Recent content by Vikas Sontakke

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    is Icon Rouge 1AA $19.95 a good deal ?

    Please move this from budget forum to regular forum. Having a Surefire here is pure blasphemy. A fatwa needs to be issued on OP's head :-) It is a joke! I hope nobody gets offended and hands me a "vacation" for this reply. - Vikas
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    upgraded Eneloops

    Costco likes to keep the prices of their items around $20, so I suspect that is what the 8 batteries will cost us. Little on the higher side as previous deals from Costco used to have around 12 batteries in them.
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    New Trustfire XP-EF23 died, troubleshoot or RMA?

    Any reason why you went with BOB? Does BOB ship it quicker and/or cheaper than DX? At DX forums, I have not heard of any problems with the EF-23 light and I suspect they must have sold them by boatload. - Vikas
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    Honda Element needing serious back up light upgrade

    Is there a law which limits the luminence of back up lighting? If not, why not?
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    Disappointing AKOray k-106, What should I get with $98 store credit?

    If a light is to be given to somebody else, stay with single mode. My recommendation EF-23; it looks stunningly beautiful, 3-mode is implemented sanely (with correct memory) and is bright on all types of batteries. It has real constant current regulator in it. It looks and feels very...
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    upgraded Eneloops

    Re: Using all 1500 cycles? Gimme a break. Winx, Can you tell me the parameters set to measure the NiMh discharge on your Turnigy? Discharge current and termination voltage? Thanks, - Vikas
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    Xtar TZ-50 Pics & More

    P7F16 seems to have way more light than the TZ-50; is that a camera trick? If not, please provide the DX sku for P7F16.
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    New manufacture at CPFMP has an Slim HID kit: is it any good?

    You do know that ddmtuning sells it for $30, right?
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    Toyota Recalls - Observations?

    100MB of code 500K of instructions 100 Million Lines of code I am having really hard time believing that an average car has more software in it than F23 fighter jet. But what do I know? I only write software :-) - Vikas
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    Flood-to-throw lights > the best budget throwers

    If you are willing put some spacers/packing, you can easily run them on rechargeable CR123 or 14450. If the spring does not reach, put some magnets to extend the battery length.
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    What is similar to the TANK007 - E07 ?

    Do you have Quark Mini? If so, can you run the experiment to find the tailcap current for 1 NiMh vs 2 NiMh? That will tell you if it is current regulated or not. An external forum (budget flashlight forum; not the CPF subforum with the similar name) had posted the runtime graph of F23 and it...
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    Review: Aurora Stainless Stell EDCs [1x18650 & 1xAA]

    Great review but it would be better in the Budget Light forum. - Vikas
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    Budget Lights / At what price point !

    Is some sacrilege allowed in the budget light forum e.g. reply #15 from speedsix. I am waiting for Empath to read it and make it go away :-) - Vikas
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    HELP! '99 GMC Envoy HID!

    Your (Dad's) vehicle is a perfect candidate for $30 HID kit. Google ddmtuning. - Vikas
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    My SF E1L vs. garbage disposal!!

    Given that the dishwasher needs to be replaced, would you mind dumping an el cheapo light there to see what happens to it? You probably do not have any DX/KD light around but how about a lowely MagLite? Please sacrifice one for the sake of CPF community. If it gets shreded, Surefire wins. If...
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