SHOT Show 2023

[letschat7]

I imagine someone on here or CPF will reverse engineer it to find the specs shortly so there is no need to keep it a secret. Besides once it gets a review and compared to other lights people will decide if it worth the money or not.

[SIGShooter]

@CollectEverything

@texas shooter

(snip) Inforce told me that the LED was a propriety secret, the runtime was a propriety secret, the current draw was a propriety secret. (snip)

Wow, that really inspires confidence. Imagine getting that kind of response about any other product. It would be like Apple saying you weren’t allowed to know what CPU they used in their computers because it was top secret info. wtf

The Inforce salesman will probably be shocked to find that the runtime for all their lights are given in the specifications data .

Based on the runtime, high output (also given in the specifications), and battery being used one can probably make a reasonable guess as to the current draw.

[gravelmonkey]

Being cynical, I’d guess the sales rep didn’t know the answers so just tried some proprietary BS to make it sound good.

Interesting about Eagtac, I’d considered their lights before as they seem like they have nice designs and okay drivers, might have to look harder at the brand, good to support people who care about their product…

[MascaratumB]

@texas shooter

What surprised me at Shot this year was the lack and sometimes complete lack of product knowledge. Streamlight had a new sales rep who confirmed that they use LEDs in their product. After about 5 minutes and he seemed to want to know. He learned about CRI, Kelvin, cr123a’s and 18650’s. Inforce told me that the LED was a propriety secret, the runtime was a propriety secret, the current draw was a propriety secret. Fenix knew their stuff and was happy to talk shop, nothing was off limits regarding batteries, LED’s, and electronics. Eagtac which I didn’t know is owned by the engineer who does all the design work. He and his wife were very enthusiastic about the product and of course knew every detail. Everyone also said Cree LEDs were very had to get and Luminus is filling the void.

In 2018 many of the flashlight booths were closer together. Product was stolen, possible fist fight. So in 2019 and on the light venders are spaced further apart.

Interesting information

And definitely, EagTac will be even more under my attention from now on. That proprietary talk is probably some marketing to try to sell “proprietary BS” lights
And me thinking that I would feel dumb if I went to those events