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Princeton Tec Switch MPLS
Colour: Body: Tan with Red and White LED
price: €45.60
The manufacturer says...
The Switch-MPLS is designed as a personal task light that offers very light weight and unmatched versatility. Combining
functionality with intuitive design is the name of the game
when you have a dual-LED head on a flexi-neck platform.
Specialty lighting colours are important when accomplishing
tasks that require night vision preservation, the Switch-MPLS
will always turn on in the low mode of these specialty colours,
but with a 2 second hold of the large push button, the SwitchMPLS will activate the bright white or red LED mode for better
illumination. Specialty LED colours include Red, IR, Blue, and
Green. High output colours include White and Red.
Specifications: power 10 lumens, batteries 2 x 2016 lithium
coin cell, weight 17 grams and waterproof to level 1 (designed
for water resistance to splashing and quick dunkings).
Our reviewer Cpl Ruairi Jacob (1 ACS) says...
The MPLS is designed as a task light for the soldier who finds
they are carrying out numerous jobs within their line of work.
It is designed to aid the soldier in many aspects and is also a
great aid for those who require it to operate at night, maintaining night vision. When operating the system it always
turns on at the lowest setting first and switches on as red
lighting first. There is also the option of using white light by
just a press of the operating button. This task light is very light
to carry at 17 grams and can be attached to your assault vest,
helmet and even your personal weapon - with the correct
railing system. It is a very manoeuvrable system due to the
flexi neck, so you can manipulate the light to suit your need.
I used the system on the weapons intelligence course and
found it of good benefit whenever I was working at night. Due
to its nature you hardly know you have it on your person. The
battery life is good and it uses 2 lithium coin cell batteries. This
also makes it handy as the spare batteries can be easily carried.
The only downsides were the cost and also the fact that our
Steyrs' don't yet have the railing system required. Overall the
system itself is very good and proves to be a good aid to the
operational soldier in many different capacities.
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Last month's winner of a €100 voucher
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Waterproof 9 - Battery Life 9 - Brightness 8 - Flexi-neck 9 Function 8
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