Well, this is as official as it gets. We decided it was time to finally come out and show this little jewel of which we are so proud. The McLux doesn't really fit cleanly into any of the forums, but we thought we would start it here.
As we ask in the announcement, please share your thoughts with us here. I am going to be out of town this weekend, so I might not be able to respond to everybody immediately. Hopefully some of the other Skunks will keep an ear out.
You should see the light in PERSON! The McLux is quite difficult to photograph. Especially the all black one. Trust me when I say it looks far better "in the metal."
I refuse to sleep until there is a McLux in my mail boxyuhztgwa [img]graemlins/yellowsleep.gif[/img] resd retdf,kzmjygz,km` oh sorry...fell asleep on the keyboard [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
Calm down everybody! Don't let those monster black clip screws in Leo's bottom picture scare you! He did that to one of the "first articles" before we sent him a pile of the correct screws!
I want one!!! Hopefully the price won't be that stiff, but I would really LOVE to have one of those! Will it come in a ready to go, fully tested form already? Or does it have to be a DIY kit?
*golleeeee* that's one sweet torch... i'm afraid to ask how much (if i have to ask, i can't afford it, as they say). however, i might be able to put off buying RAM for all three computers and CF card for the digicam if i drool over it enough and it doesn't pass the century mark!
If you buy the components, you put in the LED of your choice. The ones we built for ourselves are all 1W, McFlood, and BB400. Good run time EDC style flashlight.
We think the 5W should be no problem, but with a single 123, is not a good choice. You should be using a two 123 battery configuration.
I think the intent is to look if there are enought interested folks at this time. We are trying to get feedback, not your $$ at this time.
I can also confirm the extra parts are as we speak en route from SP to CA.
Oops, forget the question, just went to the announcement site and read up on it. So DIY'ers can simply Arctic a 5W on the heatsink bulkhead and we're good to go? Now ah'm REEELY (reeled?) in...
I believe we have another [blank] that will acommodate [blank] batteries.
I think this is a true statement, and I'll let the person that knows to make the statement more official.
Otherwise, this post doesn't exist...
BigHonu,
Yes... dropping in the NX05 will crush the SE... I think you know that. How well these combinations work is well, sorta the fun in the componnents. You will have to experiment and find out.... Maybe, even share it with us!
Dear Wayne, thank you for getting up so early to answer our questions! Just a few more:
1) Will they be 500mA circuits?
2) What quality (bin number) of LS will you be using?
3) Expected runtime?
As long as I don't need to take out a second mortgage to buy one of these, I will definitely give the HD and/or SE a try...assuming someone shows me how to solder the things in there...
The McLux has landed!
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