Is THIS worth $354 or only $353...........?

LED Flashlights – General Info
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Stoopid Enquiring Minds* wood like to know.

I’m thinking of buying a dozen stocking stuffers for this Christmas. :laughing:

Btw, cood an Engleman-type make a better BLF version before I shell out der sheckels?

https://www.silentthunderordnance.com/flashlights/storm-of-ra

PS. I just wanna be sure I’m not being TRULY ABSURD here which would truly be against my general historical nature.

PSS*. “Enquiring Minds” cuz my wife has been reading The National Enquirer on-line for the past year. Lately I’ve noticed her IQ has dropped about 30 points. :student:

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I dunno what’s going on in this thread but you can get the MF04S for $155 which has an almost equivalent output.

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Very strange wide beam for an aspheric, judging by the pictures.
A lot of bladibla in the description too.
Highly unpractical looking light, especially the cooling, looks very fragile.

Other than that, it’s radical !

I would want to have the lens. :slight_smile:

In all, it’s unique and (more or less) hand built.
I’m not gonna buy it though.

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Ok butt is it WORTH $354 or even $353? :money_mouth_face: :sunglasses:

Btw with that WIDE of an “aspheric“ beam, is this REALLY gonna ANSI-out at almost a dern frickin’ MILE??

:open_mouth:

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Whaddya do widdit?

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U cood play with it by yerself or with a partner. Or at minimum light up the entire SIDE of a mountain 1.22 miles away. I don’t think even Engleman does that kind of sh*t. :+1: :beer: :person_facepalming:

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Advanced Knife bro did a review on it years ago on youtube, I just looked it up and its pretty cool and unique for a light.

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Buying gifts for Christmas? News flash: Christmas was last week!

I’d buy one if it fit in my pocket, but…….

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Is that one of Zalman’s CPU heatsinks I see?

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That vid shows the beam better than the STO site. It seems that it uses a TIR precollimator.

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Yes and as the main body was 3D printed, it is all the more odd that they didn’t print something to protect the cooling part.

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No sex please, we’re Brittish. Hm, at least some of us are.

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8000 lumens output…only 2 cells…220x200x160mm… maybe I missed something.

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Note that it’s 8000 emitter lumens. Only 6000 out the front.

The light itself has a plastic body with what appears to be a PC heat sink on it. I wonder how durable or water resistant it is. Also that heat sink might get very hot. Be careful not to touch it.

On the upside, sustaining 6000 lumens is quite impressive. And because the body of the light is not made of metal, this light might be a lot lighter and easier to carry around than similar class lights from other manufacturers.

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354$ for ugly tint shift and bad focused beam? :open_mouth:

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Yeah well it certainly made a reasonably skeptical impression on me. It appears their “compound optical system” conceivably gives a healthy run against wavier collars and laser LEDs - especially in the long down range flood aspects.

Patented or not? If not maybe sumone cood buy one for the team and reverse engineer it just like a good eastern country engineer wood. :student:

Then again maybe Engleman isn’t impressed so why bother. Maybe just a relatively simple TIR hybrid. IDK.

Either way if performance specs reality true they got one heck of an Engleman-type working there fer shure.

:open_mouth: :beer:

PS. Of course I wood never advocate a BLFer to reverse engineer anything for profit unless legitimately legal.

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BLF GT is cheaper… Maybe go for a GT90?

Anyway, the main obstacles to building this yourself would be: need a large host to start. Then, a very large lens and precollimator. Next, focus it all properly. Finally, cool the LED. The price doesn’t seem unreasonable, though I have some design concerns.