (my opinion 😛).

ti-force are your beam shots accurate when comparing it to the A9? I have an A8 and love the throw but the small spot lets it down. if this thing throws the same with a bigger spot it goes on the shopping list.
 
PayBack said:
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ti-force are your beam shots accurate when comparing it to the A9? I have an A8 and love the throw but the small spot lets it down. if this thing throws the same with a bigger spot it goes on the shopping list.
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Yes, all camera settings remained the same for every light. The focus was changed after the TK11 beamshot because the image looked horribly out of focus. That's the only setting that was changed, so you see it exactly how it was, but remember, these images are over exposed some, so they look brighter than they were at that distance. It's really hard to get an exact brightness, plus the exposure on my beamshots shows more detail IMO.
 
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