Here it is in the box. A very good manual is included, two spare o-rings, one spare rubber boot for the clicky switch and a warranty card.




Different angles/sides of the Spear.






Broken down in the main components. The head doesnt separate from the light engine part, it seems to be glued. The lanyard hole in the tailcap is chamfered.




The top end of the battery tube. Very good machining and finish. When screwed down tight the tube touches the driver in the head and the light is on high. A slight counter clockwise turn and contact is broken = low level. The top end threads are coated. Lower end threads are anodized to facilitate lockout by loosening the tailcap a bit. The tube is anodized on the inside surface.




The tailcap disassembled. The switch module is brass and seem to be of very high quality. Its not possible to disassemble more than this. The part of the spring touching the battery was rough on my sample and it scratched the 18650 cell. I took some very fine sanding sponge to it and now its very smooth.




Other side of the clicky switch.




To access the lens and reflector screw out the lens retaining ring over the lens, then use the holes in the head to push out the reflector. A note on changing reflectors/disassemling the reflector from the head: Its important to make sure the lens retaining ring is screwed down all the way as it will affect throw and hotspot size if it isnt fully tightened. If you leave the retaining ring a tad untightened the hotspot will be a bit bigger and throw decreases.





Looking down into the head at the driver and battery spring. Very good workmanship and fit/finish. On low level the driver emits a very very low high pitched tone, I have to hold the light to my ear to hear it.




The head disassembled. Lift/shake out the lens and remove the o-ring between the lens and reflector. The reflector can be lifted by using the holes in the head, push it upwards.




The reflector with the two o-rings for waterproofing.




Inner diameter is 36 mm and depth is 38 mm. Tiablo A9 has 36 mm deep reflectors and MRV 32 mm.






The massive 3 mm thick lens. Diameter of the lens, measured at ten points around the circumference, is between 40.05 mm to 40.14 mm at the widest point.




Looking down into the head at the brass light pill. It unscrews by using long tweezers/a pointed pair of scissors or pliers.




The heavy brass pill/light engine. This makes it easy to upgrade the Spear with new emitter pills or just modding the existing pill with new emitters and/or drivers. Diameter of the pill over the threads is 21.90 mm. As a comparison a D26 dropin pill is ~19.8 mm. So its considerably larger than the standard D26 led drop in pills.








Some pictures of detail work, very nice finish/fit and machining on this light.








Here with its smaller sibling, the Nitecore DI.




A size comparison with some common objects.




I have no problems operating the Spear with or without gloves. But I have big hands, size 12 in gloves. With smaller hands I think it would be harder with the flared tailcap.







EDGE TACs features and Specs from the original sales thread.

It can be found here:
http://www.cpfmarketplace.com/mp/sho...d.php?t=171684

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Features:
Designed and tasked for Self-Defense and Law Enforcement use;
CREE Q5 WC high efficiency LED (Light Emitting Diode);
Maximum Output 250 lumens; about 22000Lux at 1M;
Twopresetbrightness output levels, can be switched easily through rotating the light bezel;
Compact size and light weight, suitable for EDC (Every day carry);
PatentedThermoflowTMheat sinking design;
Excellent high-efficiency circuit;
Prominent runtime;
Tactical forward clicky switch;
Super light-gathering metal reflector;
Impact-resistant optical lens withDual-CoatingTM technique;
Made from rugged military grade aluminum alloy;
Mil-Spec Type III Hard Anodized finish in Black;
Impact Resistance to drop tests in accordance to US MIL-STD-810F;
Waterproof to IPX-8 standard;
Optional Accessories: Tactical Remote Tailcap Switch and Weapon Mount.


Specification

Dimension:
Bezel Diameter: 45mm
Body Diameter: 25.4mm
Tail Diameter 36mm
Overall Length:158mm
Weight:203 g (without battery)
Battery:powered by one 2400mAH 18650 Li-ion battery;

Output & Runtime
Maximum Output 250 lumens, for about 110 minutes (with brightness declines to 50%)
Minimum Output 5 lumens, for about 200 hours (with brightness declines to 50%)

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White wall beamshots.

All shots at 0.5 meter. f/2.8, ISO 100, white balance on daylight/sunlight, 0 EV. Exposure time 1/80 sec for the bright shoths and 1/800 sec for the underexposed.

First the beam distribution on high level, 1/80 sec.




Beam distribution on low level, 1/80 sec.




Spear and Tiablo A9 on RCR123.





Spear and Tiablo A9 on 18650 LiION.





Spear and MRV on RCR123.





Spear and MRV on 18650 LiION.







Outdoor beamshots at 50 and 95 metres.

The lights used for the outdoor beamshots.




Number one,RaidFire Spear. CREE Q5 WC. Stock version. 24 600 Lux in throw at one metre on high. one AW 18650 LiION cell.
Number two,Tiablo A9 stock version CREE Q5 WC. 21 700 Lux in throw at one metre with two AW RCR123 LiION cells. 16 820 Lux in throw at one metre with one AW 18650 LiION cell.
Number three,MRV with CREE Q5 WG, stock driver. 19 350 Lux in throw at one metre with two AW RCR123 LiION cells. 14 720 Lux in throw at one metre with one AW 18650 LiION cell.
Number four,Tiablo A8 modded. CREE Q5 WG, FluPic at burst 1200 mA, UCL-type lens. 30 380 Lux in throw at one metre with one AW 18650 LiION cell.
Number five,3D M*g with SSC P4 USOXH and three mode driver with max at 1200 mA. UCL lens. 22 010 Lux in throw at one metre with NiMH cells.



Reference shots of the first setting, 50 metres








A note about the beamshots. Cameras seem to favour the warmer WG tint CREE Q5 used in the MRV. It is weaker than both the Spear and the Tiablos on all cell configs. I judged it to be ill advised to use another white balance setting for the MRV as it would compromise the complete beamshot effort. Due to the severe weather with subzero rain and fog at the 200 metre site I had to scratch that for the time being. If time and weather permits I might do that later.



First setting at 50 metres

























Second setting at 95 metres

























Runtime on AW18650 2200 mAh LiION

Excellent runtime on 18650 on high level. At 92 minutes the light starts to flicker when th low voltage warning cuts in. A few seconds after the flicker starts the light abruptly goes out. I havent done any runtimes on low since that would be going on for at least a week if Im to trust EDGE TACs own figures. For this test starting voltage was 4.20 V and stop voltage was 2.9 V. Note that EDGE TAC used the Sanyo 2400 mAh cell for testing, using that cell might improve runtime somewhat.