WhoDaresWins
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Re: Foursevens Preon P0 (XP-E, 1xAAA, SS, "Flood") Review: RUNTIMES, BEAMSHOTS and mo
After carrying the Preon P0 for about a week, here are my 2 cents.As everyone has mentioned, this is one tiny light! Despite its size, the P0 is performing well as my primary keychain light. OPERATIONI was anxious to see how its small size would affect operation. It is operating well for me. Due to the P0's small size it's actually MORE comfortable to operate with ONE hand vs. two. Again, this is just my opinion. Also, because it is usually attached to a key chain, you have more to hold on to than simply the light. As SelfBuilt describes in his more thorough review, my P0 had strange flickering/jumping between modes upon first turning on the light. I followed his advice and tightened the "pill" inside the head of the light (located underneath the foam "donut" washer). At first, I had ZERO idea of what I was looking for. Pill? What the heck is a pill!? I'm still learning so I looked up the details online and it's the green-ish platform that the circuitry is mounted to just underneath the foam donut (super scientific explanation, I know :shrug Anyway, I used the blunt edge of an old exact-o knife to slowly tighten this green-ish platform... perhaps 1 full rotation. I put the donut back in and reassembled the light. Works PERFECTLY every time now. Thanks for the pointer SelfBuilt! :bow:AESTHETICSUsually, I get suckered into the "tacti-cool" colored lights/knives. You know, ...black, gunmetal, smoke, and ....more black of course. However, I'm realizing the value of having brighter colors/materials throughout my EDC. This is especially true on my keychain. The silver P0 makes it easier to find in my bag. I do not doubt the durability of this light, but after a week of riding on my key chain, it is shows scratches well. I guess that is to be expected when it lives in a pocket full of metal. In summary, it's serving its purpose well. However, I feel that this light serves a very specific purpose and role- a keychain light. It performs well as just that, however, outside of that more firepower is needed.http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/dsc05895s.jpg/http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/692/dsc05880wh.jpg/http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/807/dsc05882e.jpg/
After carrying the Preon P0 for about a week, here are my 2 cents.As everyone has mentioned, this is one tiny light! Despite its size, the P0 is performing well as my primary keychain light. OPERATIONI was anxious to see how its small size would affect operation. It is operating well for me. Due to the P0's small size it's actually MORE comfortable to operate with ONE hand vs. two. Again, this is just my opinion. Also, because it is usually attached to a key chain, you have more to hold on to than simply the light. As SelfBuilt describes in his more thorough review, my P0 had strange flickering/jumping between modes upon first turning on the light. I followed his advice and tightened the "pill" inside the head of the light (located underneath the foam "donut" washer). At first, I had ZERO idea of what I was looking for. Pill? What the heck is a pill!? I'm still learning so I looked up the details online and it's the green-ish platform that the circuitry is mounted to just underneath the foam donut (super scientific explanation, I know :shrug Anyway, I used the blunt edge of an old exact-o knife to slowly tighten this green-ish platform... perhaps 1 full rotation. I put the donut back in and reassembled the light. Works PERFECTLY every time now. Thanks for the pointer SelfBuilt! :bow:AESTHETICSUsually, I get suckered into the "tacti-cool" colored lights/knives. You know, ...black, gunmetal, smoke, and ....more black of course. However, I'm realizing the value of having brighter colors/materials throughout my EDC. This is especially true on my keychain. The silver P0 makes it easier to find in my bag. I do not doubt the durability of this light, but after a week of riding on my key chain, it is shows scratches well. I guess that is to be expected when it lives in a pocket full of metal. In summary, it's serving its purpose well. However, I feel that this light serves a very specific purpose and role- a keychain light. It performs well as just that, however, outside of that more firepower is needed.http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/dsc05895s.jpg/http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/692/dsc05880wh.jpg/http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/807/dsc05882e.jpg/