Got the palm blaze in today.
Pretty standard 2x123 sized light. It came with some batteries, which was nice, and I unscrewed the tailcap and put them in. It took me a second to figure out the switch. You screw it down to leave it on, but only if the switch in the middle is clicked. You have to press the switch in really far to engage it, so when the tailcap is screwed all the way down you can push it in half way (easily) for a momentary function. You could also leave it clicked on and unscrew the tailcap to turn the light off, it's pretty versatile.
The light itself seems to be decent quality. It's a good size for the hand and the bumps on the body make it fairly easy to grip, although the finish is so smooth that it could be hard to hold onto with gloves. The switch seems to be not veyr smooth (it's kindof creaky), and I'd guess that if anything on the light eventually fails, that would be it.
When I turned it on I kindof knew what to expect but I'll describe it here anyway. The light is pretty bright. The beam pattern is useful IMO, it's a square with a round hot spot in the middle. The round hot spot isn't much brighter than the rest of the square however, so it's kindof like a big "wall of light" as I remember someone else saying. It doesn't seem like it would throw very far though. The color of the light is pretty purple, which is disappointing compared to the felix p1d-ce which is rather white, although it's a small complaint.
Overall I like this light. It seems useful and fairly bright. The beam pattern is kindof its party trick but it's still a useful function IMO.
It's not as bright as the fenix p1d-ce but it seems to put out a more even beam, which is useful like when one day you want an apple instead of an orange.
K2 and p1d-ce
pid-ce, k2, and 3D cell maglite, all with pretty fresh batteries.
Draw your own conclusions about the brightness from the beam shots
Pretty standard 2x123 sized light. It came with some batteries, which was nice, and I unscrewed the tailcap and put them in. It took me a second to figure out the switch. You screw it down to leave it on, but only if the switch in the middle is clicked. You have to press the switch in really far to engage it, so when the tailcap is screwed all the way down you can push it in half way (easily) for a momentary function. You could also leave it clicked on and unscrew the tailcap to turn the light off, it's pretty versatile.
The light itself seems to be decent quality. It's a good size for the hand and the bumps on the body make it fairly easy to grip, although the finish is so smooth that it could be hard to hold onto with gloves. The switch seems to be not veyr smooth (it's kindof creaky), and I'd guess that if anything on the light eventually fails, that would be it.
When I turned it on I kindof knew what to expect but I'll describe it here anyway. The light is pretty bright. The beam pattern is useful IMO, it's a square with a round hot spot in the middle. The round hot spot isn't much brighter than the rest of the square however, so it's kindof like a big "wall of light" as I remember someone else saying. It doesn't seem like it would throw very far though. The color of the light is pretty purple, which is disappointing compared to the felix p1d-ce which is rather white, although it's a small complaint.
Overall I like this light. It seems useful and fairly bright. The beam pattern is kindof its party trick but it's still a useful function IMO.
It's not as bright as the fenix p1d-ce but it seems to put out a more even beam, which is useful like when one day you want an apple instead of an orange.
K2 and p1d-ce
pid-ce, k2, and 3D cell maglite, all with pretty fresh batteries.
Draw your own conclusions about the brightness from the beam shots
