Coast HP550 at Costco for $49

Not sure if it is a deal or not but I am a sucker for stuff at Costco. It was $49.

at $49 so they’ll end up blowing them out. 8)

Post Note: Well I decided not to wait after handling one. See Posts 21 & 23. It’s too good to pass up for a coupon that may not materialize. If there’s a coupon someday I’ll buy another one as a gift or whatever. Either way I win.

Let us know how it performs.

Please do up a review when you get er :wink:

Well, I guess at least you won’t have to worry about trying to scare up lithium batteries out in the sticks should your batteries go dead! And if you have a pile of Duraloops laying around (like I do), then using 9 AA batteries is not a HUGE problem. On the other hand, using 9 AA batteries sure doesn’t make it easy to buy batteries for the thing. And, with rechargeables, it will require THREE chargers unless you want to wait HOURS for all of these batteries to charge.

9 batteries? woo wee, lol

Whoa - where did you get that? Which Costco? That’s a pretty good runtime for 9 AAs at 1000 lumens.

I keep writing on the in-store suggestion cards to stock Fenix flashlights - maybe someone saw that got this? :slight_smile:

Also - what is the free offer on the back all about?

Beamshots of flood and throw would be much appreciated,

They must have accidentally had the light meter set to chinese-lumens.

Just a guess

Nice! That light sounds like an Old-Lumens dream come true! Factory XM-L run on AA cells.

I'm actually interested to see how well their focusing technology works with an XM-L in comparison to other FTT XM-L lights we've used.

I think a few of the new Led Lenser all use XM-L’s too.

I found it at the Costco in Coeur d’Alene Idaho. I have not opened the package yet. It was intended as a Christmas present to me but I may have to open it sooner just for y’all.

:santa:

I showed this to a buddy and he called Coast - they said:

- this is a Costco exclusive

- did not know for how long Costco would stock it

- there would be no official information on the Coast website on this light

- it will not take 14500 lithiums

- the red ring at the end does not illuminate

- it is making its way through the Costco distribution (NY Costcos should have it in two weeks)

  • the free offer as seen on the back is for the G10

This looks like a great alternative to the TK41/TK45!

We’ll see about that. But I guess the one good thing about this light is at least it’s fairly cheap. So if it turns out to be a dud, then it’s not like you dropped a huge amount of cash on the thing. Even though I’ve had my issues with Coast’s battery holders, I figure that, at $49 for a 1000 lumen light, it’s worth taking a chance on. Unlike the TK41, I can actually afford to go wrong with this one.

Now what I would REALLY like to see is this light available as a D cell light. I would MUCH rather have the simplicity and runtime of D cells. Not to mention NO BATTERY HOLDER. Because with the exception of battery holders, Coast lights have generally been pretty good to me.

thanks for sharing with us
i really like that but doubt it will make it to Costco-UK
the flashlight choice on the shelf over here is pretty poor

you can’t see the wide angle. Your eyes can though, easily. It should be good for walking and then you can zoom in to see what beady little eyes are attached to.