The Quark lights thread! (Part 6)

[uplite]

i cant for the life of me find the pic but i know i saw it, it was a quark head disassembled exposing the xpe on a round pcb ...i wanna know if the cutter xpg with either 10 or 20mm pcb is a direct swap

+ David , did you use the same regular xpe reflector in the Ti quarks for the xpg or make a new one..is the xpg good with xpe reflector

I think you're looking for this post from Part 1 of this thread, which has several pics including this one:

EDIT: Oops...sorry...this pic is HUGE. Click the link above to see the pics if you want.

Looks like a 10mm pcb would fit. Definitely not a 20mm pcb.

Has anyone else disassembled a Quark head? Any instructions/pictures? I'd like to put a GITD o-ring inside mine...

-Jeff

 

[qip]

yes thats the one..i didnt think it would be in part 1 as it was so early ...i searched EVERY page from part 2 on

 

[uplite]

By the way...it is very sad how few photos appear in these threads. 🙁

I guess this is because CPF does not allow image attachments...so we have to upload images to sites like imageshack...and most guys don't bother... :shrug:

Anyway - here is my latest Quark photo porn. I took the wrist strap off an old compact camera and put it on my Q123:

I thought the Quark finger sleeve was a nice touch...but the wrist strap is now my preferred carry whenever I hold the light for more than a few seconds. It'd be nice if the Quarks shipped with a wrist strap instead of that useless clunky lanyard thingy. 😛 OK, I admit, I actually put the lanyard on a waterproof camera case for kayaking use. 🙂

-Jeff

 

[PeaceOfMind]

By the way...it is very sad how few photos appear in these threads. 🙁

Very true. Here's a close-up photo of my Quark AA tactical. as you can see, I've already put it through some abuse!

 

[M@elstrom]

You are quite the influential guy I guess! Take it as an honor! I wonder how long it will take for a CaNo line of flashlights... :naughty: lol

ROTFLMAO I wish 😀

TBH it was Mr. AardvarkSagus whom suggested the name for the new Tac series light from 4sevens... but I'll gladly take credit for it should he choose not too! 😛

 

[AardvarkSagus]

Who, me? 😀

 

[adnj]

p.s. It is kinda ridiculous that the CPF moderators break this thread so often. This makes it a major PITA to search for useful information about the Quarks. Seriously. ... Upgrade your lame-a** server to a Pentium 4, at least. You can get one on craigslist for $100. 😉

Kind of a harsh and unnecessary comment. Particularly when I believe that most of the reasonably useful information in this thread should probably be in the 4Sevens manufacturer's forum.

:thumbsdow

 

[pobox1475]

:rock:, GF just ordered me a 123 2 Tac & AW. Technically if I was to swap the head with my standard 123 would it give the higher output on single cell?

 

[uplite]

GF just ordered me a 123 2 Tac & AW. Technically if I was to swap the head with my standard 123 would it give the higher output on single cell?

Aww...what a good GF!! :kiss: Be sure you give her a nice present too. :thumbsup:

This issue came up just last month. It is hard to find since this thread has been broken twice by the moderators since then. 🙄 (Hey adnj, are you paying attention? 😛)

Short answer: No, the 123x2 head does not give a real Max mode on a single 123. For more info, start reading from this post.

-Jeff

 

[uplite]

Kind of a harsh and unnecessary comment. Particularly when I believe that most of the reasonably useful information in this thread should probably be in the 4Sevens manufacturer's forum.

Sorry...I should've added more 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 to that post to show that it was in good spirit. Plus a few of these for the CPF mods: This is meant to be constructive criticism. :thumbsup:

In all seriousness, the CPF search limitations and thread-splitting are huge barriers to anyone who wants to FIND information here before posting. And the 4Sevens MP forum is even worse. It has the same search limitations, plus fewer users, fewer posts, a lower percentage of "real" users (end users), and a higher proportion of marketing hype.

Here's a simple on-topic test for you: Try to find all posts that discuss the o-rings in the Quarks. Just the o-rings. It would be nice to know if anyone has posted their dimensions, material, compatible lubes, sources, etc. If you can easily find all the posts, please lemme know. 😗 😉

-Jeff

 

[recDNA]

How about a "Flashlight of the month" club?
LOL :laughing:

Ya really think Titanium MC-E's are gonna be in the flashlight of the month club? All Costco and Ultrafire.

