cryhavok
Enlightened
I heard a knock on the door today and was delighted to find the Fedex man
I was supposed to get delivery on Friday (I won from the first round of auctions) but much to my dismay I found the Fedex tracking site had posted that the address was undeliverable. I called up Maria and asked what was happening. She ended up calling Fedex and got things sorted.
There's the problem...whoever told Fedex my address did not include the apartment number
Opening the package, you find this:
The arc box is pretty nice, but nothing special. The front of the box has the Arc logo embossed. You also find a rather large packet with the instructions: 7 pages printed on regular computer paper.
What I did NOT find was the guarded sleeve I called Maria and she said she would overnight me one
Unscrewing the head was very tough. Lube was VERY sparse and definitely not enough to protect. O-ring was basically dry.
The contact ring looks "burnt." I don't know of this will have an effect conductivity or not.
The HA seems to match the body to the head pretty well. The HA on the head is well done, as well as the logo/lettering.
The unguarded sleeve, however, has some obvious HA problems. Near the tail of the light, there seems to be a "wave" of HA where it is darker than the rest of the body. Refer to the pictures:
This is also apparent on the front of the sleeve at the very tip. I don't know if it was dunked into the anodizing machine wrong or what I hope the guarded one was done better.
EDIT: The "wave" of discoloration seemed to rub off after a lot of rubbing with my thumb :shrug: The finish is a lot more consistent now.
The machining of the Tritium slot is a bit rough...not as smooth edges as the one in my Lunasol Ti.
Here are some pictures with other lights:
and a shot of the emitter
Operation wise, it is very hard to depress. Much harder than the Lunasol (which was harder than my S27-PD)
The tint on my unit is very unique. it looks to have A LOT of red. Inductor whine is present on higher levels.
For how much I paid, I'm a bit disappointed with the HA "splash." Perhaps I can get another unguarded body once the are released.
I'll get some outdoor beamshots possibly later today.
I was supposed to get delivery on Friday (I won from the first round of auctions) but much to my dismay I found the Fedex tracking site had posted that the address was undeliverable. I called up Maria and asked what was happening. She ended up calling Fedex and got things sorted.
There's the problem...whoever told Fedex my address did not include the apartment number
Opening the package, you find this:
The arc box is pretty nice, but nothing special. The front of the box has the Arc logo embossed. You also find a rather large packet with the instructions: 7 pages printed on regular computer paper.
What I did NOT find was the guarded sleeve I called Maria and she said she would overnight me one
Unscrewing the head was very tough. Lube was VERY sparse and definitely not enough to protect. O-ring was basically dry.
The contact ring looks "burnt." I don't know of this will have an effect conductivity or not.
The HA seems to match the body to the head pretty well. The HA on the head is well done, as well as the logo/lettering.
The unguarded sleeve, however, has some obvious HA problems. Near the tail of the light, there seems to be a "wave" of HA where it is darker than the rest of the body. Refer to the pictures:
This is also apparent on the front of the sleeve at the very tip. I don't know if it was dunked into the anodizing machine wrong or what I hope the guarded one was done better.
EDIT: The "wave" of discoloration seemed to rub off after a lot of rubbing with my thumb :shrug: The finish is a lot more consistent now.
The machining of the Tritium slot is a bit rough...not as smooth edges as the one in my Lunasol Ti.
Here are some pictures with other lights:
and a shot of the emitter
Operation wise, it is very hard to depress. Much harder than the Lunasol (which was harder than my S27-PD)
The tint on my unit is very unique. it looks to have A LOT of red. Inductor whine is present on higher levels.
For how much I paid, I'm a bit disappointed with the HA "splash." Perhaps I can get another unguarded body once the are released.
I'll get some outdoor beamshots possibly later today.
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