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Today my Inova X1 torch from performancefieldgear on eBay arrived in the mail.
It's a cool little light. The build quality is really good. It feels fairly weighty for a light of its size (just under four inches long), and well balanced. Everything is tight, and the spring piston on the inside to ensure a good circuit feels tough and resiliant, as does the rubber switch on the end. The X1 is a lot easier to grip than I expected, despite its smooth sides.
The endcap switch (tighten down for constant on, loosen a half turn for momentary, and another half for off) works really well, but I'd have liked some sort of tactile feedback, just because I don't like the feeling of unscrewing the cap. But like I said, the system works, and thanks to the rubber O ring, it works perfectly underwater (I took it into the pool tonight).
If there's one thing that bothers me about the light, it's that there's dust under the lens. Boo. Oh well, it's no big deal.
The single LED produces a lot of light, and the projector lens gives it a fairly long throw, but at the expense of any spill light. A dim halo is all you get if you want ambient light.
The next Inova I buy is probably going to be the XO, which kind of reminds me of a bigger X1, even though the systems are very different. That, or I'll get a UV X5 in black, just for cool factor.
http://www.ikonomi.com/images/x12.jpg
http://www.ikonomi.com/images/x13.jpg
Today my Inova X1 torch from performancefieldgear on eBay arrived in the mail.
It's a cool little light. The build quality is really good. It feels fairly weighty for a light of its size (just under four inches long), and well balanced. Everything is tight, and the spring piston on the inside to ensure a good circuit feels tough and resiliant, as does the rubber switch on the end. The X1 is a lot easier to grip than I expected, despite its smooth sides.
The endcap switch (tighten down for constant on, loosen a half turn for momentary, and another half for off) works really well, but I'd have liked some sort of tactile feedback, just because I don't like the feeling of unscrewing the cap. But like I said, the system works, and thanks to the rubber O ring, it works perfectly underwater (I took it into the pool tonight).
If there's one thing that bothers me about the light, it's that there's dust under the lens. Boo. Oh well, it's no big deal.
The single LED produces a lot of light, and the projector lens gives it a fairly long throw, but at the expense of any spill light. A dim halo is all you get if you want ambient light.
The next Inova I buy is probably going to be the XO, which kind of reminds me of a bigger X1, even though the systems are very different. That, or I'll get a UV X5 in black, just for cool factor.
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