10mmWiseman
Newly Enlightened
Well I finally got my First Light USA Tomahawk MC in yesterday and it was well worth the wait! I am very impressed to say the least. The quality is every bit a Surefire if not more! Rubber O seals, nice HA-III finish, intuitive activation, and about the smoothest threads I have ever had the pleasure of twisting the end cap on. It was a little awkward at first to get used to the new concept but after playing with it for about an hour it is like an extension of my hand now.
Finding the constant on of the white light was not easy for me, once I fought my primal urge to not look at the directions and looked it up I literally slapped my forehead with a "D'oh!" Everything else was pretty easy to figure out.
First Light specializes in tactical lights, but not just the same old 100 year old tube light concept, instead they are looking to change the way we think about tac lights and how we use them for applications like law enforcement, military, security professionals, and law abiding gun owners. The Tomahawk is a great advancement in their mission.
My Tomahawk MC came with blue/red LED ring with a screaming bright LED that is smooth and refined. There are no artifacts in the beam that I can discern. As far as how bright it is truly is, it keeps up with my Fenix T1 with no problems, in fact it appears to have a better corona and side spill than the T1. The beam is really very nice with a warmer tint to it rather than the antiseptic white we have all seen with the Cree Q5.
Let's get to some pics!
This picture was taken at 12 inches away, this is to show how beautiful the beam is. The LED is not off center BTW, it is just the angle of the camera.
Sitting on my desk just for effect.
Red, Blue, and Purple (almost a UV type)
Functionally the color LED modes are very cool and useful. No more damned filters!
Best of all there are 3 brightness levels for the color LED's!
The LED itself, I dunno what it is but I like it!
The reflector is of the smooth type giving the Tomahawk some great throw.
The controls, looks like a happy face but it works well. The big curved bar is the momentary screaming bright OMG my retinas have seared into ash mode. The left button is the constant on button, click and release and you have color LED (whatever color you have set), hold in for one second and you have constant on of the white light. With the white light on constant you can press the right button which will cycle through 3 brightness levels, if you are on low pressing the momentary bar will bring it back to max for the duration you hold the momentary bar, releasing will reset it back to low. With the light off pressing the right button will cycle through your LED color settings.
Green means go, red means stop. If flashing red the light is locked out from use. To lock the light hold down the two top buttons for one second, to unlock you use the same procedure.
Using with a firearm, after getting used to the concept and the ring I find myself preferring this light over weapons mounted and tube lights doing the dance of the Rogers technique and the ilk. Very easy and intuitive to incorporate into training, it becomes 2nd nature pretty quickly. The ring is large enough to accommodate my meat hooks for hands even with a shooting glove comfortably.
*Conclusions* One hell of a product by First Light USA! I am very impressed and it takes a lot to do that to me anymore. Currently First Light USA is running a special for February to offer the CPF 10% off their purchase. If you are looking for a tactical light or something like the Kroma but even better, here you go!
Finding the constant on of the white light was not easy for me, once I fought my primal urge to not look at the directions and looked it up I literally slapped my forehead with a "D'oh!" Everything else was pretty easy to figure out.
First Light specializes in tactical lights, but not just the same old 100 year old tube light concept, instead they are looking to change the way we think about tac lights and how we use them for applications like law enforcement, military, security professionals, and law abiding gun owners. The Tomahawk is a great advancement in their mission.
My Tomahawk MC came with blue/red LED ring with a screaming bright LED that is smooth and refined. There are no artifacts in the beam that I can discern. As far as how bright it is truly is, it keeps up with my Fenix T1 with no problems, in fact it appears to have a better corona and side spill than the T1. The beam is really very nice with a warmer tint to it rather than the antiseptic white we have all seen with the Cree Q5.
Let's get to some pics!
This picture was taken at 12 inches away, this is to show how beautiful the beam is. The LED is not off center BTW, it is just the angle of the camera.
Sitting on my desk just for effect.
Red, Blue, and Purple (almost a UV type)
Functionally the color LED modes are very cool and useful. No more damned filters!
Best of all there are 3 brightness levels for the color LED's!
The LED itself, I dunno what it is but I like it!
The reflector is of the smooth type giving the Tomahawk some great throw.
The controls, looks like a happy face but it works well. The big curved bar is the momentary screaming bright OMG my retinas have seared into ash mode. The left button is the constant on button, click and release and you have color LED (whatever color you have set), hold in for one second and you have constant on of the white light. With the white light on constant you can press the right button which will cycle through 3 brightness levels, if you are on low pressing the momentary bar will bring it back to max for the duration you hold the momentary bar, releasing will reset it back to low. With the light off pressing the right button will cycle through your LED color settings.
Green means go, red means stop. If flashing red the light is locked out from use. To lock the light hold down the two top buttons for one second, to unlock you use the same procedure.
Using with a firearm, after getting used to the concept and the ring I find myself preferring this light over weapons mounted and tube lights doing the dance of the Rogers technique and the ilk. Very easy and intuitive to incorporate into training, it becomes 2nd nature pretty quickly. The ring is large enough to accommodate my meat hooks for hands even with a shooting glove comfortably.
*Conclusions* One hell of a product by First Light USA! I am very impressed and it takes a lot to do that to me anymore. Currently First Light USA is running a special for February to offer the CPF 10% off their purchase. If you are looking for a tactical light or something like the Kroma but even better, here you go!