I've always been a fan of the med, low, high "Fenix pattern" if I can call it that? Low, especially on the Maratac is too low except for very dark night or well adjusted eyes. Med seems almost perfect and very slightly conservative for most tasks. For most of my uses I'd be having to double twist. 🙂
Most followers of this thread know that the moderators had to step in a couple of times, one of those times because of persistent shipping cost complaints which took the thread off topic. I did want to mention a follow up to this since it was brought up again.
I've had two conversations now with Nick at County Comm and during the second conversation we did touch on the shipping cost which has raised so much discussion. For CC, the biggest bonus to using UPS was to have a tracking# and a $100 insurance with each shipment. He went on to say that they're having terrible problems with lost or delayed items that were shipped USPS, which I can relate to in my own experience. Having a tracking number allows both parties to follow the item which is especially helpful for this particular seller in resolving problems that might arise. Since there's no tracking with USPS, assumed lost package scenarios get placed into a holding pattern or a "wait and see" system. This recently happened to me while shipping something in my own state via PM. It eventually showed up but it was 10 days later. In the meantime, I didn't know what to due or if I should file a claim or what. I've had 4 bad experiences with USPS in about 12 months with two items disappearing permanently.
I'm sure that we all have our own horror stories with different carriers but at some point CC chose to use UPS because it works best for them. They've been in the buisiness of shipping product for a long time now know the "ins and outs" after having weighed the pro's and con's of each delivery service.
P.S. Nick is reading this thread btw.
On a product note, I wanted to mention that my 2nd light has a much more centered emitter an that the beam color is very slightly warmer which is most noticeable on the low setting. Neither lights have a hint of blue which I really appreciate. Perhaps this is due to XP-E consistency? I'm not sure though.
Most followers of this thread know that the moderators had to step in a couple of times, one of those times because of persistent shipping cost complaints which took the thread off topic. I did want to mention a follow up to this since it was brought up again.
I've had two conversations now with Nick at County Comm and during the second conversation we did touch on the shipping cost which has raised so much discussion. For CC, the biggest bonus to using UPS was to have a tracking# and a $100 insurance with each shipment. He went on to say that they're having terrible problems with lost or delayed items that were shipped USPS, which I can relate to in my own experience. Having a tracking number allows both parties to follow the item which is especially helpful for this particular seller in resolving problems that might arise. Since there's no tracking with USPS, assumed lost package scenarios get placed into a holding pattern or a "wait and see" system. This recently happened to me while shipping something in my own state via PM. It eventually showed up but it was 10 days later. In the meantime, I didn't know what to due or if I should file a claim or what. I've had 4 bad experiences with USPS in about 12 months with two items disappearing permanently.
I'm sure that we all have our own horror stories with different carriers but at some point CC chose to use UPS because it works best for them. They've been in the buisiness of shipping product for a long time now know the "ins and outs" after having weighed the pro's and con's of each delivery service.
P.S. Nick is reading this thread btw.
On a product note, I wanted to mention that my 2nd light has a much more centered emitter an that the beam color is very slightly warmer which is most noticeable on the low setting. Neither lights have a hint of blue which I really appreciate. Perhaps this is due to XP-E consistency? I'm not sure though.
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