I've heard that Peak sells only a fraction as many wide Eiger heads as they do medium heads, but I recently found out that the wide head is actually really well designed and makes a superb worklight.
I've been looking for some time for a good flood beam worklight- several years ago I purchased a Ti CR2 Ion, which for some reason just wasn't my light, so I never used it and just looked at it sitting on a shelf. I was looking for a smallish light with moderate output that would work well for tasks such as reading a map, camping, reading a book in bed, searching for something in a darkened car or room.
I really dislike a beam with a pronounced hotspot for this type of work. The hotspot tends to bounce around annoyingly as well as cause the pupil to constrict when it causes specular reflections. I prefer a broad flood beam that gives a nice even light, with gentle intensity fall-off.
The wide Eiger fits this bill perfectly. It generates a perfect cone of light (actually, with the XP-G the true shape of the beam is squarish, but this can only be seen when holding the light 6" from a white wall, which isn't a particularly useful mode of operation) that is absolutely ideal for map reading, book reading, or general tasks.
I found that the #2 puts out just about the right amount of light for those types of tasks with any of a AAA cell or 10180/10280/10440. With a 10180 pocket body, it holds well between any two fingers or even captured in the first two joints of a single finger, but still has a good runtime. It is so small and light that it can easily be clipped or attached to almost anything, including a hat or headband.
If you haven't tried an Eiger wide yet- do it- if you can appreciate a floody task light, you certainly won't regret it!
By the way, I compared an Arc AAA-P, and could barely keep from snickering when looking at the amazing output, excellent beam pattern, and great color from the Eiger's XP-G and comparing it to the sickly bluish beam from the Arc. Technology marches on...
I've been looking for some time for a good flood beam worklight- several years ago I purchased a Ti CR2 Ion, which for some reason just wasn't my light, so I never used it and just looked at it sitting on a shelf. I was looking for a smallish light with moderate output that would work well for tasks such as reading a map, camping, reading a book in bed, searching for something in a darkened car or room.
I really dislike a beam with a pronounced hotspot for this type of work. The hotspot tends to bounce around annoyingly as well as cause the pupil to constrict when it causes specular reflections. I prefer a broad flood beam that gives a nice even light, with gentle intensity fall-off.
The wide Eiger fits this bill perfectly. It generates a perfect cone of light (actually, with the XP-G the true shape of the beam is squarish, but this can only be seen when holding the light 6" from a white wall, which isn't a particularly useful mode of operation) that is absolutely ideal for map reading, book reading, or general tasks.
I found that the #2 puts out just about the right amount of light for those types of tasks with any of a AAA cell or 10180/10280/10440. With a 10180 pocket body, it holds well between any two fingers or even captured in the first two joints of a single finger, but still has a good runtime. It is so small and light that it can easily be clipped or attached to almost anything, including a hat or headband.
If you haven't tried an Eiger wide yet- do it- if you can appreciate a floody task light, you certainly won't regret it!
By the way, I compared an Arc AAA-P, and could barely keep from snickering when looking at the amazing output, excellent beam pattern, and great color from the Eiger's XP-G and comparing it to the sickly bluish beam from the Arc. Technology marches on...
