sol-leks
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Initial Impressions:
-looks really great, also much smaller than I would've imagined.
-the build quality is.....interesting. For the most part it seems really well made but there are little things that are weird. The threading is so-so which is pretty typical in a budget light. The lens and front o-ring on mine don't seem properly sized so they don't sit entirely right. Also when I first put in batteries it would turn on when I tightened the tailcap fully but now it does, strange.
-I knew this going in, but the oddly hexagonal beam still throws me off a bit.
-as far as output, I can judge better letter but this light is very bright and very throwy.
-the tint is very cool white. Compared to my quark mini 123 it seems a bit bluish but on its own it is a very acceptable cool white.
-the heat management so far seems very impressive. It gets warm quite fast but the heat seems to evenly distribute throughout the entire body of the light never getting too hot. Of course I only ran it for a few minutes so far, but it seems well done in this respect.
-the recessed tailcap is interesting. It does provide a very nice ability to tailstand but it makes the button a bit harder to press. Its a very minor issue though.
Conclusion - without a non-crennelated bezel and a better o-ring and lens, this would be a pretty perfect light. Luckily, I feel like replacing this parts shouldn't be too difficult. Even with its flaws this is a pretty awesome light for 21 bucks.
I'll try and go more in depth and do some beamshots sometime this weekend.
EDIT: Just took some pictures comparing the sky-ray to the quark mini 123 on high. As always, I apologize for my crappy camera and even crappier photography skills. Incidentally, the sky-ray is running an 18650 and the quark is running a cr123 primary.
Here is a link to the gallery:
http://yfrog.com/2pskyrayhighjx
the kitchen shots don't really do the sky-ray justice but the comparison gives you a pretty good idea as far as brightness. The sky-ray's hotspot is brighter than the mini's hotspot and same goes for the spill, although the sky-rays spill is not brighter than the mini's hotspot. I'd say the 320 lumens is probably not too far off. Maybe 300, maybe 275. Whatever, its bright. Also, as with everyone else, the odd shape the bezel gives the beam bothers me too. However, as you can kinda see it really isn't very noticeable in actual use.
I have to take some pics of the sky-ray running on cr123's later because someone said that it was dimmer on primaries but it actually looked brighter to me, it was hard to tell tho.
-looks really great, also much smaller than I would've imagined.
-the build quality is.....interesting. For the most part it seems really well made but there are little things that are weird. The threading is so-so which is pretty typical in a budget light. The lens and front o-ring on mine don't seem properly sized so they don't sit entirely right. Also when I first put in batteries it would turn on when I tightened the tailcap fully but now it does, strange.
-I knew this going in, but the oddly hexagonal beam still throws me off a bit.
-as far as output, I can judge better letter but this light is very bright and very throwy.
-the tint is very cool white. Compared to my quark mini 123 it seems a bit bluish but on its own it is a very acceptable cool white.
-the heat management so far seems very impressive. It gets warm quite fast but the heat seems to evenly distribute throughout the entire body of the light never getting too hot. Of course I only ran it for a few minutes so far, but it seems well done in this respect.
-the recessed tailcap is interesting. It does provide a very nice ability to tailstand but it makes the button a bit harder to press. Its a very minor issue though.
Conclusion - without a non-crennelated bezel and a better o-ring and lens, this would be a pretty perfect light. Luckily, I feel like replacing this parts shouldn't be too difficult. Even with its flaws this is a pretty awesome light for 21 bucks.
I'll try and go more in depth and do some beamshots sometime this weekend.
EDIT: Just took some pictures comparing the sky-ray to the quark mini 123 on high. As always, I apologize for my crappy camera and even crappier photography skills. Incidentally, the sky-ray is running an 18650 and the quark is running a cr123 primary.
Here is a link to the gallery:
http://yfrog.com/2pskyrayhighjx
the kitchen shots don't really do the sky-ray justice but the comparison gives you a pretty good idea as far as brightness. The sky-ray's hotspot is brighter than the mini's hotspot and same goes for the spill, although the sky-rays spill is not brighter than the mini's hotspot. I'd say the 320 lumens is probably not too far off. Maybe 300, maybe 275. Whatever, its bright. Also, as with everyone else, the odd shape the bezel gives the beam bothers me too. However, as you can kinda see it really isn't very noticeable in actual use.
I have to take some pics of the sky-ray running on cr123's later because someone said that it was dimmer on primaries but it actually looked brighter to me, it was hard to tell tho.
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