 

[vali]

p.s. It is kinda ridiculous that the CPF moderators break this thread so often. This makes it a major PITA to search for useful information about the Quarks. Seriously. I use other vbulletin forums where the threads have 10K+ posts, and where you can search more frequently than every 30 seconds. 🙄 CPF is stuck in the 1990s...but NEWS FLASH...it is 2009. 😛 Upgrade your lame-a** server to a Pentium 4, at least. You can get one on craigslist for $100. 😉

I really doubt server racks would cost you $100. If we were talking about flashlights, the $100 thing is like a 3xAAA showerhead. You need something reliable (as they will be 24x7 on, literally). As in every aspect of the life, the professional and reliable tools will cost you much more than the average people asume things will cost.

OTOH, do you think they have the server in their home and can change the hardware at will? I worked as a Sysadmin and most times the "limiting" factor is not the hardware (sometimes are even ridiculous things you cant change for a variety of reasons, including the client's will). If they do the things the way they do, I am sure they have good reasons.

Offtopic over (and sorry, I am tired of ppl that things working with computers in a professional way is the same as installing a couple of programs in their home).

 

[uplite]

vali, fyi, 😉 = JOKING

fwiw, I have owned and operated a dedicated 2U server in a 24x7 colo, running (among many other processes) a vBulletin forum. But you're right, it wasn't CPF. :grouphug:

Bottom line, I am happy to pay my hard-earned cash to support forums that work well. RCGroups, for example. They also run on vBulletin...but they have good searching tools, pictures, attachments, and threads run up to 20,000 posts with no problem. So...
🙂

I would pay to support CPF if it was a more usable resource. In the meantime...maybe someone will start a Quark wiki? 😉

Back on topic...really 🙂...does anyone know what the Quark o-rings are made of? Silicone, nitrile, something else? Thx.

-Jeff

 

[PeaceOfMind]

Hey Everyone,

There was some talk awhile back (I think in Part 5) about some of the longer 14500 cells not fitting well into the QAA because of them being a bit too long.

4Sevens jumped in to say that there were going to be new retaining rings available soon that solved the problem. (http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showpost.php?p=3068668&postcount=368%29)

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it already, but I just received one of these new retaining rings in the mail and installed it. It solved my problem with my 14500's being too long! They now fit great. Fit for normal AA's was not affected, they still fit in great too. The new ring is flatter than the old one, it doesn't have the raised area around the inner part of its front.

Thanks to 4Sevens for being kind enough to send me one of the new rings, fantastic customer service. It's great that they are willing to solve problems like this, because in this case it's really the battery that's too long, not because there was anything wrong with the light per se.

 

[Kwanon13]

😀 😀 😀
Yes, series. But we'll start with one model to boot.
I might as well jump into the vortex...

The Maelstroms will be our tactical line of lights.
Significantly brighter than the competition.
Tough as nails. Versatile yet intuitively simple interface.
And it won't cost a fortune. 😀

Vortex, interesting choice of words from one who enjoys " letting it slip" once in a while. Will this be the name of the non-tac mc-e series? :thinking:

 

[AardvarkSagus]

Vortex, interesting choice of words from one who enjoys " letting it slip" once in a while. Will this be the name of the non-tac mc-e series? :thinking:

Either that or it's just the vortex of the Maelstrom. I'm hoping it's another new name...

 

[Billy Berue]

We WERE planning on spacing release dates out but various delays came in so now we have a half a dozen lights almost ready to be released - all nearly the same time 😛

Uh oh...my wallet just climbed out of my pocket unassisted and tried repeatedly to actually jump right into my computer screen!

 

[qip]

half a dozen huh

Ti Quarks
Malstorm MCE
AAA light

whats the other 3

 

[uplite]

4 different Ti Quark bodies + 1 MCE + 1 AA = 6...I think 🙂

The light that I really want to see them release is #7...the Polychrome Maelstrom. RGBW MCE . It's all about the UI... 🙂

-Jeff

 

[ninjaboigt]

47 mentioned someway to attach every quark to your head some how..its in the 4seven's subform...