jerry i h
Enlightened
EDC-P7 is hands-down the best torch I have ever held in my hand.
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You really should have one (sadly, EL has a post saying that he is not accepting new orders until 2009; no, mine is not for sale for any price). I used an AW 18650 charged with a DSD,
The size is amazing: the pictures on his website are rather misleading. The torch is the same size as a 2D flashlight w/o the head, and is slightly thinner in the middle where you hold it. Certainly small enough for a large-ish coat pocket or a backpack.
The light pattern is perfect. It does throw many 100's of feet, clear into the next residential block and then some. It is a brilliantly designed mix of aureole and hot spot: for close up tasks, but it still throws like a Napoleonic cannon. This carefully thought out pattern is why EL has become legendary.
The fit and finish is astonishing. The item I got has craftsmanship and quality of the highest professional caliber. I should also say that this puppy is a bargain. EL charges more or less the same price for a P7 m*g mod; the EDC-P7 is an entire custom lathe job. Expect EL to re-offer the EDC-P7, but at a higher price, but still worth every $0.01.
Runtime? Truth or dare, this is my first Li-ion torch. Like the WOF, the Achilles Heal is heat management. After 10 minutes, the body became uncomfortably hot (keep in mind that I am in foodservice, and have been know to take pans out of the oven onto the stovetop with bare hands). After 20 minutes, the body temp was so high, that I turned it off for a few minutes because I feared for the Li-ion's safety. I let it could cool down, because of the high temps to the batts (sadly, I forget to take home the IR thermometer from work, so not sure of temp). Total run time was 45 minutes when I noticed a significant decrease in brightness, at which time I stopped the test.
Edit: for the above temps, I left it on a table top w/o touching it, to accumulate max heat. I re-did the test, but this time holding it in my hand the whole time. From 5 to 20 minutes, there was so much heat that I had to switch hands, but it never became so hot that I had to give up turn off the torch. Keep in mind, though, that I have asbestos hands. You may have to switch hands more often or turn it off, if the heat gets too high. After 25 minutes, the heat generated was not a problem.
:bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow:
You really should have one (sadly, EL has a post saying that he is not accepting new orders until 2009; no, mine is not for sale for any price). I used an AW 18650 charged with a DSD,
The size is amazing: the pictures on his website are rather misleading. The torch is the same size as a 2D flashlight w/o the head, and is slightly thinner in the middle where you hold it. Certainly small enough for a large-ish coat pocket or a backpack.
The light pattern is perfect. It does throw many 100's of feet, clear into the next residential block and then some. It is a brilliantly designed mix of aureole and hot spot: for close up tasks, but it still throws like a Napoleonic cannon. This carefully thought out pattern is why EL has become legendary.
The fit and finish is astonishing. The item I got has craftsmanship and quality of the highest professional caliber. I should also say that this puppy is a bargain. EL charges more or less the same price for a P7 m*g mod; the EDC-P7 is an entire custom lathe job. Expect EL to re-offer the EDC-P7, but at a higher price, but still worth every $0.01.
Runtime? Truth or dare, this is my first Li-ion torch. Like the WOF, the Achilles Heal is heat management. After 10 minutes, the body became uncomfortably hot (keep in mind that I am in foodservice, and have been know to take pans out of the oven onto the stovetop with bare hands). After 20 minutes, the body temp was so high, that I turned it off for a few minutes because I feared for the Li-ion's safety. I let it could cool down, because of the high temps to the batts (sadly, I forget to take home the IR thermometer from work, so not sure of temp). Total run time was 45 minutes when I noticed a significant decrease in brightness, at which time I stopped the test.
Edit: for the above temps, I left it on a table top w/o touching it, to accumulate max heat. I re-did the test, but this time holding it in my hand the whole time. From 5 to 20 minutes, there was so much heat that I had to switch hands, but it never became so hot that I had to give up turn off the torch. Keep in mind, though, that I have asbestos hands. You may have to switch hands more often or turn it off, if the heat gets too high. After 25 minutes, the heat generated was not a problem.
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laughing: yeah, and neither do I have cell phone 
). Fortunately, Wayne does have some beamshots on his website 
