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I can be wrong on this, but hasn’t a prototype not a thin oring between the tubes on the head side?
Thougt I read about it on the Taschenlampen-Forum. Would be a cheap elegant solution to keep them in place.

Joe

That could work. But I’d think you’d need 2 o-rings. One at each end of the battery tube to insure that the inner tube floats away from the outer tube at all points. You would also need slots in preferably the inner tube to keep the o-rings in place. I’m not sure the inner tube is thick enough for o-ring slots.

Better would be a thin shrink-wrap like the ones used on 18650’s.

put me down for 1 please.

Yes, the tail has an O-ring between the two tubes. Perhaps the front end should too… if there’s a way to actually get a thin enough one in place.

Fritz took his prototype apart. It apparently also works with rubber boots.

I try to check TLF from time to time, but there is usually not much nude gnu news. Instead, I find other funny things to read:

:smiley:

Looks Great!

Please update quantity to now be a total of 2 for #965 StevenK (I believe that is the #)

Thanks,
Steven

There are o-rings plenty thin enough. And for such a thin o-ring, not much of an indent in the tube should be needed to hold it in place. But, I still think it’s not the best solution. Then again, I’m not an engineer by trade, nor a machinist.

No news is bad news, but in this case, I think people dropping off the radar for months is just

old gnus.

I, for one, need such mumps as lightning and candle modes! :partying_face:

:sunglasses: :+1:

With the inner tube design. It would be possible to bore some holes in the outer tube.

I’m a Gnu:

Or for Brexiteers:

Edit: it has been pointed out to me that some may not get that “The English are best” is sharp irony, first published 1963. Please don’t take it literally.

No. The current design has waterproofing, which is probably not worth sacrificing for some tryptophobia-inducing aesthetic changes.

But why ?

Not a good look, costly, and compromises everything the tube is supposed to do. Bizzare idea.

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Reminds me a bit of the Thorens turntable I bought with money from my first real job. Replaced the original head with a light-weight version. And drilled a lot of vent-holes in it. All in the name of losing weight. The downside was that you needed to stay away when playing a record. Slip-stream, you know. The Thorens was not IP8, of course. But that did not matter, because it was not bought to be an EDC.

I agree it’s not that practical, but I think it just looks so good :slight_smile:

Can Andúril do a battery check (and nothing else of the blinkies) in lock out mode?
Would that a good feature?

Joe

Interested

I fancy one of these, put me on the list please.