Got my P3D-CE!

Yezz, finaly my P3D HaIII natural came!

Wow, it`s liveing up to the expectations. A wery god light, that now will be my new camping/trekking light. Good runtime and plenty of lumens if needed.

Now I only need that Aviatrix upgrade for my A2, and all my flashlightneeds are satisfied....for a while.....

I agreed totally. The P3D is a surprise for me after many Fenix lights in the year. I believed it is Fenix's best. Great size, runtime and UI.

I agree it's a very good flashlight. Mine is black, can you post a few pics of the HA III natural please.

I also agree, its a nice light

Kilovolt said:

I agree it's a very good flashlight. Mine is black, can you post a few pics of the HA III natural please.

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I`ll post some photos this week.
The HaIII finish is very light, much lighter than the photos at i.e lighthound.com.
I have a lot of black flashlights, so this one looks almost posh

Does anybody know where to find a beltclip for the P3D/P2D?

Belt clip... Yeasssss... Belt clip... Do tell when you find out.

Something like this?

http://www.lighthound.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2364

It says here that the clip is supplied by CPFer Christoph, why don't you ask him?

Kilovolt said:

Something like this?

http://www.lighthound.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2364

It says here that the clip is supplied by CPFer Christoph, why don't you ask him?

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Yarp, but one that doesnt require drilling holes in the body. A clip-on perhaps..

if i knew they were coming out with natural, i'd have waited

CandlePowerForumsUser said:

if i knew they were coming out with natural, i'd have waited

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As I learned a long time ago on another forum - Get Both! :twothumbs

My P3D vs lumapower LM301 SSC P4 USYNH at 2.5 feet from the wall.
http://shw.fotopages.com/14809912/p3d-vs-LM301-USYNH.html

I'm thinking about the P3 myself. Think I'll order the P1 cree first!

What I don't understand about the P3D is why they couldn't make it work with a single 17670 battery. Instead they put the circuit in there that makes it low voltage flash.. very dumb IMO since the 17670 can direct drive the LED by itself and contains more energy than two RCR's anyways.

ampdude said:

What I don't understand about the P3D is why they couldn't make it work with a single 17670 battery. Instead they put the circuit in there that makes it low voltage flash.. very dumb IMO since the 17670 can direct drive the LED by itself and contains more energy than two RCR's anyways.

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ampdude, I thought a single 17670 did work in this light? I was planning on picking up the P3D-CE in Natural and I have a 17670 just waiting for it...

The input voltage for the P3D's circuit is too high for a single li-ion cell for some odd reason. Apparently they wanted a function where the light would flash when the CR123A batteries were getting depleted. So it will flash when you put a single cell in. It was mentioned in the thread in the Dealers section back when these lights were introduced.

Also, check on Lighthounds website: http://www.lighthound.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2731

The voltage specs are listed as 4.5V-8.4V.

I was not that impressed with my L2D-CE, but I might have bought the P3D as a work light if it could take 17670's. Not really keen on the smooth body or multiple level switch though.

What exactly is the "low voltage flash" anyways?

Mine is still on the 1st set of batt. so I've never seen it.

Tried a black one a few days ago, belonging to my colleague. P17670 wouldn't fit physically (AW's version), but 2xR123a works with functions working. It a really bright torch, smooth clicky action and UI. With the natural version out, I'm getting one. Lys...is the led centered? It wasn't on my friends P3D which btw came directly from 7777

ampdude, thanks for the information - that's good to know. Since the input voltages are 4.5 - 8.4v, then it should work with 2xRCR123's as the total voltage would be 2x4.2=8.4v fresh off the charger.

I have been running my P3D without any problems on a 17670. An Ultrafire unprotected version fits. I took off the wrapper and wrapped it with thin packaging tape and it slides in/out very easily. It was a tight fit with the original wrapper.

I did a unscientific runtime test on high mode and it ran for 3 hours in full regulation (I stopped the test because it was late). I do not know how much longer it could have ran before seeing the flicker. All modes work fine. I think that the light could not maintain turbo mode after running in high mode at about a little over 2.5 hours. Prior to that, switching to turbo mode still worked without seeing flicker.

I do not let the cell discharge to a point where it cannot drive turbo mode without seeing flicker. I use this method to let me know when to recharge the cell. This is to prevent the cell from over discharge and damage. I recall seeing a runtime in Turbo mode with the 17670 and I think it ran for about 90 minutes in full regulation. I really like using the light with the 17670.

jumpstat said:

I'm getting one. Lys...is the led centered?

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Yes, the LED is dead center, and the tint is white. At least it appears so for me.
Had a slight problem with the UI one time, but it seems to be OK now.

Still havent used the light in the dark! the sun shines almost 24-7 here up north. (I live above the polar circle, and its no use for a flashligt in a while...)