Mine is 4.19V too.
Thank you Pok. That's great there's a level of quality control with regard to the internals. I'd like to know what else Hanks manufacturer builds.
nice beamshots. when I buy this light I'll probably order a good diffusing lens. I like a floodier beam for camping and it'd be a shame to lose output in such a great light.
Thanks Dthrckt, if you find anything good, maybe you could post a beam shot.
Lens used here is 41.8mm by 1.85mm.
Considered a UCL lens from Flashlightlens.com but went budget and ordered a 42mm AR coated lens from intl-outdoor - $3 shipped. Maybe insignificant but fun to do anyway. Lens is very easy to access.
I saw the UCL at the other place the other day. First time I've gone there and they actually sold one in the correct diameter I could use. I wasn't sure if the extra thickness would allow the bezel to screw down all the way, but I ordered it anyway. I really don't know how much difference it'll make, but 99% transmittance sounds good to me. I'll take a beam shot before and after and see if I can tell the difference.
The 41.8mm x 1.90mm UCL from Flashlightlens.com is a perfect fit for this light. In spite of being slightly thicker, the bezel still screwed down completely. My eyes couldn't tell any difference from the non-AR coated stock lens, but I'm glad to have it installed anyway.
I really want one of these, but I don't think I can deal with the branding on that one side.
It looks really ugly...
I have to agree with you 100% on that. It was the first thing I noticed when I unwrapped it and the only thing about this light that had me skaking my head in a negative way. I haven't experimented on it yet to see if it can be removed, but one way or another, it's coming off or will at least be hidden some how.
Would you mind keeping me updated on that, anyway at all to sort that and I'll be buying one.
I also bought this wonderful flashlight. Mine is pretty "ringy" in the beam, but I can live with that. The coolest thing is the ability to charge my iPhone and iPad wherever I am. Works really well for this.
I am doing a runtime test on low. So far it has run 24 hours and down to 80% batteries according to the lights on the end.
I really love this light!
@Watkins, I sure will. I tried rubbing alcohol and it didn't do a thing. I may have to resort to adding some grip tape I used on my DRY flashlight. But I'll let you know.
Hi Shank2001, There are no rings on mine at all. If possible, see if you can post a white wall photo of the ringy pattern. I'm also curious which batteries you installed in yours. Until I come up with some money to purchase a set of Redilast 3100's, I'm using some Redilast 2600's. I'm sure once I get the higher capacity cells in there, it'll easily fully charge my wife's Ipad2 no problem.
BTW...the 8*7135 2.8a driver in this light really puts out a good amount of light with a wonderful tight hot spot.
I am running AW2900s in mine. I don't have a place to host photos currently, otherwise I would post pics.
Okay, no problem. I usually use Photobucket.com for all my photos. Here is a quick photo I took of mine on high mode pointed at a white wall after I installed the UCL from flashlightlens.com
This is the best solution I can come up with to hide the manufacturers labeling. It's soft texture grip tape that we keep on hand for areas around our small boat. It's also what I used on my DRY flashlight so it doesn't slip out of my hand. It sits inside the recess and won't come off unless you physically try and peel it off. I think it's a better solution rather than trying to paint it over, which no doubt would eventually peel off at some point.
I use http://tinypic.com/ to host my images, works great. You don't have to register or anything, as simple as it gets.
The flashlight is great for DIY'ers. The brass pill assembly just unscrews out from the aluminum reflector body. And the LED star is held down with 2 screws.
I put a little more thermal grease behind the star as there was only a spot. Contemplating a 9th AMC1735 for 3.1a but I've never soldered something so fine and afraid to muck up a $50 flashlight. Would need a new tip, some soldering paste, and better eyes.
Today we had a black out and my mobile phone battery was just about dead, i though about this light and how handy it would be, then i thought well i can charge my mobile phone from the laptop or my car stereo via usb or cigarette lighter power out let or even our portable DVD player via usb, so i thought this light is not as handy or as important as i thought. Even when camping i have at lest one to two of these item's on hand like the portable DVD player for my daughter and the car is always there. So it made the looks and the name of the light harder to get over, so it is now been take off my wish list.
Hi folks, a couple of members have contacted me with some questions regarding the 41.8mm x 1.90mm UCL AR coated lens I installed in my IOS USB charger flashlight . So I thought I'd give you my impressions of it. I purchased mine from Flashlightlens.com.
When checking a stock lens compared to the AR lens it's replacing, I hold both up in front of my computer monitor tilting them back and forth until I can get them to reflect back into my eyes. The amount the AR coating lens reduces reflection compared to a stock non-coated lens was dramatic.
What I then did was put the stock lens back in the flashlight and see what the lux meter shows on HIGH mode, which was 220 lux. When I installed the AR lens and performed the exact same test under the exact same condtions, the AR lens produced 235 lux. Although the lux was higher, there is no way the human eye can detect this minor amount of additional OTF lumens.
The bottom line, is the AR lens better? it sure is, but only when using a lux meter. I'm still glad I have the upgraded lens in mine and I would purchase it for any light I have if the size is correct.
AR coated is better especially is you want to battle in throwers, like 40000 lux to 45000 lux. People who are not familiar with this will take the 5000+ lux as extraordinary.
From 220 to 235 you have a 6.7% increase in brightness. The stock lens is nto so bad, it could have worse.
BTW according to you measurements the flashlight simply uses the C8 standard. 42 x2.