Cometa Beamshots

I thought I’d share some beamshots I took tonight. I thought about sticking this is in the group buy thread, but didn’t seem appropriate with all the active discussion regarding the orders and troubleshooting.

I tried to adjust my camera settings to make it look as real as possible to what you would actually see. Also, I don’t know the exact distances to all of the buildings, but I measures the ones that I could using Google Maps.
#1: 150 meters

#2

#3: This one is 185 meters

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#5

Nice, I always have trouble with beam shots, especially the distance ones like you have here.

The Cometa is an awesome light, the production issues aside of course. Not minimizing the issues by any means. I am very happy with mine.

Yeah, it took me a few tweaks on my camera to find a good balance. It’s one the few flashlights that has really wowed some of my family. It’s an amazing thrower and I’m super happy with it as well. I wish I had more clear distance to work with.

Speaking of production issues, the two main ones I saw (it’s hard to keep up in the other thread) were the bottom of the pill contacting the positive end of the battery and also the solder joints on the star contacting the black metal ring. Was there also something mentioned about soldering issues on the components of the driver? And if so, is that something I would need to “fix”?

I think it is the components on the edge of the driver grounding out on the pill.

I will take mine apart and check it again, put a ring of kapton tape around the driver and go back to having fun with it…