2000 Meter Thrower - World's Most Powerful Flashlight

79 bucks for something that throws 2000 meters!



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I did some research and couldn't find much info about these lights. They run on Ni-Cads and are cheaper than most of the lights we have here. 90-Year Warranty, Local after sales.

Shenanigans? Sorry Norm, the bold claim was too unbelievable to pass up not posting it here for the other CPF'ers.

Road out...

If that was real I'd buy one. But it probably just means that it is visible from 2km away if someone is shining it at you

If it sounds to be good to be true.....................:nana:

Thoughts:

* First of all, their warranty claims sound laughable, and uhh... bulb? I thought we were talking about an LED torch? And what companies are they comparing theirs to?
* No specs on power source or LED type makes me skeptical.
* Judging by its size (if that pic is an accurate representation) 2 km off a reflector that size? Maybe if you're looking directly at it from 2 km away as JacobJones said.
* Local service support in your home country with no added qualifiers to that statement. Great, so I presume you have service centres in Tajikistan, Nigeria and Tonga?

This should've been the best flashaholic thrower if everything that's written on that advertisement is true.:lolsign:

This must be that company who's uncle was a Nigerian prince and died and had some money he had to do something with?

Might as well pay 20 bucks more and get the new Sunwayman T40CS (shipped!).

2,000 meter = 1,000,000 lux @ 1 meter

XR-E R2 EZ900 @ 1.2 A with SMO reflector 50 - 63 mm = 50,000 - 80,000 lux
XR-E R2 EZ900 @ 1.2 A with 66 mm Aspherical lens = 150,000 lux

Spaceship and flashlight combined... I'm down.

My TK70 is very nice thank you!

Olight SR 90 is the best .

I remember some light's use to label the package as one mile visibility or something similar which meant the light could be seen from one mile away and not shoot the beam one mile, maybe they are working off something similar here.

If you can see the beam at one mile then indeed the beam is travelling one mile, but I understand what you getting at

Norm

jhc37013 said:

I remember some light's use to label the package as one mile visibility or something similar which meant the light could be seen from one mile away and not shoot the beam one mile, maybe they are working off something similar here.

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sure sounds like you will be able to see someone using it from 2kms away, but the beam's throw will not reach that far. Besides in real world applications, would you really use that light for your Barrett .50 cal sniper rifle to take out targets at night? the beam alone will call out your position and soon counter sniper fire will come raining down on you. haha....

Tommygun45 said:

This must be that company who's uncle was a Nigerian prince and died and had some money he had to do something with?

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Nice one!

azzid said:

This should've been the best flashaholic thrower if everything that's written on that advertisement is true.:lolsign:

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and to think it runs on Ni-Cad battery packs, good luck with that!

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It uses a 3W LED, but doesn't give specifics...

The battery is a 3.6V Ni-Cd made up of (3) D 5000mah Batteries. This gives it 450 minutes of run time, and a ten hour charge time.

These specs are all found in the manual on the website.

http://www.vinverth.com/store/usermanual/Britelite.pdf

Not much out there...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb-R8wJPMCM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETHi38meR8g

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http://www.vinverth.com/store/usermanual/Britelite.pdf

Luminater said:

2,000 meter = 1,000,000 lux @ 1 meter

XR-E R2 EZ900 @ 1.2 A with SMO reflector 50 - 63 mm = 50,000 - 80,000 lux
XR-E R2 EZ900 @ 1.2 A with 66 mm Aspherical lens = 150,000 lux

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Just checking my math... isn't 2,000 meter throw 1.5 million lux @ 1 meter? I guess I was thinking the 1 lumen per 1 square meter definition though...

Inova packaging always had something like "throw a beam for 200 meters - can be seen for up to 3 miles". A great example are those cheap bicycle headlights. 15 lumens is helpful in complete darkness for being seen but doesn't really do much for seeing (though of course it is better than nothing!)