Was just over at LightHound browsing around, and came across this new (at least to me) tail cap.
http://www.lighthound.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=3514&HS=1
Sounds very interesting, was just wondering if anyone had tried it out.
I have a MilkySpit M375 that I would love to use it on.
But I am just wondering if it will only work properly on the simpler LED drop-ins.
~John
yes. using it on a SF 6P-GM (gunmetal color) with a UNIQ 145lumen drop-in (actually tested using an integrating sphere by a CPF member).
the color of the UNIQ tailcap doesn't match the GM color of the 6P, but it's a "somewhat" close natural anodized color. hence, it doesn't stick out like a sore thumb, like it would on a black SolarForce L2 or other black host.
i tried the UNIQ tail-cap (still on the 6P-GM) with a SolarForce R2 drop-in. it had an interesting, perhaps desirable, side-effect (side-effect *NOT* present when used with the Uniq 145lm drop-in) . with the UNIQ tail-cap fully tightened, meaning NOT locked-out (i.e., partially loosened/unscrewed just as one would do with a 6P, G2, L5, L1, etc.) the R2 was CONSTANTLY ON in a moon-glow mode (significantly lower than the INITIAL TURN-ON low mode). yet, in this moon-glow mode it still provides enough light for navigating around a darkened basement. probably burns for a gazillion hours on this setting. if this feature is desired, it is a simple matter to slightly loosen the Uniq tail-cap to get the light to turn fully OFF, as long as one doesn't mind that they now, in effect, have converted in behavior a clickie tail-cap , into a hybrid clickie-SF tactical tail-cap (sorta like a SF E-series tailcap) - the best of both worlds IMO.
since i only have one UNIQ tail-cap, i can't compare this constant moon-glow mode with the lowest low that the UNIQ tail-cap produces when used in that same 6P-GM with the UNIQ 145lumen drop-in. you see, something else i discovered is that the supposed lowest low turn-on mode (IIRC the Lighthound.com write-up), while very low, is NOT the lowest low. if one turns the light (6P-GM+Uniq 145lm drop-in+Uniq tail-cap), it comes on quite low, but if one starts to dim the light further by holding depressed the Uniq tailcap button, the light WILL STEP DOWN EVEN LOWER. the moon-glow mode and absolute manually adjusted lowest low, might(???) be the exact same o.p. level - don't know.
other nice features:
the time it takes the light to respond to a tailcap press+hold is much faster than my Gladius and Typhoon II lights. i really appreciate this fact.
it step up and down at a pretty decent rate, i.e. NOT too fast or too slow.
since it employs a TRUE "hunting" scheme, it is easy to correct for an overshoot in light output by releasing and repressing the tailcap button. the light then adjusts in the opposite direction (i.e., if brightening, it now dims, and vice versa).
since it employes TRUE "hunting", you can change direction in mid-stream, i.e. you DON'T have to wait until the BRIGHTEST or DIMMEST output level is reached in order to change direction.
this tailcap, together with the Uniq 145lm drop-in (which is plenty bright on MAX o.p.) has transformed an otherwise, sorta' vanilla (in terms of features), 6P into a very flexible light.
it is permanently carried in my Safari/Travel/Photographer's vest with a lanyard attached to a D-ring. since i can be found almost always wearing the vest, the Uniq 6P-GM is also almost always with me.
i'll probably be gettin' myself another Uniq tail-cap very soon.
hope this info helps. if anything in it was confusing or i failed to address a question that you had, please Post back and i'll attempt to clarify or answer as the case may be.
