Im not above saying something stupid but…. I suppose it is no more ridiculous than flashlights made of meteorites and hiking boots.
Actually I was serious(but as I mentioned earlier in the link above)as a custom clip that would work on the bill of a cap…. why wouldnt this design work if the other clip could be removed? I realize this design would not be preferred for a ‘dedicated’ pocket clip even though it could still be used as one(using the 1st bend) but more important to me, also on the bill of a cap. As I said earlier, I dont like or use pocket clips and would probably remove the current clip if it wasnt glued.
I would personally prefer to be able to use the clip on a cap, or remove it, so I hope it is not glued. If it is glued, I will use it with the clip as is, and be fine with it.
So mostly iron with a bit of nickel. If I remember correctly, these are likely to represent the core of large planetary bodies - the space material which has undergone differentiation (light stuff floats to top, heavy sinks to bottom leading to compositional stratification). Not too disimilar to earth - iron-nickle core and ‘scummy’ crust floats ontop.
Wiki link to the meteorite this material came from:
Sure got quiet I thought I might get either a “that’s a stupid idea because ……” or “thats a neat idea” or some response in between ……… I don’t know what to think…… maybe I AM missing something.
Here’s some on-topic noise. I just read the review of the recent prototype, which notes that the battery tube is not quite long enough to accommodate button-top cells.
Isn’t this a glaring oversight for a product that has been in development for so long, with several prototype stages already past? How difficult can it be to add 50 thousandths of an inch, so that another entire family of common cells can also be used?
I will be pretty disappointed to find this thing in production and still unable to accommodate the collection of high-drain cells I have accumulated for my D4, D1S, and Q8. I don’t want to have to maintain another special set of batteries for this one application.
Proto2 worked fine with button-top unprotected cells. However, proto4 only fits flat-top unprotected cells. I think this is caused by the known issue with the driver being in the wrong spot, and it should be fixed by correcting the driver fit.
It’s supposed to fit like this… which is how both proto1 and proto2 were made:
… but proto4’s driver cavity wasn’t made quite big enough, so it ended up more like this:
I hope it’s clear from the diagram why this could cause issues with battery length. Restoring that part to how it was in earlier prototypes should fix it.