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[Edwood]

Originally Posted by stevesurf

http://www.imagometrics.com/FLReviews/FL_Stuff.htm

Hey Ed - is wifey on hobby overload yet ?

Wooooooo.

I want a couple of these.



-Ed

[Duncan]

I randomly jumped on the band-wagon today with a 3W luxeon torch, its obviously nothing compared to some of the ones you guys have been talking about, but nonetheless still damned impressive for one single LED

[Edwood]

Be careful with multi cell Lithium powered flashlights. They need to be matched voltages. If one is significantly less power than the other, explosions can happen.

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/...5&page=1&pp=30

So if you have a multimeter, check those CR123's before putting them on the light.

-Ed

[Jahn]

i just wanted to post THANK YOU for this thread. i'm in the middle of getting my new place in order, and we have a nasty storage crawlspace under the stairs that obviously has no outlets and is pitch black even at High Noon. i went to Home Depot and got four cheapo stompbox floodlights that immediately went south within a week in that alien environment. before i returned all four, i looked at the candlepower site and found this-

http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=8246

I have the lantern in my bag now, heading home and ready to install 3 long bricks worth of unused baby toy D-batteries for this thing. the best part is that it only cost 3 bucks more than all of those nasty stomplights! bonus since Home Depot gave me full credit even tho i lost the receipt for them and they were obviously used (i think they were still exuding radon fumes).

[Omega]

Originally Posted by Edwood

I'm starting off slowly.

Just ordered a Fenix L1T.

I'll work my way to the Beast, eventually.

I was checking out those Orb RAW Ti. $285, but a funky little torch indeed.

The Fenix L1T will most undoubtedly become my wife's, so I'll have another flashlight purchase to look foward to in the near future.
-Ed

The Ti is a bit over the top...I have an aluminium Orb RAW and it is great. Tough as nails and so small I take it everywhere. You won't find a more powerful torch for the size (it's direct drive)! If you get one, get the switched version.

Link

[Edwood]

Originally Posted by Omega

The Ti is a bit over the top...I have an aluminium Orb RAW and it is great. Tough as nails and so small I take it everywhere. You won't find a more powerful torch for the size (it's direct drive)! If you get one, get the switched version.

Link

Yeah, I couldn't help myself. I am getting the Ti Raw. With the new Cree XR-E. (well, however long it takes Rob to properly integrate it in the Raw)



-Ed

[VR6ofpain]

Originally Posted by Edwood

Yeah, I couldn't help myself. I am getting the Ti Raw. With the new Cree XR-E. (well, however long it takes Rob to properly integrate it in the Raw)



-Ed

"with between 77 and 100 lumens on high". This was funny since I was using my fathers ELX-12, which puts out 1000 lumens on high.

It is a little large though:

[Edwood]

My newest addition to my flashlight collection just arrived today, my new Orb Raw Ti X-RE.

You really don't appreciate how tiny the Orb Raw Ti is until you hold it in your hands for the first time. This is my very first Titanium light, and my first Cree X-RE light as well.

No beam shots since my room is waaaaay too small to do any real beamshots justice, but suffice to say, it is at least 50% brighter than my HDS U60 XRGT on the highest level. The Cree X-RE's tint not so great, though in low mode, it is a sickly blueish/green, and on high it is a colder white, but it is actually closer to a "daylight" white, as it matches my Ott-Lites more. The tint on my HDS U60 XRGT is definitely more "rosey". Very pleasant to look at, but certainly not the most "calibrated" white light I've ever seen.

But enough talk, here's the pics...












Oh, and what better way to EDC my new Tiny Wonder than with a Matt Geissel Holester. Well, I actually had him not put a hole in it, so it's technically not a "hole"ster, per se.
This one is in black with Kangeroo hide, which Matt calls the "Titanium of Leathers" that is a perfect compliment to the Orb Raw Ti. It is lightweight and one of the toughest of hides. And it is very beautiful. The pictures don't do it justice, but it has a slight purple-ish iridescent sheen to it, which is characteristic of "Roo Hide"










-Ed

[Fallingwater]

I know CPF. I'm not a flashaholic, in the sense that there's no way in hell I'm spending thousands of euros to fill my house with sticks that make light, but I do enjoy casually reading the LED flashlight board, mostly to keep sated my thirst for information about all sorts of gadgets.
After three cheapo chinese LED flashlights full of bad contacts and weak LEDs I decided to get a real light and be done with it, so I ordered a Fenix L1S. I'm hoping when it comes I'll be satisfied enough I'll never need to get another general-use flashlight again (provided I don't lose the L1S, of course ).

Oh, I'll also get an M6 sooner or later. Its price tag is a whopping $400, but with the super-high-output head it will stun any person I shine it on, even in full daylight and at a certain distance. This can be a life-saver (in the literal meaning of the term) for people like me, who tend to avoid any physical acivity that isn't strictly necessary. Pepper sprays? Who needs pepper sprays?

[vibin247]

I just placed an order for a SureFire A2, 6 SureFire lithiums, a spares carrier and spare bulb from OpticsHQ. I was thinking of getting the L2, but they were on backorder indefinitely. After reading that massive thread by js on CandlePowerForums, I was convinced that it's the most useful flashlight I could buy.