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Nothing against you MWClint just a lot of people seemed to be unaware of the original source, as shown by the above post. Good job bringing it out into the open :twothumbs I guess the CD is something that we Peak fans would have, but the rest of the community was still in the dark about the wide range of cool stuff Peak offer.
Cheers Norm
 
I stand by my earlier comment. MWClint's work is outstanding and Peak Solutions should put it up on their website posthaste.

The fact that the information is readily available on Peak Solutions' own CD makes the website confuscation even more difficult to fathom. Why would Peak want to keep new buyers in the dark about their wide range of cool stuff? :shrug:

P.S. Pardon me for coming off a bit sarcastic with that last comment. Norm has a point about crediting the source of the information. However, knowing that the information is available on CD doesn't make navigating the website any less frustrating. My apologies, if I offended anyone.
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1dash1 said:
I've selected RGB, which I assume means that the flashlight has red, green and blue LED's - but I don't know whether they all turn on at the same time or whether there are any sequential modes.

And I know that there are two power levels that I can choose - I don't know what HP stands for, but I guess UP stands for Ultra-Power because that is what StarHalo called his flashlight.
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1. RGB leds switch from red to green to blue over the course of a few seconds. The colors sort of fade from one to the next. It's an interesting effect. Having a bunch of them in a single light is pretty cool, sort of hypnotic. Just understand you are getting a really neat decorative gadget (think of christmas tree lights) and conversation piece, not a utilitarian illumination device. If you want to see the effect before buying an expensive light, you can get Fauxtons with the RGB leds for a dollar or so from DX and so forth. If I were buying an RGB McKinley I'd seriously think about getting it in brass, if that's still available.

2. HP means "high power" which for 5mm lights I think means around 20 mA to the led. There used to be "standard power" which was lower, but it was renamed to "XLR" (extra long running) since most people didn't want it for everyday use. UP (ultra power) is somewhat overdriven, and "SP" (super power) is only for power leds (Seoul etc). I have some vague recollection of "SU" (super ultra), an even more powerful setting for some lights, but am not sure of this.
 
Yes they have a difficult website (I found the info on here much better) and the design is very utilitarian- BUT one call to them sold me. Kurt spend almost an hour with me- getting the perfect light design. I should have it next week. ALMOST an Hour!!! for $60 stinking dollars! that is GREAT customer service!
 
Boy I don't go to CPF often enough....... I had never heard of Peak. I would think that might be because they don't seem to advertise. I've never had one link to them come up on a google search yet. I'm glad I got to see the website. It's like many people have said utilitarian.

That's what I thought after seeing many of the lights, practical, functional, utility lights. If they were going for a niche, I think they have achieved that and there's nothing wrong with that at all. I think if that's what they want, then more power to them.

I would say that it's probably something I would consider, but not likely buy. I think a lot of what I see is much worse though. Heck all the "chinese" lights look like they were made from old pipe fittings and flanges. Heck, they look like you need a pipe wrench to use them! So all in all, Peak aren't bad looking at all.

What's the most popular utilitarian light? Maglite. Heck, it's got to be the most purchased light ever and it's still being bought by the carload, but it's not pretty either, only functional and practical.

Maybe Peak will promote themselves more or maybe not, but I'm glad I got to see some of their stuff through this thread....
 
One more reason - NO CLICK SWITCH. Not a big deal for me, but for some it is. Peaks have a beautiful twist action, but some lesser lights have such poor twisties it's enough to make people swear off ever having another twisty.
 
I think the best thing Peak could do is CLEARLY state on their website that these lights are custom made- and that after putting together an idea of what you want- CALL THEM. Honestly if I had not read through all the posts here- I probably would have given up- But one phone call was all it took to make me realize how truely wonderful they are- and how special each of their lights are. If anyone reading this is on the fence CALL THEM- you won't be dissappiontedlovecpf
 
LED_Thrift said:
One more reason - NO CLICK SWITCH. Not a big deal for me, but for some it is. Peaks have a beautiful twist action, but some lesser lights have such poor twisties it's enough to make people swear off ever having another twisty.
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Night Patrol has a click switch. First Responder has a click switch.
 
stefanj said:
I think the best thing Peak could do is CLEARLY state on their website that these lights are custom made- and that after putting together an idea of what you want- CALL THEM. Honestly if I had not read through all the posts here- I probably would have given up- But one phone call was all it took to make me realize how truely wonderful they are- and how special each of their lights are. If anyone reading this is on the fence CALL THEM- you won't be dissappiontedlovecpf
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+1 Well put.
 
