wakibaki
Newly Enlightened
Came home from work to this today.
This is starting to be my kind of flashlight. Small, clinical, low number of manufacturing operations. It's about as powerful as a Cree Elly.
The main wall is 1.25mm. The fit of the provided alkaline is not tight, but is extremely close, as was it with another brand alkaline although a Nimh was looser.
The whole light feels dense and substantial. The polished finish is not mirror, but brushed and very fine with no distinct toolmarks. The thread is clean and accurate with very little play.
The beam is concentric (the LED and reflector are well centred) and although not free of artifacts, is no worse than a Fenix P1D-CE. The tint is less green/yellow than the Fenix and tends toward the blue/purple of the DX Elly. Quite acceptable and good brightness for an AAA with consistent colour across the beam and spill.
The user interface is a bit flaky, as per the website. The mode switching is unreliable, although this merely mildly inconvenient. With care you can get the mode you want reliably at switch-on, you leave it in the mode you want to start in. This does seem quite reliable. I rarely use anything but high on most of my torches.
There is no battery spring, therefore the battery rattles. I will see if I can fix this with a rubber donut at the top. A little dimple spring at the bottom would help here.
The light turns on when screwed tight. I would prefer the opposite way round, as I have dust (everywhere).
I'd also like a crenellated lens retainer and a neat keychain or lanyard attach that still allows tailstanding and a maybe doubles with stopping it rolling when you set it down.
The top bevel is nicely polished so for the large part the torch has a sensuous feel although this is slightly marred by the failure to similarly polish the bottom. I like stainless.
I'd also like 10440 cells permitted, although I can't seem to get any in the UK.
I don't quite understand why it costs more than the several CR123 lights on the site, given that it is simpler to manufacture than many.
3 extra o-rings.
Extremely rugged with one weakness, it's carried slightly open.
At any price, it's quite nice. $24.x (3 Sept 2007) it's very nice.
Wait 'till they fix the interface tho'.
w
This is starting to be my kind of flashlight. Small, clinical, low number of manufacturing operations. It's about as powerful as a Cree Elly.
The main wall is 1.25mm. The fit of the provided alkaline is not tight, but is extremely close, as was it with another brand alkaline although a Nimh was looser.
The whole light feels dense and substantial. The polished finish is not mirror, but brushed and very fine with no distinct toolmarks. The thread is clean and accurate with very little play.
The beam is concentric (the LED and reflector are well centred) and although not free of artifacts, is no worse than a Fenix P1D-CE. The tint is less green/yellow than the Fenix and tends toward the blue/purple of the DX Elly. Quite acceptable and good brightness for an AAA with consistent colour across the beam and spill.
The user interface is a bit flaky, as per the website. The mode switching is unreliable, although this merely mildly inconvenient. With care you can get the mode you want reliably at switch-on, you leave it in the mode you want to start in. This does seem quite reliable. I rarely use anything but high on most of my torches.
There is no battery spring, therefore the battery rattles. I will see if I can fix this with a rubber donut at the top. A little dimple spring at the bottom would help here.
The light turns on when screwed tight. I would prefer the opposite way round, as I have dust (everywhere).
I'd also like a crenellated lens retainer and a neat keychain or lanyard attach that still allows tailstanding and a maybe doubles with stopping it rolling when you set it down.
The top bevel is nicely polished so for the large part the torch has a sensuous feel although this is slightly marred by the failure to similarly polish the bottom. I like stainless.
I'd also like 10440 cells permitted, although I can't seem to get any in the UK.
I don't quite understand why it costs more than the several CR123 lights on the site, given that it is simpler to manufacture than many.
3 extra o-rings.
Extremely rugged with one weakness, it's carried slightly open.
At any price, it's quite nice. $24.x (3 Sept 2007) it's very nice.
Wait 'till they fix the interface tho'.
w
