HDS/Ra Clicky & Rotary Serial Number Registry! (Part 2)

[PaveHammer]

PaveHammer.............170 Tactical.............#14976

[iacchus]

I completely forgot to add my second clicky to the list.

Here we go:

iacchus..........100WWCn........#9980 (Exec. w/smooth SS bezel, black clip, flush button)

[ericb445]

Just got my 170E flat tailswitch and Ti bezel with sapphire lens. Sn#10063

[MosesM]

Moses Mok...................140CT........#6396

All the way in Malaysia

[e1sbaer]

High cri #14407

(who will take over this thread).

[Russ/TN]

I have Spinnie #21234
I have HDS 120E #10369
I have HDS 140 #14603
I have High CRI #16727

[RobME]

High CRI #18284 White Cerakote, w/ #17631 Black AlTiN Bezel
Clicky 170T Orange Cerakote #18071

[broonzbane]

Looks like a bunch of the registrations got wiped out in the crash. Here's what I have:
broonzbane..........EDC-120-T..........#17765
broonzbane..........EDC-R1S-200..........#20096

[keriya]

keriya..........EDC-R1S-200..........#20002

I feel I was lucky with that serial number ...

[bondr006]

T-200
bondr006..........EDC-T1B-200..........#21159

Rotary
bondr006..........EDC-R1S-200..........#20448

[cistallus]

Just realized my original post was 12/7/10 so has gone to the twilight zone.

Clicky 170T #14976 (with extras)
Purchased from PaveHammer (post #91 at top of this page) from this MP thread: http://www.cpfmarketplace.com/mp/showthread.php?240370

[mefistofele86]

mefistofele86......high CRI..... #14398 (bought from Bullettproof)
mefistofele86......170T.......... #9382 (bought from Moonshadow)

[Thefo]

Thefo..........................Rotary 200 executive with SS bezel #20193 bought right from Henry at HDS

[fl0t]

Clicky 170t -------- #16448

[harton]

ha12ton..... EDC High CRI..... #14090

[d_rasp]

d_rasp. . . . .EDC High CRI. . . . .#14583 (purchased from Boulder on the MP) < My first HDS!

[Mtbmurf]

My first hds lights... New gen...
Edc E1S 120--- ser# 20000
Edc T1B 120--- ser# 20723
Luv 'em..... Dunno why i waited so long...

[SaturnNyne]

Hello everyone, just letting you know that the list is once again updated!

As some of you noticed, the CPF crash destroyed my last update and reverted the list back to a very out of date version. When I came back to do another update, I found CPF down and talk of it maybe never returning, so after a few days of checking in on the situation I kinda forgot about it for a few weeks. Glad it's back, though I'm disappointed by how many posts were lost. Fortunately, I'd already grabbed all the posts that were included in the last update plus a few that hadn't been inserted yet, so I'll be reposting those from my list. If you submitted a serial anytime between about the beginning of february and whenever CPF came back online, please check to make sure you made it into the list!

The other part of the delay was that once CPF came back up and I assessed the work needed, I realized that I was still very unhappy with the way I'd been handling the model designations. Rather than quickly pasting the registry back up as it was before, I waited until I had time to go through it and "fix" it. I hope you'll agree that the changes make it clearer and more sensible. I'll be adding more discussion of that, not because I expect too much outcry or questioning but because I truly agonized over it for quite a while and I hope that everyone will understand that I'm trying to make this list the best it can be and I'm not just making entirely arbitrary decisions out of laziness.

Also, the matter of the Rotary serials, which I'd intended to bring up for discussion, seems to have settled itself, at least for now. I hadn't intended to track the Rotary, but since some owners have already started submitting them to me, I've noticed that the serials are apparently coming from the same pool as the 2nd gen Clickies are pulling from, and the bezels seem to confirm this with their lack of a model designation. So I guess I'll start collecting all current EDC serials? Should I start a new thread for all of the new-generation lights? Thoughts and ideas?

