Re: Paul Kim's PK-PR1
The rainbow version of the PK-PL2 is absolutely gorgeous. :twothumbs
I'm going to order a couple more for gifts.
Watching the numbers at bulls eye it looked like it was flying off the shelf. But the black one seems to be keeping pace with it stride for stride, sales-wise.
I'm still on the fence about the rainbow model for my collection, but like you Vox, will probably gift some this Christmas.
PL-2 thoughts from user standpoint:
After using it for 2 nights as both a backup and primary light in shadow lighting scenarios it held its own against much larger lights being used by others. Other workers had the usual multi LED numbers with their purple beams, C sized Mags, a big ole 3LED utilitech by one fellow and celphones... so naturally the pocket burner was impressive to say the least.
The beam is whiter than it's sibling the PR-1. Colors were still easy to make out well. I'd say the only drawback with my particular unit is at close quarters the throwy beam would wash out some color in the center... but I'd twist to low and keep getting up in those cases.
I'm carrying the silver one in my shirt pocket fastened with a Microstream clip. (PK said on his FB page that at some point he'll incorporate his PR-1 style clip to the PL-2.) By using it like a 'penlight' it's easy to grab in a hurry.
The PL-2 reminds me of a minitaure FL-2 in terms of output. Similarities end there. But like the FL-2 there is a definite bias towards throw via a vast amount of spot that seemingly blends to spill in real world uses.
Staying on that theme it reminds me of my old 160 lumen Streamlight TL-2 LED vs the 650 ProTac HL. The PL-2 provides a good distance of light for only 110 lumens. Yet it has very useable spill that allows night adapted vision to remain intact. The FL-2 on the other hand lights up the night in a more broad lighting.
Both have a low that is plenty bright to see well in darkness for say reading a map, making out friend or foe close by, or lighting up your make-shift shelter when long battery life is way up on the list of must haves. But the PL-2 provides that with space saving triple A cells when grams and millimeters count.
That's it for now.
Tonight big bro tagged along.
L to R: baby bro, big bro, little bro.
The FL-2 has been itching to spend time with baby bro as they seem to have pretty similar personalities beam wise.
Here is what the PL-2 is competing with tonight.
So when I need to check out the gravel...
No sweat.
Or see in a drop inlet..
One guy was using a celphone to see this one.
When I turned on my light things suddenly lit and it seemed to stun the folks around me. Then they saw the beam from a pinky nail sized reflector and were really stunned.
A guy walks up to offer assistance with his 2D Mag LED.
He gave his light a couple of whacks only to put out about as much light as that celphone... he saw the night light up suddenly and walked away.
Big bro was used to light up stuff I was too lazy to walk to a couple hundred feet away. Little bro took the night off.
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