The Ultimate EagleTac M2*** TRIPLE REVIEW!

[dudu84]

UPDATE:

Hi All. I was contacted by a representative of EagleTac and was told a fix is a week away for the body seal issue. I believe it will be a retrofit and will be provided at no cost to owners of the M2*** series lights. They said tweezers and the correct screwdriver (tiny phillips) will be needed. I will keep you posted if any more details come my way. They also suggested transferring the stock tailcap's O-ring if you choose to install the optional clicky tailcap.

Great! It seems eagletac is listening :thumbsup:

 

[Helmut.G]

UPDATE:

Hi All. I was contacted by a representative of EagleTac and was told a fix is a week away for the body seal issue. I believe it will be a retrofit and will be provided at no cost to owners of the M2*** series lights. They said tweezers and the correct screwdriver (tiny phillips) will be needed. I will keep you posted if any more details come my way. They also suggested transferring the stock tailcap's O-ring if you choose to install the optional clicky tailcap.

Also, due to coincidence, at least one photo will not show up for a week. Fortunately, I switched nearly all of the photos to another host. I can't get the last one(s) because a new 10000 word limit was instituded and as a result, I can no longer edit this post because the board won't allow it. Greta is aware of the situation and I believe she is working on it.

Thank you for your great work 🙂 :thanks:

 

[wojtek_pl]

Great review ! :twothumbs

Though I thought they can make rotating switch better. And waterproof at least... :thumbsdow

 

[striwa88]

I really love this light, Got it from PTS-Flashlights (M2C4).
Well night finally came and I decided to take a walk around the neighborhood, WOW the output from such a small package is very impressive. Anyway I have to credit this thing from a possible dog attack, as I was walking a dog behind a fence was barking like crazy not the nice hey I'm here bark, but let me get out I need a snack kinda bark, so next thing I know he jumps over the fence and is running at me, I turn this laser on to Turbo and Poof the dog explodes 😱! But seriously once the light hits him, he stops dead in his tracks like a dog that was scolded with a huge newspaper. His owners see the light and call him off. So.... I am glad I was packing such an intense light I think it saved me a painful dog bite. Great light glad Eagletac is listening to the consumers. lovecpf

CIAO

 

[Vernon]

4Sevens received a shipment late Monday afternoon, and they have enough to fill all of their pre-orders. It's going to be a good weekend.

 

[Mike Painter]

Great review ! :twothumbs

Though I thought they can make rotating switch better. And waterproof at least... :thumbsdow

This is probably as good as I will find. It is still not as good as my mag-light with a separate pot. The pot sits just above the switch and can go from dim to full on with just a flick of the thumb.
It lets me decide before or after I turn the light on how bright I want it.

 

[faucon]

I took my M2 out for another spin tonight. On high it visibly reached the far goalpost of a football field that was well over 100 yards away. So probably not far off 250 yards at a guess. I also installed the clicky tailcap and personally I really love it and find it comfortable. I'm so used to a tactical grip and I use the momentary feature constantly, so I'm keeping the clicky. For another thing, it lets me retain the primary setting I want. Great light.

 

[Kremer]

Well after playing in the dark for a bit I really like the M2C4, the low is enough for a lot of outside tasks, and medium is enough for most of the rest. The top two brightnesses are quite a lot of output, and 900 Lu strobe at night? woa....
Like others have stated I definately would not call the P7 model a "flooder". Yes, it lights up everything in front of you, but it still has a nice hotspot that goes for quite a distance (easily 200yd in my neighborhood). I
compare it most closely to the beam profile from my L2D Q5. The spill from this thing is insane, looking at the light cone shining it up in the air I estimate about 70 degrees edge to edge in the spill.
I also took out my TLE-300M light, the P7 to my eyes in a ceiling bounce is darn close but has a slight edge over the TLE-300. It is much warmer than the terralux and is almost a spotlight by comparison to the TLE's broad bat shaped wall of light.
Again as previously reviewed in the underhand grip the mode ring falls right under you thumb, and brightness changes are quite natural, until you accidentally get strobe a fraction past full power. In an overhand grip with your thumb on the clickie the grip is quite natural also, however mode changes are now a bit of a pain, requiring either some pinkie olympics, a flip in the hand, or help from your 2nd hand.
I also notice that when activating on low that the light seems to flash to the 2nd level for an instant before settling down, almost like the turbo flash from my L2Q but not near as pronounced.

I like it.
~Dougk

 

[bilatos]

Hello friends, my name is Wagner and I live in Brazil, I'm new in the CPF community, would like help from you, I am in doubt to buy a flashlight, I Jetbeam m1x between the Tiablo Ace-G or the Eagletac M2, I wonder if someone compared the 3, I want a flashlight that has a good range and very light, what do you recommend? thanks:twothumbs

 

[Splunk_Au]

Any reason why there's no side by side comparison of the M2C4 vs TK40 since they're both using quad dies?

Seems like a fairer apples to apples comparison rather than the M2XC4 vs TK40.

 

[1dash1]

Hello friends, my name is Wagner and I live in Brazil, I'm new in the CPF community, would like help from you, I am in doubt to buy a flashlight, I Jetbeam m1x between the Tiablo Ace-G or the Eagletac M2, I wonder if someone compared the 3, I want a flashlight that has a good range and very light, what do you recommend? thanks:twothumbs

Bilatos:

This will get you part of the way to your goal. Link.

