tacticool flashlight from 511

[deepwater]

http://www.511tactical.com/html511/static/LFLDemo.html

check out the link. uses capacitors instead of batteries and recharges in 90 sseconds


deepwater

[fightingquaker13]

$160! Call me an old fart, but, well, ITS A FREAKING FLASHLIGHT!!!!!!!
 Sorry, just had to get that off my chest. I've spent $6 to get a water proof diffuse beam LED by Dorcy that is great for boating and camp chores. I've got a gaggle of Mag Lights in various sizes, (from fit in your pocket, to probably illegal in Boston). I even sprung for a $60 Streamlite (I hate to admit it, but I will use the word "tactical") flashlight, at around 200 lumens. Still, $160? Is it just me, or does this seem absurd to anyone else?
FQ13 who can't quite fathom why you would spend that kind of money on something you could get for about $10-$50 at Gander Mountain, depending on whether you were going to use it as a backup weapon or not.

[deepwater]

expensive, but if their claims of unit life are true than you have a light for many, many years to come, without changing batteries, ever. 90 escond charge time so you don't wait around for it to charge when you need it again in a hurry. it would be useful to me if it wasn't LED as I use a light every day and go through  lot of batteries.just this trip i have cost the company nearly the cost of the light in battery consumption. yes, amount of use is key on getting a return on your investment with an item like this.
and it is cool.
well, gotta go. time to go back to work.


deepwater

[crusader rabbit]

Gosh, Deepwater...  I hate to have to say this, but I think FQ is right on this one.  If you need a flashlight going all day long, why not get a decent Mag and a double handful of Ni Cads, then cycle the batteries through the charger(s).

Another problem with something that costs as much as your new light is the way you feel when you drop the sucker someplace you can't get to to retrieve it.  You get to drop 16 $10-Mag-lites to generate the same "sense of loss."  And if you drop that many in a single day...  well, you may need to re-think what you're doing with your life.  Or reduce your alcohol consumption.

COSTCO sells a pair of really neat, very high intensity little lights for about $30.  They run on AAAs and recharge-ables work fine.  Their power consumption is minimal for so much light, and they even come with a lanyard so you have a chance of getting it back when it falls from your inebriated fingers.  

No wonder all our stuff from China costs so dang much...  You merchant marine types are making WAAAAY too much money (LOL)

By the way...  When you getting back?  Haz and I just bottled another batch of beverage that sombody has to help drink.

[philw]

http://www.511tactical.com/html511/static/LFLDemo.html

check out the link. uses capacitors instead of batteries and recharges in 90 sseconds


deepwater

I like the look of these    DAM it   i want one

[Sponsor]

[billt]

Perhaps it's me, but I've never had any luck with "rechargeable" anything. Unless you use them all the time rechargeable batteries, capacitors, etc. seem to go bad from sitting for long periods of time. A lot like these high dollar cordless power tools from companies like DeWalt, Ryobi, and the like. If your a contractor who makes a living with them you're good to go. But for a guy to spend $200.00 on a drill he'll wind up using 3 times a year for some little project, the batteries will go well before you wear them out. Rechargeable batteries work best, and last the longest when they are used on a regular basis, and deep cycled from a full charge to all but dead. Anything less and they're on borrowed time.

That light is really nice, and if I was a cop, or a pilot who flew a lot at night, I'd have one. But for as much as I use a flashlight I just can't justify it. I'm still trying to justify buying a Surefire 9P, and they are only $70.00 or so.   Bill T.

[Teresa Heilevang]

I have one of their flashlight like this one but it doesn't recharge..its the step under.. it takes batteries..
it is awesome and I love it.. . I got it when I took the class at Gunsite..
 I wouldn't spend that kind of money though for a light  if I was buying it myself.. (  )

[r_w]

Perhaps it's me, but I've never had any luck with "rechargeable" anything. Unless you use them all the time rechargeable batteries, capacitors, etc. seem to go bad from sitting for long periods of time.

That light is really nice, and if I was a cop, or a pilot who flew a lot at night, I'd have one. But for as much as I use a flashlight I just can't justify it. I'm still trying to justify buying a Surefire 9P, and they are only $70.00 or so.   Bill T.

That is the beauty of the capacitors--they don't die from lack of use like nicad. 

Yeah it is stupid expensive, but if it were cheaper I would have one planted on the nightstand, by every door, and in every vehicle. 

As it is today, it is really hard to beat the AA and AAA LED lights out there.  120 lumens for $10   we are spoiled.

[Big Frank]

I read part opf the FAQs and it sounds pretty good. If you recharge it once a day it should last 135 years.

[fightingquaker13]

I read part opf the FAQs and it sounds pretty good. If you recharge it once a day it should last 135 years.

Yeah, but I'll only last another forty, and that's if I make some serious lifestyle changes. I can hear it now: "I, Deepwater, having passed on to the Great Hereafter, do hereby bequeath to you, my son and heir, this flashlight. May it serve you well".
Sorry, I couldn't help it.
FQ13