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KD5NRH wrote:

Grog wrote:Most flashaholics who would consider that light (didn't click the link, but it had to be the TK40)

TK45, actually; whole new design, with 3 heads and $5 cheaper than the 40.

That's what I get for not reading CPF for a month, I miss all the newness


I like bright lights, was going to get one of these but I finally gave up and got a refund since it was six months past due


It might have been a little big for every day carry, but it would have been a "blast" to play with.

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KFP wrote:I'd go this route http://www.511tactical.com/browse/Home/ ... 0000:50500" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; for the same price, and not worry about batteries.

I'd be really suspicious of their claims; if there's a battery that can charge fully in 90 seconds and handle daily recharging for over a hundred years with only 4% capacity loss and still be cheap enough to use in a $150 light, the laptop industry, among lots of others, would really like to know about it. Imagine the professional photographers who would pay good money for a camera battery that will never leave them needing more than a minute and a half to charge up when they realize they forgot to charge the spare before an all-day wedding shoot.

KD5NRH wrote:

KFP wrote:I'd go this route http://www.511tactical.com/browse/Home/ ... 0000:50500" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; for the same price, and not worry about batteries.

I'd be really suspicious of their claims; if there's a battery that can charge fully in 90 seconds and handle daily recharging for over a hundred years with only 4% capacity loss and still be cheap enough to use in a $150 light, the laptop industry, among lots of others, would really like to know about it. Imagine the professional photographers who would pay good money for a camera battery that will never leave them needing more than a minute and a half to charge up when they realize they forgot to charge the spare before an all-day wedding shoot.

I haven't had any personal experience with it, but they're (5.11) willing to put a limited lifetime warranty on it. How limited that is, I don't know, but I would give it a shot if I was looking for a light that size.

KFP wrote:

KD5NRH wrote:

KFP wrote:I'd go this route http://www.511tactical.com/browse/Home/ ... 0000:50500" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; for the same price, and not worry about batteries.

I'd be really suspicious of their claims; if there's a battery that can charge fully in 90 seconds and handle daily recharging for over a hundred years with only 4% capacity loss and still be cheap enough to use in a $150 light, the laptop industry, among lots of others, would really like to know about it. Imagine the professional photographers who would pay good money for a camera battery that will never leave them needing more than a minute and a half to charge up when they realize they forgot to charge the spare before an all-day wedding shoot.

I haven't had any personal experience with it, but they're (5.11) willing to put a limited lifetime warranty on it. How limited that is, I don't know, but I would give it a shot if I was looking for a light that size.

It's not a battery - it uses a capacitor. A couple of guys at work have them and I've been impressed.

KFP wrote:I haven't had any personal experience with it, but they're (5.11) willing to put a limited lifetime warranty on it. How limited that is, I don't know, but I would give it a shot if I was looking for a light that size.

Every "limited" warranty I've ever seen on electronics considers power sources (batteries, usually even AC adapters) to be consumable items, and not covered unless DOA.