old4570
(old4570)
September 8, 2011, 4:04am
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Just in case , I havent even put a battery in it as yet ..
So no point asking me about it :
Enjoy the pictures .... This time you guys will need to wait for the review ...
http://www.mybalder.com/product/html/?49.html
While you guys check out the pictures , ill read the user manual , pop in a battery and ....... and ....... er ...... er ........ that's right , test the light !
weiser
(weiser)
September 8, 2011, 4:37am
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Okay, but can you just tell us the run time for now?
Looking forward to the review, but too bad this can't be had for maybe $15 less
old4570
(old4570)
September 8, 2011, 5:07am
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Haven't tested yet , still playing [ evaluating ] with the light ..
Charging up some cells now ...
And I think 24 hours wont hurt anyone ...
I wont be rushed on this one ...
2100
(2100)
September 8, 2011, 5:47am
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Damn solid built eh.... even the tailcap (crush it in a very unlikely even like 30m drop and you'll lose the switch for others). You want any more and you'll need to step up to Elzetta ZLF-M60.
old4570
(old4570)
September 8, 2011, 6:03am
5
I was looking at it , and wondering - bore it out to 18mm [ 18500 ] - put in a plastic spacer - AA / 14500 and get some serious increase in run time ...
I just posted a mini-review with beamshots... still needs work and runtimes...
Balder: Norse God "shining one, white one, a god"
UPDATE: Martin from Balder has informed me that these are now being sold with a new and improved clip!
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The folks over at Balder were nice enough to send me a BD-1 to evaluate and after playing with it for a few days, I'd like to share some initial impressions... I'm usually late to the reviews because I refuse to give a light my stamp of approval until it's really proven itself in hard use. That being said, I really do pla…
Nice light indeed, but i would like the clip to be able to screw on, dont trust clips that dont go around the whole tube of the body.
old4570
(old4570)
September 9, 2011, 12:17am
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The clip worked fine for me , but yeah !
Still need to take more pictures - Beam shots !
But the review is done ... and when I have the pictures I will post ...
weiser
(weiser)
September 9, 2011, 1:04am
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old4570:
Haven't tested yet , still playing [ evaluating ] with the light ..
Charging up some cells now ...
And I think 24 hours wont hurt anyone ...
I wont be rushed on this one ...
Okay, I hope you knew I was kidding. I was trying to be really obvious with clearly the most time consuming request ;) haha
I have enough patience because I can't be buying another light already so I need all the time I can get! :D
weiser
(weiser)
September 9, 2011, 1:06am
10
Looks like you might want to do the stress test on the clip based on Shao's review and experience ;)
It's really a shame a neat design and good over all build quality would include such a flimsy clip.
old4570
(old4570)
September 9, 2011, 2:11am
11
But first more pictures ... Then I will see if I can break it ...