Re: Review: 4Sevens Quark Series (unboxing, comparison shots, beamshots: inside, out)
"Short quark "AA" review"
My Quark "AA" arrived yesterday and i had a bit of time last night ,when it got dark, to play with it. First, for those who haven't noticed i'm a newbie and this was the first high tech light i've purchased since the mag mini 20 or more yrs ago . The mag mini might not have been very high tech even then. Anyway after reading way too much stuff here i decided to just jump in and get one of these QUARK AA'S. As others have already said the packaging is first rate and the magnetic flap was an interesting touch, spared no expense. My first impression was "this is such a small light". Oh, i knew the dimensions but somehow things always seem bigger in your mind. The next thing i thought was "that's allot of light coming from that small light ", plenty of light for my needs. To go from the mag mini to this is laughable and i had already put in the "drop in" for the mag mini and was not impressed. It took a little while to figure out the simple ui and i like it. I especially like the moonlight mode which is just perfect if you have to get up in the middle of the night and you don't want too much light in your brain. So mine sits in the moonlight mode and if i want more then a couple of clicks gets me there. i'm no expert but it all looks like top notch stuff . All of a sudden i'm falling in love with this little light , and its not too little , its just right.
Now i have one thing that i was not happy with and i'm over it but that is the stiffness of the bezel?. Its way to stiff. Now i'm a woodworker who uses his hands all the time, a 14 yr veteran of working in the bush and ten year passionate rock climber so i'm no weak handed person but that is just too stiff for everyday use IMHO. I almost thought to send it back but having played enough with it to know that i will be starting in moonlight mode and rather than have to use two hands to change to turbo if i want more light , its easier for me to just give it a couple of clicks , one handed , and i'm where i want to be, so it became a bit of a non issue but i do think its too tight , or at least mine is.
All in all I'm real happy with the light " my precious" and i think 4 seven's has made a great product.
One last story, a funny one. As i was familiarizing myself with the light ui i was going through the various light levels starting at moonlight , then low , then med., then high, then sos, then what the heck?, what's going on , everything is erratic . Short pulses, oops now their long, now short , more short what the heck is wrong with this. So when it said S.O.S. my mind said to me , Oh its a distress call, quick steady pulses to get someone's attention, but their not steady their all over the place, what the hech . It took a couple of mins before i realized , Oh S.O.S., not just distress but morse code,, oh yea , three short , three long, three short,, cool, you dummy. Nice feature. I want to say thanks to VT, Selfbuilt , Csshih, and HJK for all the info they provide which helped in choosing the Quark AA and 4 sevens for a good product. As Arnold would say "I'll be back", but i hope not too much.
bill
ps i really like the color of the light and also the clarity and uniformness of the beam if i'm saying that right.
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