New Titanium Fenix

[fareast]

Thanks for the titanium video link, very interesting. The SR-71 Blackbird, still the fastest plane after 41 years!

since this SR-71 (actually RS-71... JFK mispronoucnced the name so they changed it for him...) was made 40 years ago, the black crafts of today are more than 40 years advanced, you just don't know about them... yet. Nowadays, they can fly in and out of our atmos without much trouble.

Still though, I loved touching all that titanium in real life!!!

 

[Nake]

since this SR-71 (actually RS-71... JFK mispronoucnced the name so they changed it for him...) was made 40 years ago, the black crafts of today are more than 40 years advanced, you just don't know about them... yet. Nowadays, they can fly in and out of our atmos without much trouble.

Still though, I loved touching all that titanium in real life!!!

Actually it was LBJ not JFK. The story according to Wikipedia. Scroll down to paragraph SR-71.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR-71_Blackbird

 

[Saint_Dogbert]

I think some people do value the kiss principle.
Some people may find an "infinite variable" level to be too much of a headache.

+1

I doubt that 'most people' would want to set levels themselves. Personally, I would not want the hassle. Fenix really ought to consider ultra-low modes on their lights, though!

 

[Henk_Lu]

Hey, only about 300 made of these as it seems! We have to get them while they're hot! :devil:

 

[GarageBoy]

Fenix is reknown for its uber efficiency and constant current (when have you known them to PWM their lights outside the L0D/LD01?) Yeah, their boost only sucks for the RCR users...the price you pay for stretching your primaries to their limits

Now, this light doesn't have SOS/Strobe right? Perfect, I'll take one in aluminum.

People want Ti cause its nerdy cool and they can say to their friends "my light is titanium"

"Ti- when gold, silver platinum and palladium are too 'old man' for me"
or
"Ti- the kiddie version/the young people's version of silver and gold"

 

[easilyled]

People want Ti cause its nerdy cool and they can say to their friends "my light is titanium"

"Ti- when gold, silver platinum and palladium are too 'old man' for me"
or
"Ti- the kiddie version/the young people's version of silver and gold"

This is really profound. Thanks for the psychological insight.

 

[GarageBoy]

LOL, sorry about the late night rant, but that's the way I see it

 

[techwg]

While I like Fenix as a company and are a long time user of their products, I can't figure out why they are still making lights that have fixed brightness levels.

I personally am not sure if i would like a totally variable lumen light. If i use my light on medium mode, i can roughly tell when i will need to change the batteries out. However if i picked a custom brightness that's "just perfect for me" i do not know when it will die on me at all, no clue. So i am not sure i would like that, it sounds like a cool concept. I just don't know. Perhaps if they had 100 levels, and a chart telling you which level = what runtime, and the light having some way to inform you of what level its currently on, that might work for ME perosnally, but other than that not my preference.

 

[bullterrier]

do enny one know when it will be released and how much it will cost?

 

[Kiessling]

Finally some steps backwards from the multi-click bazillion modes to some actually usable UI :nana:

Those who do not understand the value of titanium on a light have plenty of other options. I don't think there is a need to mock something you don't understand and did not take the time to study.
Another :nana: to conclude this outpour of wisdom.

bernie

 

[Henk_Lu]

LOL, sorry about the late night rant, but that's the way I see it

"Ti- the kiddie version/the young people's version of silver and gold"

I know I am like Peter Pan, I'l always stay a kid!

Henk needs his lights very much bling-bling and made of flashlight gold! Daddy can polish scratches away if playing was too violent... :nana:

 

[MattK]

do enny one know when it will be released and how much it will cost?

$87.95 at our site - our shipment is in Cleveland now so shipping will begin early this week.

Only 300 available worldwide BTW.

 

[alanjeep]

I don't understand the build of this light.
-Why is it a three piece body unlike the P1D which was two piece?
-How does the UI work? Is it the same as P1D minus strobe and SOS.
-What is that thing in the tailcap. Is it a spring or is it a switch?
-Is it head twisty or tail twisty?
Thanks

 

[Nake]

I don't understand the build of this light.
-Why is it a three piece body unlike the P1D which was two piece?
-How does the UI work? Is it the same as P1D minus strobe and SOS.
-What is that thing in the tailcap. Is it a spring or is it a switch?
-Is it head twisty or tail twisty?
Thanks

The small tailcap piece is glued in. It's shown apart in the pictures so one can easily see what it looks like inside. It is a piece of metal with three prongs, for neg. contact, with a spring underneath it.

The UI works like the P1D, head twisty.

 

[alanjeep]

Thanks Nake

I have been looking at the aluminum PD10 pics in post 16. Now I am curious about the clip. Is it just held on with friction or is there something else I don't see. If you push the clipped light in your pocket what keeps the clip from slidding off the end?
I have seen some of the aluminum PD10's on Ebay that seem to have a dark clip instead of the shiny silver clip shown by Fenix. I like the dark clip better. Anyone know the clip color for the aluminum and Ti PD10's?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Fenix-PD10-Prem...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3357be6495
Mayby the dark clip color is just a camera lighting issue?

Edit:
I just found another Ebay PD10 with the dark clip. If you scroll down to the pics in the link you will see them. The seller states thet the clip is Greyish and not silver.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Fenixlight-PD10...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item48386bbfe8

 

[GarageBoy]

Wait, does the tail cap actually come apart?

 

[kaichu dento]

People want Ti cause its nerdy cool and they can say to their friends "my light is titanium"

LOL, sorry about the late night rant, but that's the way I see it

Hmmm, I hadn't realized that was the reason I made those purchases, but I do suspect that you made that statement about why we want a particular product because for you it's something nerdy and cool to throw around aspersions about things you can't comprehend? :duh2:

Those who do not understand the value of titanium on a light have plenty of other options. I don't think there is a need to mock something you don't understand and did not take the time to study.
Another :nana: to conclude this outpour of wisdom.

bernie

Nice! lovecpf

 

[carrot]

For those of use who choose to use our lights, Titanium is a wonderful metal. It is harder than aluminum, though softer than HA, so it wears more gracefully and tends to develop a nice "patina" of microscratches. There are other merits, but this is probably my favorite reason for Ti.

McGizmo has, on several occasions, explained what makes Ti his material of choice for building flashlights, but those are reasons for custom makers, and not for customers.

Some people may choose to buy Ti for the bling factor, but I do not.

 

[GarageBoy]

Hmmm, I hadn't realized that was the reason I made those purchases, but I do suspect that you made that statement about why we want a particular product because for you it's something nerdy and cool to throw around aspersions about things you can't comprehend? :duh2:

Nice! lovecpf

Oh, I didn't say I wasn't guilty! ::waves my Ti Quark around =D

But as an engineering student, I want the highest performance, almost everything else be dammed. (diamond flashlights anyone? High thermal conductivity here)

 

[carrot]

You might have bought your Ti Quark to wave around.

But I bought my Ti ___ to make light.