Warrior III K3500R

If the Ezlite was rechargeable Id get it in a second but who wants to spend $30 a month in batteries...:thinking: IMHO an hid is utterly useless without a rechargeable battery. Nice construction tho. I do like the lite tho.

HIDSGT said:

If the Ezlite was rechargeable Id get it in a second but who wants to spend $30 a month in batteries...:thinking: IMHO an hid is utterly useless without a rechargeable battery. Nice construction tho. I do like the lite tho.

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3x R123 plus 1 dummy cell now it's rechargeable plus 100-200 lumens brighter.

Mac

cmacclel said:

3x R123 plus 1 dummy cell now it's rechargeable plus 100-200 lumens brighter.

Mac

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Whats the run time on it? At 1-200 lumens brighter what would that put it at? Whats a dummy cell? Ur saying they sell rechargeable r123's?

HIDSGT said:

Whats the run time on it? At 1-200 lumens brighter what would that put it at? Whats a dummy cell? Ur saying they sell rechargeable r123's?

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Yes Rechargeable 123 size cells. Fully charged they are 4.2v, you can only use 3 cells with the 10w ballast thats installed in the EzNite.

Runtime would be around 30-40 minutes.

Dummy Cells can be purchased I believe from AW here in the forums.

Mac

Yeah the ENzite... oops I mean EZnite is a pretty cool light.

Dudemar

HIDSGT said:

If the Ezlite was rechargeable Id get it in a second but who wants to spend $30 a month in batteries...:thinking: IMHO an hid is utterly useless without a rechargeable battery. Nice construction tho. I do like the lite tho.

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How about running 4x 3.0V RCR123s and get the benefit of increased run-time vs. 3x 3.6-4.2V RCR123s plus dummy cell.
http://www.lighthound.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1158

Patriot36 said:

How about running 4x 3.0V RCR123s and get the benefit of increased run-time vs. 3x 3.6-4.2V RCR123s plus dummy cell.
http://www.lighthound.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1158

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Those are unprotected cells and need to be watched closely.
Dave

dwminer said:

Those are unprotected cells and need to be watched closely.
Dave

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They might be fine in that light as it would shut off before drawing them down too much.

When I compared the Warrior's proprietary battery pack with the Boxer's 3x18650 cartridge I became concerned about this:

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/180348

Brightnorm

brightnorm said:

When I compared the Warrior's proprietary battery pack with the Boxer's 3x18650 cartridge I became concerned about this:

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/180348

Brightnorm

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After some reading up about current Li-ion batteries it seems that they're building them with a bit more longevity. With any luck I'll get 4 or 5 years out of this proprietary pack since I seem to get good battery life out of everything else I own. I hope that in five years we have some new technology out there which gives us new chemistries since Li-ion still leaves a lot to be desired.

I wish there was a way to know whether batteries in a proprietary pack are the longer-lasting ones.

BN

Great!
Now I can buy Microfire Lights My own country, and very low price.
http://jomatig.fi/osc/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/211

Warrior III vs. My car light.
http://www.kuvaboxi.fi/julkinen/286fv+vesa-fikkari-vsautonvalot.html

vee73: Very nice pictures!

This is probably the kind of comparison that most people (also non-CPFers) can relate to. Guess it will make everyone crave for their own hand-held HID...

Border said:

vee73: Very nice pictures!

This is probably the kind of comparison that most people (also non-CPFers) can relate to. Guess it will make everyone crave for their own hand-held HID...

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Thanks! Yes maybe

vee73: can you make a photo of the reflector in your K3500 please?

kodi said:

vee73: can you make a photo of the reflector in your K3500 please?

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Yes, please take a look here is many pictures:
Pictures is top of page.
http://www.kuvaboxi.fi/julkinen/28g4z+vesa-microfire-esittely.html

I have 2 peace Warrior III both is totally difference reflector.
I hope that helps you?

Yes, thank you.

I had the same story - my first two were with smooth reflector, third one (bought in January) has this "frosty" reflector.
Unfortunately, the later ones are not as precise as the first series, so even vacuum alu covering is not a full solution. There is almost no possibility to smooth the surface mechanically either - reflector is not made from pure alu.
If anyone knows, where can I buy smooth reflector for Warrior III - please, drop me a PM. I asked how much for making custom one - and the price was usually between 250 and 600$

Hello everybody,I have noticed that Polarion filters fit also Microfire very
well.
Now I can use more qualified filters with my Microfire, and I do not have to
buy separate filters to both of the lamps.
http://www.kuvaboxi.fi/mediaobjects/orig/pub/2008/04/29/8143010478538456018orig.jpg

http://www.kuvaboxi.fi/mediaobjects/orig/pub/2008/04/29/8143010478538456025orig.jpg

http://www.kuvaboxi.fi/mediaobjects/orig/pub/2008/04/29/8143010478538456045orig.jpg

http://www.kuvaboxi.fi/mediaobjects/orig/pub/2008/04/29/8143010478538455997orig.jpg

That's very interesting Vee73.

What is the adapter piece that interfaces between the Polarion filter and the K3500?