Posted: 2/26/2011 12:49:04 PM EDT
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Anyone have info in this light Olight i15
olight i15 I am looking for a bright pocket light using AA batteries Also can anyone explain the difference between R4 R5 and Q5 when it comes to flashlights? |
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I have never liked the looks of the O-light lights. Too busy.
Buy a Quark aa tactical. Thank me later..... The quark tactical is programmable for two different modes: bezel tight and bezel loosened. (the bezel is not loose because of the Oring, its just an expression) This light has a .2 lumen moonlight mode that is only useful when your eyes are adjusted for darkness, but damn is it useful! This mode is incredible if you need to move around a house without being seen. Then you have low, medium, high and turbo. Turbo is pushing 200 lumens with a 14500 lithium ion battery, but only around 100 with regular alkaline. For my home work lights I like to keep the bezel loose mode on low and the bezel tight mode on high. If the situation changed and my light usage when way, way up, it would be because I need low level light for moving around my house discreetly or for working on projects. Then I would change to moonlight and medium mode. quark tactical AA The quark is rated in ansi lumens. Its a different standard, but its rated by an independent company. This light will meet or exceed the brightness of the Olight that is rated higher. |
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I've been carrying a 310 lumen Olight T20 as my EDC for about a year now, and just love the crap out of it - It's very compact for a CR123 x 2 cell light, dead-nuts reliable, and plenty bright. I use the 170 lumen medium brightness setting 99 percent of the time - Provides the best compromise between run-time (5 hours) and brightness, IMO. The case is flatted on 3 sides, which makes it perfect for epoxying a small magnet to the flat on the bottom side.
I also have a Quark single CR123 cell light, but don't care much for the clickie switch - It just doesn't feel as sure or smooth as either the Olight's or my Fenix lights. Also, the user interface forces you to click through several excessively dim settings in order to get to the first moderately bright setting. |
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I've been carrying a 310 lumen Olight T20 as my EDC for about a year now, and just love the crap out of it - It's very compact for a CR123 x 2 cell light, dead-nuts reliable, and plenty bright. I use the 170 lumen medium brightness setting 99 percent of the time - Provides the best compromise between run-time (5 hours) and brightness, IMO. The case is flatted on 3 sides, which makes it perfect for epoxying a small magnet to the flat on the bottom side. I also have a Quark single CR123 cell light, but don't care much for the clickie switch - It just doesn't feel as sure or smooth as either the Olight's or my Fenix lights. Also, the user interface forces you to click through several excessively dim settings in order to get to the first moderately bright setting. You are describing the Quark regular, which I like for long term use. The quark tactical has only two modes. |
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Batman, On the Quark AA you recommend it has an S2 LED. Give me your opinion on this versus the R% that 4 sevens is going to use in the near future. I have rad many negative responses to the S2 and the color of light. I have a one light with the S2 in it, but I can't remember which one it is. If I remember correctly it was slightly green on the lower modes. I can't tell by looking at them which one is which. All of them have slight differences in tint. The folks at CPF get all kinds of bitchy about very slight differences in tint when there is no affect at all on the use of the light. The S2 is warmer than the R5, which I have a lot of. Some of them have a very slightly green hue on the lower modes, but over all the light is warmer and brighter. If you are planning on staring at white walls all the time then try to find an older R5 on line from another vendor. If you are buying it to use, the S2 will work very well and is more efficient than the earlier versions. |
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I have never liked the looks of the O-light lights. Too busy. Buy a Quark aa tactical. Thank me later..... The quark tactical is programmable for two different modes: bezel tight and bezel loosened. (the bezel is not loose because of the Oring, its just an expression) This light has a .2 lumen moonlight mode that is only useful when your eyes are adjusted for darkness, but damn is it useful! This mode is incredible if you need to move around a house without being seen. Then you have low, medium, high and turbo. Turbo is pushing 200 lumens with a 14500 lithium ion battery, but only around 100 with regular alkaline. For my home work lights I like to keep the bezel loose mode on low and the bezel tight mode on high. If the situation changed and my light usage when way, way up, it would be because I need low level light for moving around my house discreetly or for working on projects. Then I would change to moonlight and medium mode. quark tactical AA The quark is rated in ansi lumens. Its a different standard, but its rated by an independent company. This light will meet or exceed the brightness of the Olight that is rated higher. FYI Quark (aka 4sevens) and OLight have joined forces and share design aspect and technology now. |
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I have never liked the looks of the O-light lights. Too busy. Buy a Quark aa tactical. Thank me later..... The quark tactical is programmable for two different modes: bezel tight and bezel loosened. (the bezel is not loose because of the Oring, its just an expression) This light has a .2 lumen moonlight mode that is only useful when your eyes are adjusted for darkness, but damn is it useful! This mode is incredible if you need to move around a house without being seen. Then you have low, medium, high and turbo. Turbo is pushing 200 lumens with a 14500 lithium ion battery, but only around 100 with regular alkaline. For my home work lights I like to keep the bezel loose mode on low and the bezel tight mode on high. If the situation changed and my light usage when way, way up, it would be because I need low level light for moving around my house discreetly or for working on projects. Then I would change to moonlight and medium mode. quark tactical AA The quark is rated in ansi lumens. Its a different standard, but its rated by an independent company. This light will meet or exceed the brightness of the Olight that is rated higher. FYI Quark (aka 4sevens) and OLight have joined forces and share design aspect and technology now. link? |
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David Chow @ Shot Show 2K11
24:42 Mins in on the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fspqYcuKJEE |
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David Chow @ Shot Show 2K11 24:42 Mins in on the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fspqYcuKJEE interesting. I have never had anything against O light. I just don't like how busy their lights are. Too many contours and radii that are not necessary to the light. I don't buy lights that resemble ray guns from 50's sci fy flicks. 
I never really made it past the looks of most of their line. 
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i think 200+ lumen off a 14500 battery is VERY optimistic. price looks pretty reasonble. Not at all. I have several near 200 lumen single 123 quarks . They use pretty much the exact same head as the AA light. They are interchangeable. The 14500 puts out 3.7v so with the same head it should put out the same or slightly more lumens. The new quarks are rated in ANSI lumens, but they are still just as bright or brighter than the lights rated 200 lumens on the old system. ETA: I just put my Quark mini XM-L rated at 210 lumens out the front (probably 180+ ANSI lumens) next to my Quark AA regular (rated 95 ansi lumens) with a 14500 and the AA regular was slightly hotter in the spot, but they are nearly identical for brightness over all. |