Hi guys,
I want a powerful thrower and am choosing between the Thrunite Catapult or one from the Eagletac M2 range. Which is best? If Eagletac which model? Any advice please would be much appreciated.
Cheers
Gary
Gary,
The best thrower of the Eagletac M2s is the M2XC4 cool tint which I have as well as the Catapult. Hands down the Catapult is a much better light in my opinion. I do not care for the activation ring on the Eagletac. It has no detents or anything else to indicate what setting you are on. As you rotate the ring clockwise (with the light facing forward) it starts on the dimmest mode and then gets brighter until it hits strobe. At that point I back it off one setting judging by intensity as nothing else lets you know where to stop until I'm on the brightest mode.
The Eagletac has a slightly wider spill beam than the Catapult but the Catapult's spill and spot are brighter. The Catapult lights up my field better and lights up distant objects better.
The Catapult doesn't use a battery carrier which is one less thing to go wrong. The Catapult weighs 14.85oz and the Eagletac 13.5oz. The Catapult is 4 inches longer with the extension tube which it needs for full brightness. Longer and skinnier compared to short and fat.
If I were buying them again I would definitely get the Catapult but pass on the Eagletac.
Other than the revolving activation ring and battery carrier the Eagletac seems well built. I could live with the battery carrier but the revolving ring sucks. This is from a guy who loves the revolving ring on his Jetbeam RRT-1.
Keep in mind these are from my two samples. I have two RRT-1s and two M1Xs and they have quite a bit of variation between two individual specimens of the same light. One RRT-1 easily out throws my DBS and the other is about dead even with the DBS. My older M1X has a slightly warm beam with a tighter hot spot than the one I just bought which has a slightly blue beam with a wider hot spot and doesn't throw as well. Both M1Xs are very close to the Catapult in output and have wider spill beams. They light up more of my field and seem to throw just as well in actual use. The Catapult definitely has a prettier beam and slighty hotter spot on a white wall but in real world the M1X does everything just as well with a wider spill.
Those are my impressions of my samples of these lights in real world use.
Hope it helps.