:welcome:

 

[brightnorm]

...I have to credit this thing from a possible dog attack, as I was walking a dog behind a fence was barking like crazy not the nice hey I'm here bark, but let me get out I need a snack kinda bark, so next thing I know he jumps over the fence and is running at me, I turn this laser on to Turbo and Poof the dog explodes 😱! But seriously once the light hits him, he stops dead in his tracks like a dog that was scolded with a huge newspaper. His owners see the light and call him off. So.... I am glad I was packing such an intense light I think it saved me a painful dog bite. Great light glad Eagletac is listening to the consumers. CIAO

Glad it worked! It's impressive that in this high-stress situation you were able to hit turbo without inadvertently activating strobe. Had you been practicing a lot with the light?

Brightnorm

 

[striwa88]

I think at first I did strobe him out but then just turned it back a notch to turbo, strobe is just as effective if not more so. :duck:

 

[brightnorm]

You know, that may turn out to be a solution to the "I wanted turbo but got strobe" problem. Deliberately hit strobe then instantly turn back to turbo. I'll have to try it when mine arrives.

Brightnorm

 

[rizky_p]

nice review, make me want to buy one. I want the tri-cree version so bad!

 

[ntalbot]

UPDATE:

Hi All. I was contacted by a representative of EagleTac and was told a fix is a week away for the body seal issue. I believe it will be a retrofit and will be provided at no cost to owners of the M2*** series lights. They said tweezers and the correct screwdriver (tiny phillips) will be needed. I will keep you posted if any more details come my way. They also suggested transferring the stock tailcap's O-ring if you choose to install the optional clicky tailcap.
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Cool!
I was wondering if you could measure the current draw from the batteries when these M2's have been turned off by the selector ring, with the tailcap turned on. The reason I am concerned about this is that the Raptor, with it's similar UI, uses a significant amount of power when turned off by the selector ring, but with the clicky in the on position (as reported by Flavio). I don't want my batteries to get drained if my M2 sits on the shelf for a bit. (I am planning to not install the clicky so it can tail stand).
Thanks!

 

[Wattnot]

Great review ! :twothumbs

Though I thought they can make rotating switch better. And waterproof at least... :thumbsdow

The rotating switch and the head should be waterproof. I told the rep who contacted me that people were going to be concerned about the head as well and she informed me that the head is sealed with 1.5mm O-ring at the lens, and 2.0mm O-ring at the reflector and another 1.0mm O-ring at the pcb bay. EagleTac is addressing the body tube leak issue and I feel the head is fine. I'm sure they'll stand behind the product.

Any reason why there's no side by side comparison of the M2C4 vs TK40 since they're both using quad dies?

Seems like a fairer apples to apples comparison rather than the M2XC4 vs TK40.

I thought about this but I believe I touched on it above. The TK40 kind of fits in-between the M2C4 and the M2XC4s. They're more like apples and oranges. I left the TK40 out of the larger distance shots because it just added confusion. The P7 and the tri-emitters are so different . . . THAT was an apples to pizza comparison! At 300 feet the M2XC4s beat the TK40 by a good margin. The TK40 had a brighter hotspot than the M2C4 but not as much spill. I too first thought the two quad emitters would be similar but the TK40 seemed closer to the M2XC4 than the M2C4, as odd as that seems. Perhaps I'll take another look at it when I get out there with the Tiablo A9 comparison somebody requested.

Cool!
I was wondering if you could measure the current draw from the batteries when these M2's have been turned off by the selector ring, with the tailcap turned on. The reason I am concerned about this is that the Raptor, with it's similar UI, uses a significant amount of power when turned off by the selector ring, but with the clicky in the on position (as reported by Flavio). I don't want my batteries to get drained if my M2 sits on the shelf for a bit. (I am planning to not install the clicky so it can tail stand).
Thanks!

I seriously doubt there is any parasitic drain with these lights. They are not computer controled. The selector ring is a manual switch. The tailcap is a dumb single pole switch that breaks the connection between the two batteries. When I was doing the current measurements, there was zero draw until I turned the light on.

 

[Helmut.G]

I thought about this but I believe I touched on it above. The TK40 kind of fits in-between the M2C4 and the M2XC4s. They're more like apples and oranges. I left the TK40 out of the larger distance shots because it just added confusion. The P7 and the tri-emitters are so different . . . THAT was an apples to pizza comparison! At 300 feet the M2XC4s beat the TK40 by a good margin. The TK40 had a brighter hotspot than the M2C4 but not as much spill. I too first thought the two quad emitters would be similar but the TK40 seemed closer to the M2XC4 than the M2C4, as odd as that seems. Perhaps I'll take another look at it when I get out there with the Tiablo A9 comparison somebody requested.

That makes sense to me as the M2 was specially designed to be floody. The M2X versions are for throw.

 

[jzmtl]

The rotating switch and the head should be waterproof. I told the rep who contacted me that people were going to be concerned about the head as well and she informed me that the head is sealed with 1.5mm O-ring at the lens, and 2.0mm O-ring at the reflector and another 1.0mm O-ring at the pcb bay. EagleTac is addressing the body tube leak issue and I feel the head is fine. I'm sure they'll stand behind the product.

That's really strange. Sounds like they went overboard fortify the front end, yet left back door wide open. Good thing they are quick to correct any error, as previously showed by T10C2 lens issue.

 

[Dizos]

I told the rep who contacted me that people were going to be concerned about the head as well and she informed me that the head is sealed with 1.5mm O-ring at the lens, and 2.0mm O-ring at the reflector and another 1.0mm O-ring at the pcb bay.

Thank you for the great review. Did you discuss with the rep about the selector ring needing a stop before going into strobe?