KevinL
Flashlight Enthusiast
It's beginning to grow on me.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
My setup is a TW0L, DB917, PR-T black HA head (goes surprisingly well with SF's nat HA) on a L4 LumaMax body. Using R123s at the moment since it's a buck converter.
It's a throw light, plain and simple, nothing but throw. For a 27mm reflector, that sure is something, because it delivers an effective range on par with a 52mm! Just goes to show what proper reflector design can do. What they never told me is that it can throw as well as a Mag with a Lux3! Guess this is the nail in the Mag's coffin. I got Real Tired of carrying 4 D cells worth of weight around.
I took it out to my 330 yard test range (verified by GPS) and let it rip - painted a huge spot on the test target (a building). This is the same range where I clocked the OA4D Cookbook Mag, and it turned in equally impressive results. The thing is that the PR-T is so much smaller and more portable. Machining is top grade and the thread action is VERY smooth. I've ordered a UCL to go with it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Basically, I'll never be outdone in the "whose light can go further" stakes with the uninitiated ever again. (fellow flashaholics know enough about the lights I use to value them for what they can do /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif) it's going to be shocking when someone pulls out their large light "see what this can do" and I pull out the tiny little thing! For shock-n-awe flood I have the U2.
Thermal management is excellent. I always thought you'd need a Mag to handle 917mA, but apparently that's not the case. The PR-T sinks heat very well, within seconds of power-up you can feel the outside getting warm - it's releasing the heat.
Bottom line? The PR-T is still a great investment and I got it at a price I simply couldn't walk away from. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
My setup is a TW0L, DB917, PR-T black HA head (goes surprisingly well with SF's nat HA) on a L4 LumaMax body. Using R123s at the moment since it's a buck converter.
It's a throw light, plain and simple, nothing but throw. For a 27mm reflector, that sure is something, because it delivers an effective range on par with a 52mm! Just goes to show what proper reflector design can do. What they never told me is that it can throw as well as a Mag with a Lux3! Guess this is the nail in the Mag's coffin. I got Real Tired of carrying 4 D cells worth of weight around.
I took it out to my 330 yard test range (verified by GPS) and let it rip - painted a huge spot on the test target (a building). This is the same range where I clocked the OA4D Cookbook Mag, and it turned in equally impressive results. The thing is that the PR-T is so much smaller and more portable. Machining is top grade and the thread action is VERY smooth. I've ordered a UCL to go with it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Basically, I'll never be outdone in the "whose light can go further" stakes with the uninitiated ever again. (fellow flashaholics know enough about the lights I use to value them for what they can do /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif) it's going to be shocking when someone pulls out their large light "see what this can do" and I pull out the tiny little thing! For shock-n-awe flood I have the U2.
Thermal management is excellent. I always thought you'd need a Mag to handle 917mA, but apparently that's not the case. The PR-T sinks heat very well, within seconds of power-up you can feel the outside getting warm - it's releasing the heat.
Bottom line? The PR-T is still a great investment and I got it at a price I simply couldn't walk away from. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif