stefanj
Newly Enlightened
Sorry for the lack of pics (I'll modify this post once I have them) as my camera battery was dead and SOMEONE (oh no not my dear wife) hid the recharging cord (why can't sony just use regular batteries like everyone else in the whole wide world??) Any way I got my Pacific. Here are all the details (most of which I had gotten wrong in my other post- oops)
I got the AA model Pacific in HA111 finish- very nice.
I got the HP model (230cp) with a RED luxeon led (not 5 like I thought- what was I thinking)
I got a Stainless steel momentary switch and the standard keyring tailcap
I got one of those nifty Nytel(?) difussers.
I got the higher voltage driver so I can use 3.7V LiIon
Here is my impressions. First of all this thing is insanly bright for a red LED! (this is perfect as I need a bright light for reading astronomy charts- while perserving my night vision) I did an informal throw test in the warehouse and can see the beam on the wall at 50 feet!! (the warehouse is not super well lit). It is hard to give a Lumen est. as I have nothing to compare it to (my Hugsby tricolor, and Rayovac red LED headlight are BLOWN out of the water). Closest guess would be in the 25-30 area.
Fit and finish are TOPS! No question that a lot of time and effort went into this light. Everything that should turn- DOES (and smoothly I may add) everything that should reamin stationary- also does!
Run time has been over 3 hours now with the supplied battery (OH they include a battery!) The diffuser cap is so cool- turns the light into a flare! THe difusser has a nice hole in the top to allow some use of the beam- while the rest of the cap GLOWS! I'm going to get a TON of use out of this cap! Completly waterproof (did the dunk test- No problems)
OK now for the negatives- And bear in mind these are all VERY minor and very well could be due to the specialized nature of this particular light. None of these would be enough to make me change my mind or affect the usefullness of this light.
Some artifacts (I've noticed this with all colored LEDs so far) Not real bad- but noticable.
There is a donut hole- it is more pronounced without the diffuser cap- but is almost non existent with the diffuser cap (which leads me to believe that it's a reflection of the LED)
I think an OP reflector would most likely solve this- or maybe this is just a function of the colored LEDs
Plastic lens- We will see how this holds up.
No directions for changing switches (it is super easy- but still required me to call them- Curt walked me thru it- and I felt silly when I saw how easy it was).
That is really about it. All in all this was well worth the $60 I spent- and I would not hesitate to purchase another Peak in a heartbeat. :twothumbs
Pics:
That's Mag Solitaire; Romisen RC-N3 (123 mode); Peak Pacific (w/ss momentary); Romisen RC-K4; Hugsby Tri Color; Mini-Mag knockoff (incan); Mini Mag (Nite-ize led and 5mode tailswitch); 2-D Mag (incan).
I got the AA model Pacific in HA111 finish- very nice.
I got the HP model (230cp) with a RED luxeon led (not 5 like I thought- what was I thinking)
I got a Stainless steel momentary switch and the standard keyring tailcap
I got one of those nifty Nytel(?) difussers.
I got the higher voltage driver so I can use 3.7V LiIon
Here is my impressions. First of all this thing is insanly bright for a red LED! (this is perfect as I need a bright light for reading astronomy charts- while perserving my night vision) I did an informal throw test in the warehouse and can see the beam on the wall at 50 feet!! (the warehouse is not super well lit). It is hard to give a Lumen est. as I have nothing to compare it to (my Hugsby tricolor, and Rayovac red LED headlight are BLOWN out of the water). Closest guess would be in the 25-30 area.
Fit and finish are TOPS! No question that a lot of time and effort went into this light. Everything that should turn- DOES (and smoothly I may add) everything that should reamin stationary- also does!
Run time has been over 3 hours now with the supplied battery (OH they include a battery!) The diffuser cap is so cool- turns the light into a flare! THe difusser has a nice hole in the top to allow some use of the beam- while the rest of the cap GLOWS! I'm going to get a TON of use out of this cap! Completly waterproof (did the dunk test- No problems)
OK now for the negatives- And bear in mind these are all VERY minor and very well could be due to the specialized nature of this particular light. None of these would be enough to make me change my mind or affect the usefullness of this light.
Some artifacts (I've noticed this with all colored LEDs so far) Not real bad- but noticable.
There is a donut hole- it is more pronounced without the diffuser cap- but is almost non existent with the diffuser cap (which leads me to believe that it's a reflection of the LED)
I think an OP reflector would most likely solve this- or maybe this is just a function of the colored LEDs
Plastic lens- We will see how this holds up.
No directions for changing switches (it is super easy- but still required me to call them- Curt walked me thru it- and I felt silly when I saw how easy it was).
That is really about it. All in all this was well worth the $60 I spent- and I would not hesitate to purchase another Peak in a heartbeat. :twothumbs
Pics:
That's Mag Solitaire; Romisen RC-N3 (123 mode); Peak Pacific (w/ss momentary); Romisen RC-K4; Hugsby Tri Color; Mini-Mag knockoff (incan); Mini Mag (Nite-ize led and 5mode tailswitch); 2-D Mag (incan).
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