The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
OK the Lumintop Prince came in. I like the light. Its nice and hefty, not really easy for pocket carry. I like to keep my pockets light.
The light. Its bright and the functions are smooth. The threads are smooth too even though they are common screw threads. The beam is narrow and throwey. It throws light a long way. The color is a nice white, not blueish at all. The light tailstands perfectly. The carbon fiber looks sharp.
The Olight S2 baton is a full cm shorter, same tube diameter. The light is a little lighter but not significantly. The beam is more floody. I generally don't like lights with anything but a flat lens and this one has some kind of optic funkiness in the lens area. The beam is smooth though with no rings. Its nice warm white light without any blueishness. I like this light a lot.
The little Olight S10R has been in my pocket this week. Its badass. It doesn't have the stunning brightness the others do. Thats hard for me to say since back when I was a flashlight guy you were lucky to get 200 lumens out of a light this size. But it sure is handy and the little charging dock it came with sealed it for me. No need to remove the battery. Sit it on the dock with its magnetic tailcap and its charging. Neato.
I took the clips off of all three lights, fyi. So the clip issue wasn't that bad...
OK the Lumintop Prince came in. I like the light. Its nice and hefty, not really easy for pocket carry. I like to keep my pockets light.
The light. Its bright and the functions are smooth. The threads are smooth too even though they are common screw threads. The beam is narrow and throwey. It throws light a long way. The color is a nice white, not blueish at all. The light tailstands perfectly. The carbon fiber looks sharp.
The Olight S2 baton is a full cm shorter, same tube diameter. The light is a little lighter but not significantly. The beam is more floody. I generally don't like lights with anything but a flat lens and this one has some kind of optic funkiness in the lens area. The beam is smooth though with no rings. Its nice warm white light without any blueishness. I like this light a lot.
The little Olight S10R has been in my pocket this week. Its badass. It doesn't have the stunning brightness the others do. Thats hard for me to say since back when I was a flashlight guy you were lucky to get 200 lumens out of a light this size. But it sure is handy and the little charging dock it came with sealed it for me. No need to remove the battery. Sit it on the dock with its magnetic tailcap and its charging. Neato.
I took the clips off of all three lights, fyi. So the clip issue wasn't that bad...
Under the heading of watching grass grow...
Exciting news. Today my less than week old Maratac copper, showed the first inklings of tarnish. Cant wait. Cheap date.
On the subject of tandem 123s in the Surefire P2x Fury, etc. still waiting. Ive listened to Surefire's automated customer service system 5 times since the other day, tell about their world class service, but have yet to get a call back and talk to a live human. Mebbe thats why theres no Surefire conversation here?
Trying to follow all this, and having fun, is the only difference between the Olight S1 Baton and the S10R Baton II the recharge-ability? And what does anyone know about availability of the blasted Ti or raw copper S1 Baton?
Thanks Philip, hope I didn't come off as grumpy ol guy - that particular comment was my back handed attempt to let TripleT know I was following up. But it does open the question, after 10 pages here, how come so little Surefire conversation?
Under the heading of watching grass grow...
Exciting news. Today my less than week old Maratac copper, showed the first inklings of tarnish. Cant wait. Cheap date.
On the subject of tandem 123s in the Surefire P2x Fury, etc. still waiting. Ive listened to Surefire's automated customer service system 5 times since the other day, tell about their world class service, but have yet to get a call back and talk to a live human. Mebbe thats why theres no Surefire conversation here?
Trying to follow all this, and having fun, is the only difference between the Olight S1 Baton and the S10R Baton II the recharge-ability? And what does anyone know about availability of the blasted Ti or raw copper S1 Baton?
Andy, If you had to choose.. is it the Prince or the S2?