Carpe Diem
Flashlight Enthusiast
OK guys...hang on for a great ride!
When you get the McLux`s that will be sent out in the next week or two, your lives will be changed forever. What a GREAT flashlight it is!
Sorry to yell the word "great", but it really is a spectacular work of art.
The Gods in the heavens have smiled on me for some fortuitous reason, and I was fortunate enough to get a "salt and pepper" set of McLux`s from Don "McGizmo" McLeish today. That`s right...both an EN and an HA. An undeserved double sneak preview, if you will.
The flashlights are perfect in every way. Fit and finish couldn`t be better, and the light emitted is truly nice.
Please understand that I`m a big fan of really bright flashlights, with as much "throw" as possible. I`ve read through the threads on the McLux several times, though, and I decided that I had to give the McLux a try.
I will always continue to admire and buy the brightest lights around, such as Peter`s legendary Arc`s, but my flashaholic whims and fancies will also now forever include the more subtle, but equally impressive, McLux.
The skunks are telling us the unvarnished truth when they try to point out that a quality flashlight like the McLux, with its "flood" beam, is a really a handy light to have and use.
When the McLux is turned on, it immediately lights up a huge area, and with a bright but not distracting beam of uniform light it lets you
clearly see everything you`re looking at. A "panoramic" view, if you will, as opposed to the inherent tunnel vision of a light with a longer throw.
In the real world, for instance, with the McLux I can light up the entire side of a room and quickly concentrate on the objects that I`m looking at, while with other brighter "throwing" lights I spend the first part of my time staring at the hotspot of the beam, and then moving that tight beam around trying to focus on the objects I`m after.
I`m also finding that the McLux is one of those beautiful flashlights you like to just keep on you or by your side... so you can keep picking it up and caress it. (I know...I know...only us flashaholics would ever understand that bizarre behavior!)
The McLux is now forever a part of my EDC, along with my Arc LS`s, Arc AAA`s, Don`s E1e/1w cyan mod and my Surefire E2e/C2 bezel mod. (Yes...yes...I do have a lot of pockets.)
Members of the Skunk Works, I salute you for a job extremely well done. You`ve created another legendary "must have" flashlight...the beautiful McLux.
When you get the McLux`s that will be sent out in the next week or two, your lives will be changed forever. What a GREAT flashlight it is!
Sorry to yell the word "great", but it really is a spectacular work of art.
The Gods in the heavens have smiled on me for some fortuitous reason, and I was fortunate enough to get a "salt and pepper" set of McLux`s from Don "McGizmo" McLeish today. That`s right...both an EN and an HA. An undeserved double sneak preview, if you will.
The flashlights are perfect in every way. Fit and finish couldn`t be better, and the light emitted is truly nice.
Please understand that I`m a big fan of really bright flashlights, with as much "throw" as possible. I`ve read through the threads on the McLux several times, though, and I decided that I had to give the McLux a try.
I will always continue to admire and buy the brightest lights around, such as Peter`s legendary Arc`s, but my flashaholic whims and fancies will also now forever include the more subtle, but equally impressive, McLux.
The skunks are telling us the unvarnished truth when they try to point out that a quality flashlight like the McLux, with its "flood" beam, is a really a handy light to have and use.
When the McLux is turned on, it immediately lights up a huge area, and with a bright but not distracting beam of uniform light it lets you
clearly see everything you`re looking at. A "panoramic" view, if you will, as opposed to the inherent tunnel vision of a light with a longer throw.
In the real world, for instance, with the McLux I can light up the entire side of a room and quickly concentrate on the objects that I`m looking at, while with other brighter "throwing" lights I spend the first part of my time staring at the hotspot of the beam, and then moving that tight beam around trying to focus on the objects I`m after.
I`m also finding that the McLux is one of those beautiful flashlights you like to just keep on you or by your side... so you can keep picking it up and caress it. (I know...I know...only us flashaholics would ever understand that bizarre behavior!)
The McLux is now forever a part of my EDC, along with my Arc LS`s, Arc AAA`s, Don`s E1e/1w cyan mod and my Surefire E2e/C2 bezel mod. (Yes...yes...I do have a lot of pockets.)
Members of the Skunk Works, I salute you for a job extremely well done. You`ve created another legendary "must have" flashlight...the beautiful McLux.
