I Am So Glad That I Have A Ti PD-S

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Especially now that there is no imminent supply of new ones on the horizon! I panicked when I lost mine in November '07 and I look at the one that replaced my lost one every day and think...

... I am so glad I have a Ti PD-S.

I carry it often and it never, ever disappoints me!

I have owned the S27 and the XR19-C and these are beatiful lights that perform marvelously but for me, the Ti PD-S is the foundation for McGizmo lights that the others rest upon.

By the way... in case you were wondering, it is a fat tail fatty Ti PD-S

 

[Scottiver]

Yep, I use my Ti PD-S everyday. If I could keep only one light, this would be it. For me it has the perfect combination of throw, flood and tint. And love the one hand two stage twisty.

 

[Hodsta]

It's all true - I have some genuinely nice lights but the TiPD-S somehow manages to stand head and shoulders above the rest as a beautifully crafted, perfectly designed and flawlessly functional all-rounder.

 

[schiesz]

I agree, almost. I have a Ti XR19, and I love it. The PD-S might be sightly better just because its a bit shorter, and I typically think things should be as small as possible.

schiesz

 

[jumpstat]

Small, practical, handsome, useful low, respectable high, user friendly....these are some of the goodness that associates with a PD-s. Since acquiring a Ha-Nat from Tx, it and the Mule is the preferred edc and has seen most action...

 

[AndyTiedye]

I have both, and the XR19C fits my hand a little better.
That was my first McGizmo, and I keep coming back to it.

 

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I have both, and the XR19C fits my hand a little better.
That was my first McGizmo, and I keep coming back to it.

Send it to me and I can fix that problem for you:devil:

 

[loveit]

I loved my PD-S aluminium until someone took it out of my desk at work.

:thumbsdow

It was my favorite light! I am now searching for one with no luck. The PD-S design is my favorite by far!

 

[Brightboy1]

I loved my PD-S aluminium until someone took it out of my desk at work.

:thumbsdow

It was my favorite light! I am now searching for one with no luck. The PD-S design is my favorite by far!

Sorry to hear of the loss of your PD, loveit. It really sucks to have such a gem stolen.

At least you didn't abandon it in a bathroom in a Georgia mall!

Keep your eyes peeled in the Custom and Mod B/S/T forum - they do appear there from time to time.

 

[loveit]

Thanks for the kind words, Brightboy! I look many times a day, each day when I can at the BST customs. I just missed one the other day, too. Someday I hope to get another!

 

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At least you didn't abandon it in a bathroom in a Georgia mall!

Ouch!

Nicely said!

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[Hodsta]

I have both, and the XR19C fits my hand a little better.
That was my first McGizmo, and I keep coming back to it.

When the first PD-S arrived in the mail I was surprised how small it was and a little disappointed, as I thought a larger light would fit my hand better - this started the hunt for a C-Pac.

It took me a while to get one and form a TiS20-C:thinking: (Kiessling?) but now, after using the PD for so long, putting on a C-Pac makes it feel too large! Go figure .

I put the TiPD-S down as my favourite light in another thread - but hell it could even be my favourite object full stop:twothumbs



Loveit - sorry to hear some @?*& pinched your light:scowl: Follow Goat into enough rest rooms and I'm sure you pick one up soon enough.

 

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Follow Goat into enough rest rooms and I'm sure you pick one up soon enough.

Follow me into enough rest rooms and I am likely to become suspicious and maybe a little hostile

 

[Dog Chaser]

Follow me into enough rest rooms and I am likely to become suspicious and maybe a little hostile

What was that you said, Senator?

 

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Ugh.

 

[cave dave]

Oddly enough I'm glad I sold my Ti PD-S (Although I should of asked for more $)

When push came to shove I always ended up reaching for the SSC modded HDS EDC. Which was brighter, dimmer, and had levels in between. And much more replaceable.

 

[Hodsta]

Oddly enough I'm glad I sold my Ti PD-S (Although I should of asked for more $)

When push came to shove I always ended up reaching for the SSC modded HDS EDC. Which was brighter, dimmer, and had levels in between. And much more replaceable.

cave dave - this is an interesting statement. I love both my Milky P4 HDS and the PD-S, and have bounced between them as a cool EDC. .

My conclusion is that the HDS is my second favourite and a natural backup to the TiPD-S - I don't mean to argue BUT..............to me:

The HDS has all the flexibility you have stated, however I think the PD-S is brighter, and runs longer at the highest setting, whilst providing a useful and long running low setting. The HDS has a better (floodier) indoor light but I think the PD-S is a marginally better outdoor light.

If I was stuck indoors I could live with a little bit too much throw, as provided by the PD, but outdoors it is tough to get by with not enough throw if you only have a HDS.

The HDS is my bedside light so I probably have reached for it more times than the PD-S. However I carry an EDC for those times when I really need a light and I hope the one I have with me is the PD-S.

I also feel "safer" with the twisty kiss format of the PD rather than the amzingly responsive and tactile switch of the HDS.

I appreciate these are fairly marginal observations and both lights rock.

With respect, and interested in your response,
Hodsta:thumbsup:

 

[Codeman]

While I favor my Ti-27Cx2 for outside lighting and my Ti-Mule for inside, it's my Ti-PD-S that is always in my pocket. Simply put, it is the best all-around light that I own.

 

[cave dave]

With respect, and interested in your response,
Hodsta:thumbsup:

I had/have no intention of bashing the Ti PD. Everybody's needs preferences are different. In my case I felt like Goldilocks when using the PD. I would pick it up and Low would be too low and High too high, I would want something in the middle so I'd grab the HDS.

PS: Ti-PD = Best Clip ever :thumbsup:

 

[Hodsta]

I had/have no intention of bashing the Ti PD. Everybody's needs preferences are different. In my case I felt like Goldilocks when using the PD. I would pick it up and Low would be too low and High too high, I would want something in the middle so I'd grab the HDS.

PS: Ti-PD = Best Clip ever :thumbsup:

Cave,

Not for one minute did I see your post as a bash, that's why I was so interested in your opinion. The Goldilocks ref. is a good one and outdoors the TiPD-S is "just right" for me but obviously not for others.

As they say, to each his own.

I hear you about the clip - it rocks, I expect it is the only part that Don now makes, he's far too busy surfing and taking pics of big fish, turtles and finches, I expect he's outsourced the rest:nana:! (NOT TRUE BTW!)

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