MG PLI MC-E *review + beamshots*
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I only left it on for a minute or two at a time... guess I'm being overcautious. I could feel the front warm up noticeably in as little as a minute.
I think we've won the war on the possums for the time being. Haven't seen one in over a year... took quite a bit of live trapping. They love cat food! Just recently we have a cottontail eating the clover in the yard (I hesitate to call what I have "grass", if you killed the weeds it would be bare ground). That's enough wildlife for my yard. :) Good luck with whatever eradication measures you're taking, but sending them here isn't an option!
Back to the PLI... if there were one thing I could change, it would be to have a side clicky instead of tailcap. (I'm just not a tailcap convert yet, not sure if I ever will be.) Oh, and I don't seem to have the hang of reliably switching modes yet... sometimes when I press it switches mode and sometimes it doesn't. Maybe I need more practice.
Mike
I think we've won the war on the possums for the time being. Haven't seen one in over a year... took quite a bit of live trapping. They love cat food! Just recently we have a cottontail eating the clover in the yard (I hesitate to call what I have "grass", if you killed the weeds it would be bare ground). That's enough wildlife for my yard. :) Good luck with whatever eradication measures you're taking, but sending them here isn't an option!
Back to the PLI... if there were one thing I could change, it would be to have a side clicky instead of tailcap. (I'm just not a tailcap convert yet, not sure if I ever will be.) Oh, and I don't seem to have the hang of reliably switching modes yet... sometimes when I press it switches mode and sometimes it doesn't. Maybe I need more practice.
Mike
I've noticed. But I was looking for a quick way to try the PLI and I'm already waiting on a web seller for the 18650. It grinds me to think we can buy something for a buck on the web but have to pay 3x as much at a store; how dare they?!
Forgoten214
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18650s in the PLI are regulated correct?
Forgoten214
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Bryan is getting more in shortly.
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sol-leks
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New MG RX-1 and PLI?
I noticed today that the RX-1 and PLI were no longer listed on the shiningbeam website so I thought I'd drop Bryan an email and this is what he told me:
" They are back ordered. The PLI will be here around 2 weeks and with improvement. RX-1 MC-E going to take little longer, we are currently designing the new reflector for it as well and it will come with better anodizing."
New updated MG MC-E lights? Sounds nice. Anyone else know anything more about this?
I noticed today that the RX-1 and PLI were no longer listed on the shiningbeam website so I thought I'd drop Bryan an email and this is what he told me:
" They are back ordered. The PLI will be here around 2 weeks and with improvement. RX-1 MC-E going to take little longer, we are currently designing the new reflector for it as well and it will come with better anodizing."
New updated MG MC-E lights? Sounds nice. Anyone else know anything more about this?
Any change to the PLI could only make a great light even greater.
I changed out the switch and the forward-clicky is easier for me to change modes reliably. That switch stays in there.
I still would like to see someone measure the lux & throw. Even though it's not a thrower per se, it's so strong it gets out there pretty far.
I changed out the switch and the forward-clicky is easier for me to change modes reliably. That switch stays in there.
I still would like to see someone measure the lux & throw. Even though it's not a thrower per se, it's so strong it gets out there pretty far.
Forgoten214
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I would like to see this in a single stage, Coupled with a Forward clicky.
sol-leks
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Well it comes with a forward clicky you can switch in, and I dunno, a single mode might not be the best idea for a light of this intense brightness. It does have a memory so it will keep whatever setting you use most after all.
Forgoten214
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Yeah I noticed. Bryan stated that he will be receiving a single stage and a 5 mode edition I believe.
Skids, if you haven't talked to shiningbeam about your difficulty, I would do that. I'm sure he will have some ideas.
I am enjoying my PLI. Had a bit of trouble with the cheapo 18650, but after wiping the battery ends thoroughly it started making contact.
Right now I'm wearing my PLI on my head. Yup, turned it into a 700 lumen headlamp! :party: I sell stuff in schools and we had some cheap plastic no-name-brand 12-LED headlamps we sold. I was cleaning off the damaged item shelf and there were 8 bad ones, so I took 'em inside and tried 'em all with fresh AAAs... found 1 that worked! But I got looking at the other 7, wondering what I could do with them. They have an elastic strap around the head and another over the head that ends in a sewn loop around the other strap... it just slips thru the loop. I've been looking at the Jakstrap and the Nite Ize headbands, almost ready to buy one. And the idea came to me!
I slipped the PLI through the stretchy elastic loop in back, and put the thing on my head sideways. BINGO! The brightest headlamp I've ever seen. It holds the PLI securely enough, although it wiggles up and down a bit when I walk. Angle is easy to adjust by moving the light forward or back in the loop, or side to side by moving the elastic harness a bit on my head. The PLI is long enough that the bezel is about even with my face so I don't get any spill glare. Works with my 2AA Romisen RC-P3 and even the tiny RC-C3 (although the latter must be worn higher up on my head at a rakish... stylish?... angle to avoid the glare).
If any of you have a cheap little headlamp, especially one that quit working, maybe you can put it to better use also!
I am enjoying my PLI. Had a bit of trouble with the cheapo 18650, but after wiping the battery ends thoroughly it started making contact.
Right now I'm wearing my PLI on my head. Yup, turned it into a 700 lumen headlamp! :party: I sell stuff in schools and we had some cheap plastic no-name-brand 12-LED headlamps we sold. I was cleaning off the damaged item shelf and there were 8 bad ones, so I took 'em inside and tried 'em all with fresh AAAs... found 1 that worked! But I got looking at the other 7, wondering what I could do with them. They have an elastic strap around the head and another over the head that ends in a sewn loop around the other strap... it just slips thru the loop. I've been looking at the Jakstrap and the Nite Ize headbands, almost ready to buy one. And the idea came to me!
I slipped the PLI through the stretchy elastic loop in back, and put the thing on my head sideways. BINGO! The brightest headlamp I've ever seen. It holds the PLI securely enough, although it wiggles up and down a bit when I walk. Angle is easy to adjust by moving the light forward or back in the loop, or side to side by moving the elastic harness a bit on my head. The PLI is long enough that the bezel is about even with my face so I don't get any spill glare. Works with my 2AA Romisen RC-P3 and even the tiny RC-C3 (although the latter must be worn higher up on my head at a rakish... stylish?... angle to avoid the glare).
If any of you have a cheap little headlamp, especially one that quit working, maybe you can put it to better use also!
TooManyGizmos
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I don't think I can resist this PLI much longer !
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I don't think I can resist this PLI much longer !
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