I have Spinnie #21234
I have HDS 140 #14603

I figured out that Spinnie = Rotary, but am I correct in assuming that it's the silver model? And is your 140 a standard 140C? Confirmation appreciated.

High CRI #18284 White Cerakote, w/ #17631 Black AlTiN Bezel
Clicky 170T (converted to E) #18071 Orange Cerakote

I put you down for all three numbers. Can you tell me more about how it was converted to an E though?

Looks like a bunch of the registrations got wiped out in the crash. Here's what I have:

Just realized my original post was 12/7/10 so has gone to the twilight zone.

Yep, a whole bunch sure did get wiped out, I just hope there weren't any submissions between my last swing through and the crash. Thank you both for noticing and resubmitting.

mefistofele86......170T.......... #9382 (bought from Moonshadow)

Are you sure this one is a tactical? It was originally registered as a 170Cn. Would appreciate confirmation either way.

d_rasp. . . . .EDC High CRI. . . . .#14583 (purchased from Boulder on the MP) < My first HDS!

Congratulations and welcome to the club! You started with quite a fine one.

My first hds lights... New gen...
Edc E1S 120--- ser# 20000

And congratulations to you too, both on your first HDS and on getting the very first of the new generation serial numbers (1st generation Clicky serials officially stop at 19,999).

[SaturnNyne]

For the sake of completeness, here are the lost serial submissions I collected before the crash.

These were included in the last update:
j3bnl 140 Executive #8711
j3bnl 170 Tactical #13096
jaws revenge 170T #14990
Scottaw.....HDS 140T.......15151
jiuong High CRI #16808
Mossyoak. 170en. 7173 AlTiN Ti bezel. Sapphire. Flush. Exec.
billbunton High CRI 10077
foxtrot29.........Ra Clicky 170T.......#16035
Bodhran.....High CRI.....15526
my19 120 EDCT #9205
Sparky's Magic 170T HDS Systems #16081
Sparky's Magic 140EX. HDS Clicky #7861
cw_mi RA Clicky 170T #17061
cw_mi RA Clicky 140E ti bezel #8651 Bought off MP and don't see it in the registry
bithor.........140CT........#9614
cistallus.............170 Tactical.............#14976 (bought from PaveHammer)
Matthewjekerr.....High CRI #14510
Or Olam High CRI #15373 OK, so I'm a little slow to post...
Norm 120 EDC #6761 lost in the post on it's way to a new owner.
Norm 140 EDC GT Custom #9754 Cc140wgtCsbBFE
Belstaff1464............Ti 170T........#10040
Belstaff1464............2nd Orange 170T..........n/a (no serial number)
radellaf...................120EDCE........#17894
divechief.......................120EDC............ ......8212
blueo8 140T SN: 10588
jefierro sad to inform my Ra High CRI was stolen last night so mark 13040 as stolen.
Mrlysle 170t custom order ser# 17789 black Ti bezel, sapphire
broonzbane.......................HDS-120-T....................#17765
Ian HDS Every Day Carry SN 9207
Gaffle...................100wwC........#15376 Exec, crenelated SS bezel, flush button, Moddoo SS clip.
pjandyho 100 High CRI, Custom black bezel with protruding tail - Serial 14729
pjandyho 170 Tactical - Serial 15164
darwin...................100wwC........#14516 (High CRI 100)
darwin...................100wwC........#18139 (Orange Cerakote High CRI 100)
darwin...................170CT........#18127 (Orange Cerakote 170 lm Tactical)
Lost/stolen: darwin Not sure if I should add my username to a lost light since it isn't mine anymore - Username...................140C........#8524 (Lost 9/2010 Arlington VA. Ra Lights, Ralights.com on bezel)
tx101......................170Cn........#15005 Cc170nCsbLgBdCR123FE

These were submitted after the last update and were lost in the crash:
NutSAK.....................170CT.......#17061 (cw_mi > NutSAK)
Draz Ra Clicky executive 170 sn 8393
Coast......................140CEDC........#14855
Mgizler...................170CE................... ....18256
think2x..........High CRI............#14191

