New bad-*** Princeton Tec Apex -WOW !!!

New bad-*** Princeton Tec Apex:



Burn time: 3 hours on 3 watt LED high mode
Built in heat sink
Waterproof to 1 Meter
Current regulated for constant light output
Battery power meter to let you know about battery life
2 switch designfor independent contrlol of the 3 watt LED and the 4 - 5mm LEDs.
4AA battery pack in the back designed to use AA alkaline, Lithium, & NiMH rechargeable batteries
Colors black, olive drab, orange

Pre-order here:
http://www.modernmountainman.com/catalog.php?type=product&id=43887

That thing looks pretty sweet. Time to upgrade my headlamp.

Yea, It looked so good that I pre-ordered one Sat.

i was planning on a eos or corona but i might have to buy one of these

I thought about getting one of these, but went with the Corona.
Throw isnt real important to me in a headlamp, but multiple levels and runtime was.

If alot of throw is important to you though, you might want this, or the Zenix IQ.

I recently bought a Yukon HL, although I'm pleased with it's performance, I'm wanting a little more light on the low setting and more distance on high. I'm hoping that the Apex with 4- 5mm leds outside the main lens will get me closer to what I need.
With the HL's 3- 5mm leds in the reflector, I assume that it is hindering the main bulb's ability.
I'll report back when I get it. You guy's have more time on this then I do, what do you think?

Where does the heat go?
If it is running the LED at 3 watts, there will be quite a bit of it.
Or is this another case of an underdirven Luxeon and the wattage is just marketing?

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mrme said:
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I believe that it has a heat sink on the back, if you look closely at this picture you can see what I assume are metal heat sink fins.

Perhaps the heat sink is similar to that of the Corona?

The Apex is supposed to have multiple power levels for the 3W LED and the 5mm LEDs (equipped.com had a little blurb about it in their SHOT show report).

I'm definitely picking this one up once it hits the shelves.

Sam

the heat sinks are the same right behing the lamp assembly

It's pretty serious!! I like the light weight models, though.

The age of 3W LS....My Yukon HL should retire soon...

Any clues on when it's coming out?

May

Does anyone have the EOS models, I just ordered 2 for $23 each and am wondering maybe if I should just wait for the apex? whats the price on the apex?

Ryan

Nevermind, $67 for the new apex, I dont feel bad at all about spending $23 on the EOS model, you can never have to many i guess

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rscanady said:
Nevermind, $67 for the new apex, I dont feel bad at all about spending $23 on the EOS model, you can never have to many i guess

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Where did you order the EOS from?

If the Apex has a battery gauge, how does it distinguish between rechargeables, alks or liths? Typically, a battery gauge depends on voltage.

Most of the world uses alkalines in their lights. I doubt a company like PT would even bother trying to figure out a way to distinguish different chemistries.

Also, by the time Ni-Mh and lithium battereis have any noticable volatage drop, they are pretty well toast anyways (at least acording to the graphs I have seen). So what good would a gage do you? It couldn't be trusted.

My biggest beef with using Ni-Mh in my headlamps is almost no warning before they die. Alkalines give you plenty of warning.