Never had and never wanted a flashlight with propriety battery pack. What’s that cost $150 to $200 to replace it? 80,000 lumens for what 10 or 20 seconds?
I’ll stick to a few of my lights that can sustain about 10,000 lumens until my hand tells me otherwise!
Excellent for users who don’t want to fuss with buying individual cells though. No different to buying most mobile phones these days with a built-in battery.
Sorry readers, this discussion went a bit sideways from here on. I should have just stopped responding. Plain and simple, some people don’t mind a propriety battery pack and some people hate them, like Raccoon City…lol
Never did I say I was a fan of a propriety pack. i simply said that they're great for some users....I know for a lot of people who aren't enthusiasts, they'd be more interested where they don't have to worry, just buy another pack and they're away.
Same with anyone who has a drone, you can't just go get any battery and chuck it in. My DJI drone costs me roughly $300 nzd for a battery and I'm happy with that, it's just one of those things...
Just to end I would like to be clear that all I’m saying is that some people like a built in pack, that’s all. If I have the choice, I avoid them. For my new DJI RSC2 gimbal I just purchased, it has a built in battery which is not amazing, but that’s one of the reasons I have a $300 kweld spot welder, so I can replace it myself, if needed.
I have an online business selling flashlights and you wouldn’t believe how many muggles love to not worry about batteries. They’re happy to buy another pack and away they go. LED Lenser are New Zealand’s number one brand and most use a propriety pack, yet they’re always recommended despite this.
but it requires you to have the skills. Same is true for the pack. Its more involved than swapping a cellphone battery, but it is as doable if you got the skills and tools.
The common muggle will neither replace his cellphone battery nor the cells in a pack like this one.
I’m not buying any light with a battery pack. The battery pack is the first thing that breaks and wears out. Also I use the same set of batteries in multiple lights, why buy new batteries with every light?