Take care of yourself Guy!
Rest as needed, we want you to be in good shape for your future projects (talk about being self-centered right here!) But seriously, health comes before anything else.
Thanks guys,
Feeling a little better though the hallucinative dreams that come with fever were interesting.
Planning to collect packages later today.
I agree with Alex, a ring into the HF with the gate clip attached to the ring so that the light can be dismounted/reattached to a keyring in an instant.
Off to the "studio" !
Dale
Good luck with the pictures!!!!! We are all excited.
I think this is the way I'll handle it too. The clip is only of value as a quick release tool for me. Only hesitation is the loss of tailstanding ability. I can't remember, was there ever a split-ring solution found for that issue?
Guy has a split ring that will fold over and let it tail stand but he's not happy with it. Hence the gate clip in reverse so that the tail will be free and clear. That also makes sense to be able to put it inside the case, tailstand it then in the case case for emergency lighting or tent lighting or waving in F-14's, something like that.
Dale
I think this is the way I'll handle it too. The clip is only of value as a quick release tool for me. Only hesitation is the loss of tailstanding ability. I can't remember, was there ever a split-ring solution found for that issue?
Good point dale. I didnt know the oval split rings didnt make the cut. After I get the HF i will have to so some searching myself.
About the split rings....
The ones I found that were the right shape, were too thick to fit in the hole.
The thinner ones, were just a little too small to overlap the edge for tailstand.
I have one where the size barely fits into the hole but after some solid wrestling and scratches, didn't seem like the perfect solution.
The quick-release clips, seem really perfect in that they are very easy to attach and really just as easy to detach.
With about 3 seconds of practice, you can do either easily in under <1 second.
I thought hard about tailstanding and how I've been using the HF, and also from time to time wanting to use it inside of the HF Alum Case.
With a split ring, I'd have to wrestle for 5-10min and usually at least need a screwdriver/pliers or something to pull it off.
With the current mini-clip, I can remove the HF from my keyring in under a second so I can tailstand it (which I may have done just once so far) but mainly when people ask to see it, I don't have to hand them all my keys, etc.
The other alternative I tried as mentioned also was a 1.5mm ballchain.
This is nice, perhaps even as a necklace too. It would let you tailstand without removal as well.
Thing is with chains, there is a little too much swing for my liking on a keychain.
Let me see if I can post a video.
I know some things look good on paper, but in real EDC, the mini-clip was the clear winner all things being considered.
One final thing to mention is there were some split rings, where if I cut some of the ring (so that there was a larger area of single ring instead of overlapping double ring) it was borderline ok in terms of size, but just didn't look as nice.
I just had a
realisation moment.
Guy: if you make a tail with a switch, wouldn't that make it possible to have 4 modes? or 3 with a "lockout" or "momentary high only"? That would pretty much combine all the features that have been discussed for that clicky tail (aside the 5MM LED cap
)
Hi Cataract,
Im still not thinking straight enough just yet so allow me to say "maybe"
(just in case)
tgwnn