LED_Thrift said:
Forgot about the two newest. I've been interested in those two, and I'm suprised that there isn't more buzz about them.
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I really like the first responder. Saw it in person at Peak yesterday. The design has been revamped from what is shown on the website. It is now a single P7 host. If SSC ever brings a warm white P7 to market, I will own a First Responder.

The First Responder has 2 optional battery tubes, one short and one long. I forget what the short one will hold, but the long one is 2x18650 or 4xCR123A or 4XRCR123.

First Responder has an On/Off clicky tail switch and a potentiometer near the head which allows you infinite output adjustment from about 2lm to 1000lm.

One thing to note about Peak lights is that they look HUGE on the website, in reality these are small lights. Most of the models are very small. The First Responder is not exactly small, but it is small for the application.
 
It's true that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder (or beerholder, depending on where you're at). I actually think that some of Peak's lights look pretty good. Similar to many people, I never purchased a Peak light because of the limited exposure here and information-lacking website. However, MWClint's post here: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=212589&highlight=peak+products certainly made it a lot easier for those who are unfamiliar with their lights. (I didn't even know you could lego them).

I'm going to call Peak up and order meself one Matterhorn stainless with 10180 tube. :devil:
 
1dash1 said:
And, if he already knows what he wants, the smart buyer wouldn't bother with the website. He'd just call in his order and talk to the nice people who run the company and find out directly from the source the exact ins and outs of the different products, availability, and options. :thumbsup:
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So, maybe someone should offer to build them a new website. The existing one isn't that complicated, it's just built in an overly-complex framework (Flash) for no damn good reason. It would probably 10 hours to replicate everything on the site in good old Java/HTML.

Question: What does the RGB do? Does it cycle through colors, or does it use multiple single-color LEDs to emulate white light? Can I get a beamshot up in hyeah?
 
I really hope they listen to the feedback...

I have wanted to pick one up for a while now but I still havent been able to make sense of all the different options/features.

I would have probably picked up more than a few if I understood the models.
 
deusexaethera said:
Question: What does the RGB do? Does it cycle through colors, or does it use multiple single-color LEDs to emulate white light? Can I get a beamshot up in hyeah?
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I don't have one of those to post a beamshot but I have put red, green, and blue LEDs together and tested them. In my observation the center hotspot was white (warm white) but you could still see separate areas of red, green, and blue in the spill. I didn't have the LEDs in a reflector or anything I just had them taped together in a triangle fashion.
 
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Morelite said:
The RGB LEDs all light together to make white light.
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While this is correct when wiring an RGB LED yourself, it is not correct in regards to Peak RGB models.

All Peak RGB LEDs cycle through a range of colors randomly. In models that have more than one LED, they are also asynchronous, creating a miasma of colors.
 
StarHalo said:
While this is correct when wiring an RGB LED yourself, it is not correct in regards to Peak RGB models.

All Peak RGB LEDs cycle through a range of colors randomly. In models that have more than one LED, they are also asynchronous, creating a miasma of colors.
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Thanks for correcting me. Thats good to know, I was going to order a 3 LED Shasta in the RGB style. I was under the impression that they where wired to produce white light. In my playing around I used single colored LEDs (one white, one green, and one blue) and powered them separately but all on together. I thought the peak 3 LED was the same way. Now I see that Peak uses a RGB LED (or multi RGB LEDs), I wish their site would provide more info than they do.
 
I have a 7 led Peak McKinley RGB. When turned on the LEDs are all red but soon change to blue and green and back to red, etc. It doesn't take long for some of the LEDs to lag others in the color change and then they are mostly out of sync. What you have is that each LED changes color and not different color LEDs in the light. Quite unique and useless but puts on a good show. Peak has made some half marble clear lenses (recommended with this RGB light) which slip over the bezel giving a nice projection of sort-of-circles on a wall or ceiling. Just the think to put your youngster to bed watching.
 
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