What kind of idiot would take a brand new M6

[MikeLip]

And, having loaded it with batteries, look into the beam and turn it on?

Answer - This one!

Just got my M6 from OpticsHQ, and thankfully I didn't put the HOLA in it! (Yet!) Yeow, this thing is BRIGHT! Can't wait for it to get dark out. Wow, what a chunk of hardware this light is, and even with the mere low output lamp it's a stunner! I suspect that the LOLA will be way more than adequate after I get done playing!

 

[Katdaddy]

How bout a pic of you looking down the barrel with it turned on, just so we can really get the idea!!

 

[BVH]

Mike, bite-your-tongue! How can you say that anything less than the maximum possible lumens is adequate??? This is not in the spirit of CPF. MORE is always better! :nana:

 

[MikeLip]

Mike, bite-your-tongue! How can you say that anything less than the maximum possible lumens is adequate??? This is not in the spirit of CPF. MORE is always better! :nana:

...says the guy with the searchlight!

I *said* I was gonna play with it! Sheesh! I need to compare it to my AE light and N30 HIDs tonight!

I want a searchlight too!

 

[MikeLip]

How bout a pic of you looking down the barrel with it turned on, just so we can really get the idea!!

It's going to be a while before I can see well enough to take a picture. Hang on!

 

[ttran97]

Just wait till you try it with the HOLA! The M6 really flexes its muscles when you use the HOLA outdoors. Excellent throw and beautiful color rendition.

And yes, OpticsHQ is great! I just got mine from them last Friday.

 

[flashgreenie]

:welcome: Just out of curiosity, what does seared eyeballs feel like??? :thumbsup:

 

[MikeLip]

:welcome: Just out of curiosity, what does seared eyeballs feel like??? :thumbsup:

Thanks for the welcome, but I've been here a while 1000 posts coming soon!

As for the fried eyeballs, I don't know. Fortunately the pain receptors are gone too!

 

[MikeLip]

Just wait till you try it with the HOLA! The M6 really flexes its muscles when you use the HOLA outdoors. Excellent throw and beautiful color rendition.

And yes, OpticsHQ is great! I just got mine from them last Friday.

OK, time to go kill some batteries! I wish I had a camera handy, there is a little family on my desk; L1, A2, L5 and M6 all in a row.

 

[flashgreenie]

OK, time to go kill some batteries! I wish I had a camera handy, there is a little family on my desk; L1, A2, L5 and M6 all in a row.

Have fun. I have been thinking of getting a M6 for a long time now but just could not scrape up enough cash for it. I actually been to OpticsHQ office in SF. I have seen their storeroom full of SF stuff :huh: and they ask me if there was anything else I wanted as I was about to pay. You should have seen me twitching as I tried to gain control of my hands and very reluctantly step out of the storeroom. oo:

 

[Illum]

When my M6 first arrived, its shorter than the 2D Eveready I have on my desk [keeping a stock 2D with the Surefires ], its looks so small and innocent, flip it over so its bezel up and I immediately looked directly in, as if reeled in by the beauty of the MOP...and then...WHOOM, heat in the face, seared retinas

its going to be a forever learned lesson to lock out the light, no matter how small or innocent it is, before a close-up lamp examination:laughing:

Mike, bite-your-tongue! How can you say that anything less than the maximum possible lumens is adequate??? This is not in the spirit of CPF. MORE is always better! :nana:

even with the MN15 [X-LOLA] this thing ain't a clunker:nana:

 

[Brozneo]

Haha I've learnt the lesson, never look into a light over 100 lumens when turning it on... However my friends haven't and I let them make the mistake!

 

[:)>]

Yeow, this thing is BRIGHT! Can't wait for it to get dark out. Wow, what a chunk of hardware this light is, and even with the mere low output lamp it's a stunner! I suspect that the LOLA will be way more than adequate after I get done playing!

It is getting dark Mike...

... and you are in for a treat:twothumbs

 

[Tempest UK]

A message to retinas everywhere: the M6 is not your friend.

Regards,
Tempest

 

[JNewell]

The heat alone that the M6 generates is impressive if you shine it at your hand (or face, eyes closed, please!). No need to blind yourself...

 

[leukos]

...says the guy with the searchlight!

I *said* I was gonna play with it! Sheesh! I need to compare it to my AE light and N30 HIDs tonight!

I want a searchlight too!

The N30 will make the M6 HOLA seem pretty weak.

 

[MikeLip]

I figured that. It's hard to beat an HID! I love those things.

The M6 with HOLA is, well, unbelievable. And no, I did NOT look into the beam.

I *have* done that with my 6D ROP with it's HOLA. Ouch. Eh, I don't need these eyeballs anyway.

 

[Size15's]

The heat alone that the M6 generates is impressive if you shine it at your hand (or face, eyes closed, please!). No need to blind yourself...

Try and shine at your ear... :devil:

 

[Tempest UK]

Try and shine at your ear... :devil:

Does your brain melt and dribble out?

Regards,
Tempest

 

[MikeLip]

Does your brain melt and dribble out?

Regards,
Tempest

Cool! I'll try it!