Titanium Peaks

[tigersaigon]

Any folks having experience with any Peak in Ti? How's Titanium's toughness as compared to stainless steel? I heard that Titanium is almost comparable to steel in terms of toughness but extremely corrosion-proof and lightweight.

 

[cy]

had two ti peak lights... both were excellent lights.

1x 123 ti light was kind of slippery due to no knurling.
1xAAA ti has a wonderful form factor.

 

[arty]

I don't know whether or not Peak uses an alloy or what alloy they use. Pure titanium is not very hard. Some titanium alloys can be pretty hard and tough.
Titanium is heavier than aluminum and lighter than steel. Durability depends on the alloy.
Some aluminum alloys are pretty tough and hard - like the stuff that they use in gun frames.

 

[dmdrewitt]

I received 2 Titanium Peak lights today :thumbsup:

One is engraved with

BOEING X-43A/MACH 10 TITANIUM

the other

CIA AURORA/MACH 7 TITANIUM

Can anyone shed light onto the meaning of this inscription?

Both lights are very nicely machined.

David

 

[tigersaigon]

Hey David, how much did you pay for those two Ti Peaks? Regarding your question, I dunno a definite answer, but FYI, those lights belong to the limited edition by Peak by beginning of July (please refer back to thread dated 02-07-2007). The CIA Auroma/Mach 7 is, in fact, the CR123 Caribbean, and the BoeingX-43A/Mach 10 is actually the CR123 Rainier. My guess is that Peak - being an engineering workshop specializing in making aeroplane parts - wanted their sophisticated lights, made from Titanium alloys, to sound top-notch quality that people can expect from aerospace industry. You know nowadays they use hundreds of ton of Titanium alloy in airplanes; Alu alloys such as T6 6061 are only used for airplane skin. Most of Ti (in alloy form) nowadays is mainly serving aeroplane industry and it takes a while more before we can have more commercial engineered products made from Ti.

 

[dmdrewitt]

Hey David, how much did you pay for those two Ti Peaks? Regarding your question, I dunno a definite answer, but FYI, those lights belong to the limited edition by Peak by beginning of July (please refer back to thread dated 02-07-2007). The CIA Auroma/Mach 7 is, in fact, the CR123 Caribbean, and the BoeingX-43A/Mach 10 is actually the CR123 Rainier. My guess is that Peak - being an engineering workshop specializing in making aeroplane parts - wanted their sophisticated lights, made from Titanium alloys, to sound top-notch quality that people can expect from aerospace industry. You know nowadays they use hundreds of ton of Titanium alloy in airplanes; Alu alloys such as T6 6061 are only used for airplane skin. Most of Ti (in alloy form) nowadays is mainly serving aeroplane industry and it takes a while more before we can have more commercial engineered products made from Ti.

Thanks for the info

I paid :-

Rainier Titanium Rainier-tt $175.00 LED = P4
Caribbean Titanium Caribbean-TT $160.00 LED = P4

 

[paulr]

I have a Pacific 1AA in ti, bought secondhand from another cpf'er. I like the look of ti and the weight is fine. I have a stainless steel Matterhorn as well and it's beautiful but I never use it because it's so darn heavy. However I feel the Pacific design is too complicated (too many parts that unscrew, and seems like 2x the size of my old Arc AA), and my particular unit has an electrical defect.

I'm not sure what you mean by toughness. It does get scratched up a bit if that's what you mean. HA might hold up better in that regard. Ti is more corrosion resistant from what I understand. Maybe it's more impact resistant too, in terms of denting.

The Pacific has a smooth reflector making a rather tight beam where I'd rather have more of a flood beam. But that's a matter of subjective preference and lots of users want long throw even in these low powered lights :shrug:.