The Sunwayman D40A is a steal right now 50% I'm almost thinking not even to ask on here if its a decent light. But is it?? sounds like a killer deal since I needed a AA light anyways. Worth the $35??
I bought a cool white D40A about 5 years ago and I've been eyeing the NW version for $40 bucks. I paid $70 shipped for mine, from BJ and that was a good deal.
I use it to ceiling bounce on her balcony when we play backgammon at night.
Too big to pocket carry, although I have.
If you need a 4AA light, it was at the top of the heap back then.
Where are you seeing it at $35? Illumination has both CW/NW listed for $40. Makes me think that SWM is on the way out, as a bunch of V11Rs have been hitting the streets at $20.
Chris
The Sunwayman D40A is a steal right now 50% I'm almost thinking not even to ask on here if its a decent light. But is it?? sounds like a killer deal since I needed a AA light anyways. Worth the $35??
I ordered the CW version as well Klrman. I like the "coolness" of the actually light source. I don't Actually really like the NW versions of lights. I guess I'll have to deal with the tightness of the eneloops then. Ordered the light on Saturday, now it's tuesday night (ordered it on Sunday I'm in Australia so it's 18 hours ahead of the West coast US, actually mid day Wednesday here) I'm getting back Friday evening in the United States. Out of the 5 lights I ordered from various websites, none have them have shipped yet, a little frustrating since I was hoping to get them Friday night when I got home, which doesn't look like it's going to happen. Only package that shipped on Monday morning was the Orbtronic 26650s I ordered. Anybody else deal with the long processing of their orders on illumination supply and Thrunite websites??Picked up D40A a few months ago and it has a lot of nice features. Moon and beacon mode, low battery indicator, separate power and mode buttons, SS bezel and, orange peel reflector with decent throw. I got the CW version and it is a very clean white, hard not to like this light. I use enelops in it and the one thing I don't care for is the battery carrier as the eneloops fit really tight.
Hahah i don't have a girl so the only person that gets pissed is myself for spending so much once I have to make that credit payment. Funny part is I get to use my lights once in a while.. I don't have a need for more than a few but my fetish for torches can not be fulfilled lol :shrug:, joking on the fetish part halol I know the feeling as I recently got a boat load of lights myself. The honeymoon was over when I saw my credit card bill!
made it home from Australia 3 flights and 4 security check points they only gave me a hard time with with the flight from Dallas to Phoenix. Make me take apart the tk51 and show them it was a flashlight lol. Glad I got through with all my lights. I could see how the TK75 and TK51 would be a bit cautious for the TSABattery carrier is not a deal breaker as I just grew my left thumb nail a little longer to make it easy to grab them and slide them out. Need to do this to my X80 as well as batteries are tight there too. As far as taking some time to process orders, it happens, especially since Black Friday and Cyber Monday just passed as most companies deal with huge sales that slow shipping sometimes.
made it home from Australia 3 flights and 4 security check points they only gave me a hard time with with the flight from Dallas to Phoenix. Make me take apart the tk51 and show them it was a flashlight lol. Glad I got through with all my lights. I could see how the TK75 and TK51 would be a bit cautious for the TSA
I don't think so Klrman, it says to take batteries out and cover terminals. Wh can't be over 100. They questioned me hard on the batteries asking all different questions about them.Can one still fly with lithium batteries inside the flashlight in the carry on bag?
for $35 it's one of my new favorite lights, it isn't the brightest but for AAs not too bad I'd say.I bought a D40A when the neutral white version came out. IIRC, it was something like $79 back then (several years ago).
It's still a good light. Probably my best 4xAA light. It's not the brightest (I think it's around 800-900 lumens), but it has more quality than cheaper 4xAA lights. Throw is decent, due to the 40mm reflector.
The only thing I don't like about it is the UI that has modes going from high to low. I prefer low to high.
I would not pay $79 for it today. But, it's a good deal at half price. And if you want a quality 4xAA light, it's a good one to get.
I don't think so Klrman, it says to take batteries out and cover terminals. Wh can't be over 100. They questioned me hard on the batteries asking all different questions about them.
They were looking at what I'm assuming was the driver and the circuitry on the board, not sure the details of the intenstines of the lights. But I had the hard plastic cases for the tk51 and tk75 so that probably helped look a bit better than all my lights compiled together. I thought my tk51 and 75 were goners for sure in Dallas security. Took them a few min to inspect them I guess lol, funniest part was the dude trying to put the fenix tk51 back in the case, he eventually handed it to me and said figure this out somewhere else haha.I see, thanks, thought it was not that simple anymore.
Can one still fly with lithium batteries inside the flashlight in the carry on bag?
Can one still fly with lithium batteries inside the flashlight in the carry on bag?