Draz
Newly Enlightened
Yea I have an RMA and am shipping the Kroma off today, but here are some of my points on the reviews.
1. The 50 lumen is plenty of light for the average person. I have never had anything stronger than a L4, so 50 lumens with throw is spot on for myself.
2. The high red is very nice at lighting entire rooms as well as the high blue, the low counterparts are good like everyone said...ie. rumaging around in tents or navigating to the bathroom in total darkness or just simply "playing" with. It does have tons of "playing" time.
3. Low white is comparable to the new generation Inova X1's imho, perhaps just tad dimmer.
Now for the Ugly
4. It has an UGLY square beam at close up due to the TIR and has its share of freaky artifacts:shrug: I have heard of others as well as mine having dust and what looks like fibers or perhaps very very small scratches on the TIR visible only when light is one. Mine had a smudge on it before the damn adhesive was even broken ....
5. The selector ring will "strip" very easily from what I have seen, I was taking off a rather tight mind you bezel to clean dust from the inside and my hand slipped and totally murdered the ring. I can't tell if I actually like it better when it spins freely or when it works and stops on each mode. I can deal with the "loose" ring, makes one handed operation easier. I called surefire and since the modes are activated by a magnet, the stripped selector ring should not pose a problem unless you want the "bumps". I actually can deal with it being like the U2 and smooth.
6. Water proof up to 33 meters or whatever SF says doesn't apply to my Kroma..I can't say for others. After I replaced the o-ring that broke the first time I changed batteries and after the replacing of the o-rings underneath the lense it stil leaks water...bad actually. Sumerging it for any more than 30 secs invites water into the tail cap, head threads, and under the lense. I have replaced the ladder 2 o-rings so perhaps its user error but the tail cap 0-ring is still in perfect shape and loves letting water into the light.
*EDIT* I can admit when I'm wrong, as of now I lubed everything up real good with some gun grease(only thing I had at the time) after cleaning the left over adhesive and gunk out and it appears to be once again water proof, will keep ya posted on that
7. I'm sending my new Kroma off today to surefire and I pray I get a Surefire quality light back. The ring was my fault but the o-rings and the dust and "crap" that finds it way under the lense constantly is on them.
*EDIT* Not gonna send it off now, will wait to see if the stripped selector ring poses a problem with reliability or the water problem arises again. Sides, I dont wanna wait to have it back...mine had a few problems but I LOVE IT
Besides the problems....The Kroma is a bad *** light, fun as hell to play with and very handy. I highly recomend it..just be carefull with the Selector ring and I hope yours has a clean and nice TIR lense.
1. The 50 lumen is plenty of light for the average person. I have never had anything stronger than a L4, so 50 lumens with throw is spot on for myself.
2. The high red is very nice at lighting entire rooms as well as the high blue, the low counterparts are good like everyone said...ie. rumaging around in tents or navigating to the bathroom in total darkness or just simply "playing" with. It does have tons of "playing" time.
3. Low white is comparable to the new generation Inova X1's imho, perhaps just tad dimmer.
Now for the Ugly
4. It has an UGLY square beam at close up due to the TIR and has its share of freaky artifacts:shrug: I have heard of others as well as mine having dust and what looks like fibers or perhaps very very small scratches on the TIR visible only when light is one. Mine had a smudge on it before the damn adhesive was even broken ....
5. The selector ring will "strip" very easily from what I have seen, I was taking off a rather tight mind you bezel to clean dust from the inside and my hand slipped and totally murdered the ring. I can't tell if I actually like it better when it spins freely or when it works and stops on each mode. I can deal with the "loose" ring, makes one handed operation easier. I called surefire and since the modes are activated by a magnet, the stripped selector ring should not pose a problem unless you want the "bumps". I actually can deal with it being like the U2 and smooth.
6. Water proof up to 33 meters or whatever SF says doesn't apply to my Kroma..I can't say for others. After I replaced the o-ring that broke the first time I changed batteries and after the replacing of the o-rings underneath the lense it stil leaks water...bad actually. Sumerging it for any more than 30 secs invites water into the tail cap, head threads, and under the lense. I have replaced the ladder 2 o-rings so perhaps its user error but the tail cap 0-ring is still in perfect shape and loves letting water into the light.
*EDIT* I can admit when I'm wrong, as of now I lubed everything up real good with some gun grease(only thing I had at the time) after cleaning the left over adhesive and gunk out and it appears to be once again water proof, will keep ya posted on that
7. I'm sending my new Kroma off today to surefire and I pray I get a Surefire quality light back. The ring was my fault but the o-rings and the dust and "crap" that finds it way under the lense constantly is on them.
*EDIT* Not gonna send it off now, will wait to see if the stripped selector ring poses a problem with reliability or the water problem arises again. Sides, I dont wanna wait to have it back...mine had a few problems but I LOVE IT
Besides the problems....The Kroma is a bad *** light, fun as hell to play with and very handy. I highly recomend it..just be carefull with the Selector ring and I hope yours has a clean and nice TIR lense.
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