TK's Emisar D4 review

is it just me or did this thing come out of nowhere? no buildup or anything, just BAM here is a badass light.

Yeah, pretty much. Nobody had even heard of it until a couple weeks before the first batch was finished.

I may have to see if I can get Hank to participate on BLF a bit more, and tell people in advance when something cool is coming up. It’d probably sell better if people knew it existed.

Hey TK, I bet you are right!

i thought i was the only one :partying_face: anyone knows when the next batch will be?

I’m watching http://intl-outdoor.com for this light to be available…
Any idea when?

TK if you happen to speak with Hank, would you mind asking if he has any idea when his Emisar D1s compact thrower is to be released? Tell him inquiring flashaholics want to know:-)

I just checked mountains website again and it appears the price has increased by five dollars to 40$ for the non xpl hi versions (xpl hi is now 58:money_mouth_face:. Perhaps because of how awesome this new firmware is. Certainly worth the price as far as I am concerned.

Why not offer a pre-order on the site (http://intl-outdoor.com ), so we don’t have to keep checking it several times a day for the arrival of the D4?

+1
Is a Nice light with incredible interface (I love the ToyKeeper work!)…but I hope not increase more and more the price….

Because of hype :slight_smile:
Wait a few more days, price will increase again.
Mike

I’m waiting for the D7 to release!

Same here! Really curious for the details… :smiley:

Sad news. $45 to get 18350?
More than I was hoping for…but I think I’ll get one nevertheless.

TK
Can you please explain what the mode tactical momentary is?
Thanks

It’s a setting that shines only when you press and hold the button. You can do morse code with it (if you know morse code, that is…).

Checked tracking number today. My Emisar D4 should arrive Friday! Can’t wait. :sunglasses:

Tactical (momentary) mode makes it act like a 1-mode light which is only on while the button is pressed.

Mostly.

It can still access battcheck and beacon and stuff from that mode. Normally I’d expect a momentary mode to get “stuck” once entered, so that the only way to exit is to loosen and tighten the tailcap, or to have only one button-press sequence which does anything special — a sequence used to exit the mode. But this one also has battcheck on triple click, lockout, etc. So if you do Morse code too fast it could start blinking out the voltage.

I thought it was weird, but the changelog suggests it was done that way on purpose, so I left it alone. I wasn’t a part of the original design discussions, so I don’t know why a lot of things were done.

Thanks, but most of it was Tom. I only added thermal regulation and some UI tweaks:

Tom

TK

+1………. that’s what Im talking about
C

I suspect the extra $5 at MTNElectronics is due to Richard reflashing to version 2. This takes time, and time is money. $5 is very cheap to open up the light, reflash it, test it, reassemble. We’re all lucky Richard doesn’t make us pay for his BAR exam… :wink:

Cheapest monies you ever spent dealing with a lawyer… Guaranteed! :smiley:

I’m not a fan of solid copper heads like on the Manker lights.

Copper is very heavy. It sits solid in the pocket and I feel it when I walk. I find my manker E14 and E14 II to simply be too heavy for pocket EDC.

It’s even worse for side-switch lights. Having a one-piece copper head is great at getting heat away from the LED to the outside of the head. But it’s counterproductive when doing so means that the head of the light instantly gets burning hot to the touch right where the controls are.

Aluminum is worse at transferring heat than copper, but frankly I’d rather have the LED get hotter and allow me to run the light longer before the exterior of the light gets too hot to touch. LEDs are tough and they can take a lot more heat than my thumb can.