jimmy1970
Flashlight Enthusiast
I must admit, I was very eager to receive my new Peak Eiger AAA in brass. I ordered direct from the web site and went with the Level 7 Medium optic AAA pocket body in brass, neutral emitter.
The usual happened when ordering from the site direct - you place your order - hear nothing for 2-3 days then a shipping comformation email is received. A new Peak light then appears 7-8 days after receiving the shipping email - no problems.
Quality: Quality wise, its up there with my McKinley 7LED Ultra. Nice smooth threads, a very solid feeling light. An OP here mentioned that the 'neutral' emitter is much warmer than the 5A's offered elsewhere - good call - 'very warm emitter' would be a better description.
Tint: The tint is beautifully warm with no hint of pink anywhere. It looks similar in tint to a P60 only not so yellow.
Beam: The level 7 medium head beam is just wonderful - very floody but with good throw - much better than the McKinley. The optic based beam is wonderful to my eye with no rings or artifacts to speak of.
Runtimes: I have run the light for 45 minutes non stop with the supplied AAA Sanyo Alkaline. The light doesn't seem to heat up much. I don't have the equipment to measure lumen output but the beam doesn't look to have dimmed much during this test.
After replacing the battery, I did notice the output to increase but not by much - pretty happy with the runtime so far.
Conclusion: Overall, I am very happy with this little fella. I chose the Level 7 as a sort of compromise between runtime and output. I had read of very short runtimes with the level 8 Eiger so went with the level 7. I'm picking up some AAA eneloops today so will retest with these later.
One thing of minor note: There is no Peak engraving on the light - no markings at all! - just a '7' stamped into the positive terminal in the head.
The warm emitter does make this little light unique in my meagre collection. It is like a mini incandescent but with good output & runtime.
RECOMMENDED.:thumbsup:
I will add some photos tomorrow.
Thanks,
James...
The usual happened when ordering from the site direct - you place your order - hear nothing for 2-3 days then a shipping comformation email is received. A new Peak light then appears 7-8 days after receiving the shipping email - no problems.
Quality: Quality wise, its up there with my McKinley 7LED Ultra. Nice smooth threads, a very solid feeling light. An OP here mentioned that the 'neutral' emitter is much warmer than the 5A's offered elsewhere - good call - 'very warm emitter' would be a better description.
Tint: The tint is beautifully warm with no hint of pink anywhere. It looks similar in tint to a P60 only not so yellow.
Beam: The level 7 medium head beam is just wonderful - very floody but with good throw - much better than the McKinley. The optic based beam is wonderful to my eye with no rings or artifacts to speak of.
Runtimes: I have run the light for 45 minutes non stop with the supplied AAA Sanyo Alkaline. The light doesn't seem to heat up much. I don't have the equipment to measure lumen output but the beam doesn't look to have dimmed much during this test.
After replacing the battery, I did notice the output to increase but not by much - pretty happy with the runtime so far.
Conclusion: Overall, I am very happy with this little fella. I chose the Level 7 as a sort of compromise between runtime and output. I had read of very short runtimes with the level 8 Eiger so went with the level 7. I'm picking up some AAA eneloops today so will retest with these later.
One thing of minor note: There is no Peak engraving on the light - no markings at all! - just a '7' stamped into the positive terminal in the head.
The warm emitter does make this little light unique in my meagre collection. It is like a mini incandescent but with good output & runtime.
RECOMMENDED.:thumbsup:
I will add some photos tomorrow.
Thanks,
James...
