Blinding
Newly Enlightened
I received my P1D CE Q5 yesterday and tried it out last night. I am very pleased! It is brighter than I thought possible and tiny. I am carrying it in my jean's watch pocket along with my Swiss army knife.
I had been trying to decide between the L0D and the P1D. The smaller size of the L0D was appealing but the brightness and longer run time of the P1D was just too tempting. Also, I figured out that the CR123 batteries were not more expensive if I bought them online.
Friday I ordered the P1D from 4Sevens and 4xCR123s from BatteryStation. I also got a Streamlight Microstream for the wife. She keeps buying cheap keyring lights that break. Then came the waiting and worrying about what I would do if the light arrived before the batteries. Fortunately they arrived in the same mail delivery on Wednesday.
The twisty on the P1D was stiff as others have reported. I applied some superlube and now it is easy to work even one handed. Why does Fenix tell you to lube it but ships it dry? There was some black discoloration on the positive contact of the head. A gentle rubbing with a pencil eraser shined that up.
The beam is very even, presumably due to the OP reflector; I saw no artifacts. The color is the cool end of white, especially when comparing it to an incandescent. And did I mention it was bright?
If I could change anything it would be the brightness levels. The "primary" level is brighter than I would need for most uses. The "Max" level is brighter but the change is not as dramatic because the primary level is already so bright. I might like a lower low. I have not had time to play with the low level much. Certainly the low would be enough to walk around the house.
Oh, the wife is very happy with the Microstream. She is trying it with the lanyard around her neck. She leaves work after dark many nights so something to get her from door to car is useful.
This is my first quality flashlight purchase. I blame all of you
I had been trying to decide between the L0D and the P1D. The smaller size of the L0D was appealing but the brightness and longer run time of the P1D was just too tempting. Also, I figured out that the CR123 batteries were not more expensive if I bought them online.
Friday I ordered the P1D from 4Sevens and 4xCR123s from BatteryStation. I also got a Streamlight Microstream for the wife. She keeps buying cheap keyring lights that break. Then came the waiting and worrying about what I would do if the light arrived before the batteries. Fortunately they arrived in the same mail delivery on Wednesday.
The twisty on the P1D was stiff as others have reported. I applied some superlube and now it is easy to work even one handed. Why does Fenix tell you to lube it but ships it dry? There was some black discoloration on the positive contact of the head. A gentle rubbing with a pencil eraser shined that up.
The beam is very even, presumably due to the OP reflector; I saw no artifacts. The color is the cool end of white, especially when comparing it to an incandescent. And did I mention it was bright?
If I could change anything it would be the brightness levels. The "primary" level is brighter than I would need for most uses. The "Max" level is brighter but the change is not as dramatic because the primary level is already so bright. I might like a lower low. I have not had time to play with the low level much. Certainly the low would be enough to walk around the house.
Oh, the wife is very happy with the Microstream. She is trying it with the lanyard around her neck. She leaves work after dark many nights so something to get her from door to car is useful.
This is my first quality flashlight purchase. I blame all of you
