Re: Calling all Quarks, Quark Lego Review (updated with OTF numbers)
Ti-force... just piling on to what everyone else has said... GREAT work than is extremely helpful and useful!
I'm a bit of a Quark fanatic myself and really love the legoing.... that's a major feature for me. Along with the clean beams and super low moonlight. Very nice lights.
I just received a special run XP-G R4 Neutral White 123x2 (I run all of my 123x2 Quarks with a single 17670 li-ion). And I'm finding that much of the time, the light will not revert back to default at the next "turn-on". For example, I'll use momentary on MAX, then the next time I use momentary, it comes on strobe. Even if the time period in between is much longer than 3 seconds, like 10 sec or 30 sec. I sent a note to 4Sevens about exchanging the head for another, but haven't heard back.
The XP-G R4 is sure a floody emitter... very nice, wide, clean general beam (and bright!) with only mildly noticible central emphasis. It almost looks like a P7 or MC-E in use. I like it except for distant targets.
Any input on tints with the XP-G R5? I've read some folks complaining about a greenish tinge and others saying they don't have that issue. (Of course if your illuminated target is a foliage laden exterior scene, it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to detect a greenish tinge on a greenish subject.) Do you think these different reports reflect a difference in their individual samples, a difference in the perspective/perception of the individual users, or perhaps some folks are evaluating using an exterior scene and just can't tell because of that?
Thanks for the kind words; I appreciate that
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You say you're having trouble with your Regular UI Quark. Are you using a tactical switch with this light? I've read about issues while using the Tactical (forwarding) switch with the Regular UI, and your problems sound very similar to the problems I've read about. If you're using a Tactical switch, have you tried this with the Regular (reverse clicky) switch to eliminate the Tactical switch as a problem?
If you're not using the Tactical switch, then I'd say you definitely have a problem, but if you have another Regular UI Quark, you could try the tailcap from that light on the NW Quark to see if the problem is in the switch of the NW Quark somehow.
The only other possible problem I can think of is this: I can loosen the head on my Quark to access the other mode(s), and if I don't loosen the head far enough, there is just enough play in the threads (where the head screws on to the body) that the body can make contact with the driver board again and it would be the same as twisting the head back tight, although I think you would notice this change when you turned the light on, but it's something to think about.
If you think this might be your problem, turn the light on and barely loosen the head until it switches to the other mode, then hold the light with one hand and pull the head back towards the light with the other hand and you should see what I'm talking about.
I have had this happen to me before when turning the light on one handed and it took me a minute to figure it out. This may not be your problem at all, but I thought I'd suggest it anyway.
On to the tint. Out of all the XP-G R5 Quarks I've purchased, only one of them had a green tint to it, and that light was purchased used from another member on the Marketplace. I'm not saying the user intentionally rid his green tinted light to me, and either way, it had a green tint when it was purchased new, but the odds might be greater of getting a green tint on the Marketplace if you know what I mean
. Anyway, to answer your question, yes it really is green. I mean, it's not like a Quark RGB on green or anything, but it definitely has a noticeable green tint to it. It probably varies from emitter to emitter though at just how green the tint is. All my other Quark cool white XP-G's have an almost pure white hot spot.
I didn't like the tint of my 1 green tinted XP-G, so I actually removed it from the MCPCB and replaced it with a NW emitter that I purchased from Cutter, but most people either aren't willing to do open heart surgery on their Quark, or they don't have the tools or skills to do it, so not everyone has that option. I will say this though, my mistake was comparing that light against another cool white emitter on a white wall. That was the kiss of death haha.... For some reason that really makes the green tint stand out, and after that, you will notice it from then on.
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