[Blades]

"Blades"/Jason........Rotary 200..........#20337(stainless bezel, flat switch)

[al93535]

HDS 170E #20063

[Russ/TN]

Originally Posted by Russ/TN
I have Spinnie #21234
I have HDS 140 #14603

Sorry about that,
Rotary #21234 is the Tactical, black stainless bezel
HDS #14603 is the standard 140C, black stainless bezel-executive/flush tailcap
High CRI #16727 , black stainless bezel-executive/flush tailcap
HDS 120E #10369, silver stainless bezel-executive/flush tailcap

[cistallus]

I think that the Rotaries should go in this same thread. After all, if you don't use the rotary part, then it works just like a Clicky.

[Ishango]

Ishango...................EDC-E1S-120........#20267

[Nickmen]

Nickmen..... EDC High CRI..... #14265

[MadAmos]

MadAmos Rotary EDC-R1S-200 20140 now lives on the central coast of CA.


Amos

[SaturnNyne]

Sorry about that,
Rotary #21234 is the Tactical, black stainless bezel
HDS #14603 is the standard 140C, black stainless bezel-executive/flush tailcap
High CRI #16727, black stainless bezel-executive/flush tailcap
HDS 120E #10369, silver stainless bezel-executive/flush tailcap

Thanks for clearing that up, I think I've got your info in correctly now.

I think that the Rotaries should go in this same thread. After all, if you don't use the rotary part, then it works just like a Clicky.

Thanks for the input. I'm starting to agree; the current EDCs are all sharing the same line of serials that began all the way back with the original HDS EDC line, so I don't think they should be broken apart. That HDS now appears to view Clickies and Rotaries as simply variations of EDCs makes that choice even more sensible to me. Still, if their serials were separated like the Twisty's and Clicky's were, I would say the Rotary is different enough to list separately.

Unless I get some disagreement soon, I'll probably start formatting the 2nd gen EDC list into a more permanent form.

MadAmos Rotary EDC-R1S-200 20140 now lives on the central coast of CA.

Hi Amos. Out of curiosity, about where on the central coast are you and your Rotary located? (I can't PM you apparently.)

[asot]

My 1st HDS!!!
EDC-E1S-170, travelled to Europe (from GoingGear)
asot......170Executive....... #20016

I can say I'm a little dissapointed - will contact seller and manufacturer
LED is a bit off centered!!! (and beam has an artifact, from about 10-20cm)

[SaturnNyne]

My 1st HDS!!!
EDC-E1S-170, travelled to Europe (from GoingGear)
asot......170Executive....... #20016

I can say I'm a little dissapointed - will contact seller and manufacturer
LED is a bit off centered!!! (and beam has an artifact, from about 10-20cm)

Welcome asot! Very sorry to hear about your disappointment though. Normally, when someone complains about an HDS having an off-center emitter, it's because the die of the led is off-center within its housing and it's the die that's actually centered in the reflector to give a perfect beam. However, unfortunately, it looks like the die in yours actually is a little off. Of course the proof is in the pudding; the beamshot you posted does look abnormal. It's normal for these emitters to have a small donut hole in the center at very close distances (I'd say up to about 10-15cm on my 100ww), but they shouldn't be off-center like yours appears to be. That said, you say that this artifact is only visible up to about 20cm? Does the beam appear basically perfect after that? If the beam is ok at more normal working distances, you might find that a perfectly centered one only moves the artifact to the center, maybe slightly reduces the maximum distance at which it appears, and maybe make it a little more subtle. If that's the case, maybe you can live with it rather than going through the trouble of an exchange? Or maybe not; how much such imperfections bother you is definitely a personal thing that varies a lot, and there's definitely no excuse for a Clicky having a visibly off-center beam. Good luck with whatever you decide to do about it, and I hope you're enjoying the light aside from that issue.

[chaoss]

chaoss..............140GT.............8891

I'm as happy as a plump peach.