Stevie
Newly Enlightened
Hi guys :wave:
Well after the many good reviews of the upgraded Princeton Tec Eos, I finally bought one and it arrived yesterday. I went out in the woods last night, taking the old Myo XP for comparison.
I spent the 1st 30 minutes or so with the Myo on medium setting with diffuser down (spot beam) so my eyes could adapt to that so as to give the Eos a fair test. My observations with the Myo were that it did the job reasonably well, illuminating objects about 30 metres away, with a reasonable amount of spill around the spot to aid seeing obstacles on the floor, but nothing to shout about. With the beam looking down the trail, the spill was limited to around 10 feet in front of me. There was a problem though if I wanted to look closer to my feet as the beam "glare" would temporarily damage my night vision - I would then look up to see down the trail again only to find I couldn't see for about 5 seconds. Although many won't have a problem with this, I must admit I found it annoying.
I haven't got the newer 80 lumen Myo or the RXP, but the old Myo is about 45 lumen output so seemed a good control light when comparing to the 50 lumen of the Eos.
After half an hour, I turned off the Myo and put on the Eos. What a difference! The reviews I have read (particularly those by Woods Walker - thank you to him) are dead on. With the Eos on medium setting, it gives a PERFECT beam for trail walking, a central spot which blends into a lovely spill, this spill illuminating both sides of the trail and also to within a few feet in front of me for seeing anything that could trip me up. There was no need to move my head to look near my feet as with the Myo.
On this medium setting, the throw was about the same as the Myo, able to pick out objects from around 30 metres, at this range the spot becomes more of a flood type beam which I really liked.
On high setting, the Eos lit up the woods like a firecracker. I do not doubt PT's claimed illumination range of 54 metres. Of course, there are more powerful headlamps out there - but I haven't seen a lamp running off AAA batteries that gives so much light.
My personal view: :naughty: It's great. Small enough and light enough for backpacking and wild camping in summer, powerful enough in winter (especially with lithium batteries) to get me off the mountain when the sun goes down.
Cheers,
Steve
Well after the many good reviews of the upgraded Princeton Tec Eos, I finally bought one and it arrived yesterday. I went out in the woods last night, taking the old Myo XP for comparison.
I spent the 1st 30 minutes or so with the Myo on medium setting with diffuser down (spot beam) so my eyes could adapt to that so as to give the Eos a fair test. My observations with the Myo were that it did the job reasonably well, illuminating objects about 30 metres away, with a reasonable amount of spill around the spot to aid seeing obstacles on the floor, but nothing to shout about. With the beam looking down the trail, the spill was limited to around 10 feet in front of me. There was a problem though if I wanted to look closer to my feet as the beam "glare" would temporarily damage my night vision - I would then look up to see down the trail again only to find I couldn't see for about 5 seconds. Although many won't have a problem with this, I must admit I found it annoying.
I haven't got the newer 80 lumen Myo or the RXP, but the old Myo is about 45 lumen output so seemed a good control light when comparing to the 50 lumen of the Eos.
After half an hour, I turned off the Myo and put on the Eos. What a difference! The reviews I have read (particularly those by Woods Walker - thank you to him) are dead on. With the Eos on medium setting, it gives a PERFECT beam for trail walking, a central spot which blends into a lovely spill, this spill illuminating both sides of the trail and also to within a few feet in front of me for seeing anything that could trip me up. There was no need to move my head to look near my feet as with the Myo.
On this medium setting, the throw was about the same as the Myo, able to pick out objects from around 30 metres, at this range the spot becomes more of a flood type beam which I really liked.
On high setting, the Eos lit up the woods like a firecracker. I do not doubt PT's claimed illumination range of 54 metres. Of course, there are more powerful headlamps out there - but I haven't seen a lamp running off AAA batteries that gives so much light.
My personal view: :naughty: It's great. Small enough and light enough for backpacking and wild camping in summer, powerful enough in winter (especially with lithium batteries) to get me off the mountain when the sun goes down.
Cheers,
Steve
