My new Peak Vesuvius light with momentary switch and 2 IMR10440 batteries arrived today.
It really puts out a wall of light. It's similar to what lights look like when you have no reflector and just an exposed emitter. It does have a hot spot, but it's very large. First thought is that around 30 yards is as far as it's useful. Not a thrower, but the wide beam will be very useful for me. I always have bigger flashlights close by when needed.
The beam is cool and bluer than my neutral lights. It's not too cool though, and I don't have a problem with the color. I've been carrying a Peak Eiger with a Nichia High CRI LED. It looks like the high output of the vesuvius is going to win out over the amazing color of my eiger, but I'll probably rotate them as my edc lights.
The QTC works very well with this light. It's easy to get the light to any output you want from what has to be way less than 1 lumen all the way to 600+. My peak eiger with QTC is sort of notchy when trying to adjust the levels. The vesuvius is much smoother.
The momentary switch works well and I don't think I'll have any issues with the light turning on in my pocket.
The overall feel and quality is very nice. The head and body seem to fit together better than my eiger.
The output is in a different league than my other AAA lights which are a Peak Eiger (10440) and 4sevens Preon Revo (AAA). I think it would also beat out my dad's ITP A2 with a 14500. I haven't had a chance to compare it to my Xeno E03, but I expect the output to be similar, with the Vesuvius having a floodier beam.
Issues:
I have to back the head way out, almost past the o-ring to get the light to turn all the way off. This could be caused with the switch I installed, but I haven't had time to experiment. This may be a good thing though, as it gives me an easy to find reference on how far to turn the head for the light to be all the way off. I guess it wouldn't hurt the light to be on at .0 something lumens, but I'd prefer it to be all the way off when in my pocket.
Sorry no beamshots or pics. I might post some later, but I have no experience with camera settings for things like this.
Update: I removed the switch and the light can be turned off without having to back the head out so far.
It really puts out a wall of light. It's similar to what lights look like when you have no reflector and just an exposed emitter. It does have a hot spot, but it's very large. First thought is that around 30 yards is as far as it's useful. Not a thrower, but the wide beam will be very useful for me. I always have bigger flashlights close by when needed.
The beam is cool and bluer than my neutral lights. It's not too cool though, and I don't have a problem with the color. I've been carrying a Peak Eiger with a Nichia High CRI LED. It looks like the high output of the vesuvius is going to win out over the amazing color of my eiger, but I'll probably rotate them as my edc lights.
The QTC works very well with this light. It's easy to get the light to any output you want from what has to be way less than 1 lumen all the way to 600+. My peak eiger with QTC is sort of notchy when trying to adjust the levels. The vesuvius is much smoother.
The momentary switch works well and I don't think I'll have any issues with the light turning on in my pocket.
The overall feel and quality is very nice. The head and body seem to fit together better than my eiger.
The output is in a different league than my other AAA lights which are a Peak Eiger (10440) and 4sevens Preon Revo (AAA). I think it would also beat out my dad's ITP A2 with a 14500. I haven't had a chance to compare it to my Xeno E03, but I expect the output to be similar, with the Vesuvius having a floodier beam.
Issues:
I have to back the head way out, almost past the o-ring to get the light to turn all the way off. This could be caused with the switch I installed, but I haven't had time to experiment. This may be a good thing though, as it gives me an easy to find reference on how far to turn the head for the light to be all the way off. I guess it wouldn't hurt the light to be on at .0 something lumens, but I'd prefer it to be all the way off when in my pocket.
Sorry no beamshots or pics. I might post some later, but I have no experience with camera settings for things like this.
Update: I removed the switch and the light can be turned off without having to back the head out so far.
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