So hideous it's cool

Got mine today!

Here's my first impressions..

Pros:
- Looks tacticool
- Design is unique
- Side clicky
- Mechanic clicky, no parasitic drain & easier to replace driver
- Reasonably driven at 2.5A, 1.25A & 0.33A (about 500, 300 & 100lm OTF)
- Build quality is ok for so cheap light
- High PWM frequency (unnoticeable)
- Good tint for CW (pretty neutral)
- Comes with charger

Cons:
- Looks tacticool
- Alert sound is way too quiet (which is actually good as I tend to occasionally press the tail clicky by mistake)
- Glass breakers can't be just removed, they need to be replaced with similar screws (to hold the bezel on)
- Next mode memory
- PWM makes some whining noise on med & low

And then some quick cell phone photos..

Business end:

Closeup on fins:

Nice internal design between driver and mechanic side clicky:

Body design:

Seat belt cutter at tail:

The end:

The end flashing red with alarm engaged:

Well, it certainly is interesting if nothing else. Are you happy you bought it or was it a waste?

Definitely interesting. I didn’t realize it was essentially a multi-tool for storage in a car (glass breaker/seatbelt cutter/ and flashlight). I’m not fond of the included ultrafires, but for <$20 it seems like a decent deal.

Looks like something from a Vampire movie.

This would be the first flashlight i would give a Name too. I would name it ” Stabby”.

Get two of them and have some nice corn-on-the-cob holders so you don't burn your fingers! :D

This light seems to be related:

I'm happy. (* Planning to cut the alarm sound off and swap to Qlite driver though.

My version was $17.99 without crapFires.

*) Of course I'm happy. I would be happy even without ever using this light. It looks good in my collection anyways.. ;)

However, another light came in today with a possibility to charge cells in the light - AND a cell conveniently at 0.5V:

..but no worries, that light has ultra high efficiency output (and the illumination time is long!):

Cool… I might have to get one.

Would you be able do some beamshots? I’m curious as to how it compares to other lights.

I was wondering what PWM stands for? “PWM makes some whining noise on med & low”

http://flashlightwiki.com/Terminology#PWM

In this case the PWM frequency is high enough to be unnoticeable, but it can be heard as a whining sound.

Don't have time for any beam shots today, sorry. :(

Np, thanks for all the info!

This thing is awesome. So hilarious to look at the details.

I would like to own one, but cant justify spending MONEY on it :smiley:

I wonder if it would be possible to disable the alarm and let the LED flash… and how long that would last? If it could last for like 6 months?

For some reason, they don’t make (anymore) parasitic drain glowing tail caps … and GITD materials only work if it was exposed to light and most of which cheap ones from china last for 5 minutes in the dark. Tritium is on the expensive side and you have to modify your light to accept a glass tube.

:frowning:

My thoughts exactly. Compliments a Bat’leth nicely. (grins as everyone runs off to Google Bat’leth.)

It looks like it should be a stun gun too.

And I don’t think a “help I’m being attacked” item helps the Klingon image much.

I suspect that would be one flashlight the TSA would notice if you tried traveling on a plane with it. .

I'd also be concerned that there would be some cities/states/countries where that light would be considered an offensive weapon and could get a person arrested!

guilty as charged.

That is one crazy design, do they ship it with a first aid kit in case you trip and fall while carrying the light?

Now…just to get this thing a cameo in the hands of Daryl on “The Walking Dead” :smiley:

I’m going to have nightmares after watching that video that Chloe posted! What was with the bearded white dude dressed as one of the chorus girls with the word over his face?! I’m gonna have to hold onto one of those stabby lights for a sense of security. Also the red police siren button should be blue. Blue is police Red is fire and yellow is the tow truck. FWIW, the siren should play techno music.