Kestrel
Flashaholic
1. Yes, I changed out my SF L1 EDC for this, and that may be (roughly) the same size differential as you note with your Ra.1. Wow, talk about the perfect size! When I was EDC'ing my RA Clicky I frequently felt like it was too bulky in my front pants pocket. This light I barely feel at all.
2. Is this thing on?? The low is so extremely low. I went into a bank vault, closed the door and gave my eyes a minute to acclimate. I could barely see the low setting on this light. Nuts!
3. Angry blue? My T1A is definitely not warm by any means, but I find it to be just on the cool side of neutral. The tint is perfectly acceptable to me.
The only thing that kind of bothers me is the donut in the beam when it is within 12-18 inches of a surface. My beamshot would look just like Kestrels above. I kind of want to send it to Surefire to have them fix it, but I worry about getting an emitter that has a cooler tint and/or some other issue.
Also, has anyone wished/thought the light should turn on by rotating in the opposite direction? When I'm turning it on one handed (right hand) I wish it would rotate clockwise instead of counter clockwise.
2. Gotta love that low low. After 15 minutes of 'lights out' @ night, turn it on to 'lowest' and walk around the house. Perfect! The first stock light I've had that wasn't too bright. :thumbsup:
3. Tint. Yup, just a bit on the cool side of white but definitely not angry blue. (Those beamshots make it look a little bluer than it actually appears.) Not very much interested in a SF exchange since this tint is quite acceptable, and as you, I wouldn't want to risk a worse tint.
re: turn on by rotating in the opposite direction? Yes! That was my instinct as well, and I'm not sure as to why. Of the 3-4 people I have handed it to, only one tried to turn it on in the correct way the first time. (My Fenix LD01 head would turn on the same way as this T1A, so I was wondering if it was just me... :thinking I think that by holding it in my right hand and grasping it, my thumb is naturally oriented to rotate the bezel by pushing away - i.e. the wrong direction.
If you hold it in your left hand, the thumb seems to rotate it to 'on' completely naturally, doesn't it? :huh:
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