The Quark lights thread! (Part 6)

[Badbeams3]

[Continued from Part 1 , Part 2, Part 3 and Part4


Announcing the new Quark lights...

10 year performance warranty!!!

Let`s try to keep this thread from getting closed down from nonsense 😉


Manufacture's link

 

[corvettesR1]

My new Quark on the way .

Hello again. Well,I seem to have missed out on the Titanium Quarks by around 2 weeks.Being new to flashlight collecting ,I want a Quark lol.

I went for a Quark Tactical 123-2 neutral white .
http://www.4sevens.com/popup_image.php?pID=1669&image=0

 

[jblackwood]

Re: My new Quark on the way .

You'll be more than happy with it. The neutral white seems to be just short of brown to me, still very nice. Also, I thought I'd like the form factor much more than my Quark 2xAA due to its shorter length, but the thickness is enough to make it JUST short of uncomfortable for me. The 2xAA is thinner (though longer) and for my hand a bit more comfortable to use. Of course, the 2xCR123 is a bit brighter.

Oh yeah . . . :welcome::thumbsup:
One more thing . . . hold on to your wallet!😗

 

[fyrstormer]

Re: My new Quark on the way .

So...were the titanium Quarks a one-time thing, or will they be ordering more in the future?

 

[Cataract]

Re: My new Quark on the way .

I got my first Quark 2 weeks ago (QAA neutral) and just love it! the size is perfect. I still ordered 2AA body, just because I like a strong light. I liked it so much I ordered a QAA neutral tactical befre they run out of stock... perfect little light for work! Used it plenty for two days in a row installing a film processing machine and since I had to go in and out of the dark room, I used the 0.2 lumen setting so I didn't have to ask the guys to put the film away... this is THE light for my line of work!

So...were the titanium Quarks a one-time thing, or will they be ordering more in the future?

Supposed to be a one-time deal. I missed out too, since I couldn't get a spec on the lumens and prefer the neutral LED's anyway.

 

[adnj]

Re: My new Quark on the way .

So...were the titanium Quarks a one-time thing, or will they be ordering more in the future?

These are supposed to be "available" at a higher price in the future.

Read about it here

But I believe that some will hit the B/S/T forum pretty quickly.

 

[corvettesR1]

Re: My new Quark on the way .

Thanks for the information on the Titanium Quarks.Ill be online if they come up for sale in the future.Even with a higher price,I"ll bite the bullet and pay it . (Hope the cost isnt too much higher lol)


The Tactical , 2x123A, Quark should be very fine and I feel it wont be too long in length but Im glad it has a clip.

I have a feeling ill want to get a few more Quarks very soon .I might try a single AA version soon .It sure is fun to open those packages. Again, thanks for the comments.

 

[jahxman]

Re: My new Quark on the way .

For you guys that have multiple Quarks w/ Q3-5A emitters...

Have you noticed much variance between emitter color? Of the three 5A's that I have, no two are the same, but even the "warmest" of the three is still very pleasant. The "coolest" of the three is very close to true "neutral" and the other two are more "brown". I think the most neutral of the three is my favorite.

Yes, there is quite noticable variance among my neutral white quarks. For that matter there is variance among the R2s also, but definitely not as much.

 

[Yucca Patrol]

Re: My new Quark on the way .

4-Sevens would be nuts not to continue to offer reasonably priced titanium lights considering the demand that there is and will continue to be.

I didn't get in on the first batch because I am waiting for an 18650 powered Quark and then hoping that a titanium version will then be offered.

 

[HKJ]

Re: My new Quark on the way .

4-Sevens would be nuts not to continue to offer reasonably priced titanium lights considering the demand that there is and will continue to be.

I didn't get in on the first batch because I am waiting for an 18650 powered Quark and then hoping that a titanium version will then be offered.

7777 has promised that the Ti Quarks was a limited series and he has also written that in intends to keep it that way. I.e. only 700 Ti Quarks total and some Ti spare parts.

 

[Linger]

Yucca - I dunno. 4seven's indicated their margins will be really slim with this ti run. Further, David's said mass appeal requires price-point be below $100. So yes 4seven's probably could make a decent bit with Ti lights but it seems a regular run would be contra to their philosophies.
I hope your choice to stay out pays off. IFAIK, no 18650's for quarks, David wrote that the next series (with the ubiquitous mc-e light) would be a tactical series and incompatable with Quarks.

Off topic, that bugs me. I think the p60 standard is great. I think 4sevens Quark lego really upped their sales. I think they should have set on a standard connection size, atleast with heads so that those with enough power in their quark bodies could swap in the mc-e or new tact heads.
Just my .02

 

[ninjaboigt]

hey guys, i got a question, i currently have a quark NW tac, 2AA, and i love how the flashlight clips to my pocket, its easy to pull out and easy to clip back on. im intrested in getting another quark, a reg tail cap and reg tint, but i was looking at the AA, is the clip just as good, or does any body have any issues wiht the clip on this specfic body?

edit, and im also thinking about the single Cr123A, hows the clip for that? and to change the batt for that model, you have to hold up the clip while taking off the cap right?

 

[jabe1]

1AA has the same clip, the 123 I don't know. The 123 clip is not removable though and does rest on the tailcap. How often would you have to change a battery anyway? and the HA finish should protect it pretty well from scratching.

 

[pobox1475]

lovecpf

 

[jahxman]

Also on the Q123 the clip is permanently attached to the head, so the only way to clip it is bezel up. On the other models you can reverse the clip to either position, or remove it completely.

 

[buraianto]

Can someone explain to me what the benefit of a Ti Quark is? Is it lighter? Stronger? More resistant to scratches? Or is it the feeling like you've got an SR-71 in your pocket? (Which is cool enough, I wager.)

 

[Linger]

I guess I'm not a clip person. I removed it off the demo quark i had for a while, but didn't like the gap (had to put an o-ring into the retaining ring to keep it from spinning around). Now I've got a piece of heat-shrink over bend to keep rubber between the clip and the body.
Occasionally I think about the clipless 16340 and the 14500 battery tube instead.

ninjaboigt, there is one clip used across all lights / models.

 

[R@ndom]

Can someone explain to me what the benefit of a Ti Quark is? Is it lighter? Stronger? More resistant to scratches? Or is it the feeling like you've got an SR-71 in your pocket? (Which is cool enough, I wager.)

Only that you would hope that your light don't leak toxic jet fuel all over the place when the surface of the light is less than a couple thousand degrees. 😗 Also Ti gets scratched more easily but the scratches work themselves out due to surface oxidation or sandpaper. It's heavier than Al.

 

[Egsise]

The charger that I used is a Sanyo MQH02 at 1090mA, charge completeness is around 85%.
These are the runtimes of my Quark AA neutral white.
During the moon mode test I turned the Quark off after 274h runtime, waited 10sec and turned it back on.

 

[Toohotruk]

Wow! That's some pretty serious runtime for a single AA cell! 😱oo: