Don’t know how to say it any other way than this ;
“If your new flashlight looks like it should have come with a condom, it may be an issue carrying it in public without getting mocked”
Anyone remember the Edsel, Yeah it looked a lot like another body part to many people and didn’t last very long in the market even though they were said to be a well made car.
Subaru apparently didn’t do their history lessons and produced an similar grill/front end orifice and it too was mocked. (Subaru B9 Tribeca)
I don’t understand why they push the “adamant” glass breaker/self protection thing and then have “NO” knurling at all on the body.
Contradiction in form and function.
Luckily the glass breaker simply unscrews (well it comes separately in the box, so you can simply not install it at all).
The body I have zero explanations for, it is ugly and I told them exactly that as soon as I saw it. The body on the prototype had some nice finger groves that looked pretty good actually.
Yes, it uses the same optic so it will have the same beam. The only change to the beam is a slightly thicker bezel for some reason so thus a little lower OTF lumens. Although on the plus side the tint shift on the XP-G3 seems to be a little reduced as well.
Yeah, I am not sure on the rules for that as well in this case. The light is released to the public now and they didn’t tell me to not share it but it also looks a lot different.
Everything is the same except the battery tube. Instead of a blank tube the prototype was a smooth finish with 3 gentle finger indention’s cut on 3 sides. Gave it a classy yet simple look.
It is still in pre-order, T_A, so I don’t know if it qualifies as being released to the public! Isn’t it better to hold on a bit, just to avoid some “issues” with BG?
I will probably not get this light, mostly due to things not related to specs or aspect, but looking at it…the S42 was indeed more pleasant to the eye
Shaving those edges on the bezel would help a bit, I guess
Out of curiosity, if the battery tube on the S43 was changed, would that be the only cosmetic issue most of you have with the light?
I think it might be too late for the S43 to be changed but figure I could give it one last try.
The tailcap striker is already removable, makes the tailcap a bit taller then needed but that is about it.
The bezel is the only other real complaint I see here, how big of a deal is it? it is not that aggressive and is not that bad.
I got permission to post the prototype light I got, these are pictures from Mateminco, the ano looks a lot better on mine in real life then the picture look.
I think it is pretty good looking in the real world, the picture do not do it justice. if I have time I might try to get one of mine.
Btw, TA, looking at the prototype, did Astrolux ever properly fix the optics issue that was in the S41? So the optic does not damage the leds but still the leds are in proper focus? (in the S41 they fixed one problem by creating the other).
Probably best not to chance the photo. Sounds interesting, though.
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