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    Balder HD-1 1xAA Pre-production review (Pic heavy)

    Balder HD-1 Review (Pre-production) Though Balder has two 1xaa products already on the market in the SE-1 and BD-1, they are making the interesting decision to add a third product, the HD-1. Though what I received was a pre-production sample, the HD-1 is planned to slot in the narrow space...
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    Nebo Redline

    Nebo Redline is actually overpriced at $25. It essentially a slightly beefed up version of the generic 3xaaa powered x2000 zoom light. Cree XR-E versions of that light are all over e-bay for about $7-8. It's not worth paying 3 times the amount for a version with a magnet on it. If you want a...
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    Current Brightest Single 18650 Lights

    If you want to go a little cheaper, the Balder BD-2 will do what you ask. Balder only claims 500 lumens, but output is actually closer to 600 in the cool white model. Very balanced between flood and throw and no stepdown from high mode. One of my favorite lights. Sbflashlights and Jason at...
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    FandyFire S3

    Fandyfire is bad, but this is still the all time worst: See Rule #3 Do not Hot Link images - Norm
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    Nebo Redline Tactical will not work

    You probably did nothing wrong, but just fell victim to a somewhat crappy light. It's unlikely that the LED itself is the problem. Its more likely a switch or contact issue or its possible the driver burned out. I suggest starting with this thread...
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    Review: Xtar WK25B 1xAA/WK26 1x14500 (Pic Heavy, Beamshots, very long)

    Mea culpa - I went through my test notes again and realized I made a mistake on the timing of the WK25B UI. I retested it and it is in fact 5 seconds, not 10 seconds. Still too long so my point remains, but not as bad as previously stated. I am updating the review.
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    Review: Xtar WK25B 1xAA/WK26 1x14500 (Pic Heavy, Beamshots, very long)

    I haven't done a complete run time test yet, but given how much draw there is, it will likley not go much longer than 45 minutes. On the bright side, the ouput is really nice. As seen from the photos, its actually better than even my Xeno E03 XM-L on nimh. It really is close to a true 150 lumens...
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    Review: Xtar WK25B 1xAA/WK26 1x14500 (Pic Heavy, Beamshots, very long)

    Xtar WK25B/WK26 Review I’ll start off by thanking Miles at Xtar for providing these lights for review. The WK25B and WK26 are the two newest members of Xtar’s EDC series of flashlights, in this case they fill the highly competitive 1xaa sized space in the line-up. While I generally never...
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    Brightest Key Chain Light?

    On a standard Nimh AAA, the Fenix Ld01 SS has been tested to be the brightest, other than the Peak. With a li-ion, its hard to say which will come out on top (not counting the peak, which would win easily). http://lygte-info.dk/review/Beamshot AAA lights 2011-11 UK.html
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    XTAR A01 R5 or ITP R01?

    I have the Xtar upgraded R01. A solid light. It does give you a bit more flexibility than the ITP, but PWM is noticeable on the modes (you can get rid of unwanted modes using a pencil). I have the XM-L version of the Xtar R01 so the output vs the ITP is no contest. The charging flexibility of...
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    Review: Balder SE-1 (Warning: Pic heavy, Beamshots)

    Long gone. When I do ceiling bounce shots I try to grab the first few items I see laying around that can give a reasonable variety of shapes/textures, colors, and text, for comparison reasons. On lights that are closer in brightness on ceiling bounce, it does seem to help. Since it was...
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    Where is Balder on the flashlight food chain?

    I should add that the regulation is a lot better on their 18650 lights vs their 1xaa lights. The BD-4 is actually pretty close to that Fenix level as seen by HKJ's review of the BD4, but they do use PWM unlike the direct current that Fenix often uses. On the 18650 BD-2 and BD-4, it is fast...
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    Review: Balder SE-1 (Warning: Pic heavy, Beamshots)

    That is kind of odd. I have to think that there must be a way for the pill to come out of both sides. I wonder if the one side is supposed to be glued and they glued the wrong side on mine. I like the way mine is because I like to be able to remove the ring when I need to and I shouldn't even...
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    Where is Balder on the flashlight food chain?

    As others have said, they are very new. I have reviewed a couple of their products. From my initial impressions, they are pricing more on the low side of the market. Their build quality is definitely on the mark with other brands. Everything works and I have experienced no flakiness. Long term...
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    Recommend a Light and What's with 2007??

    The year 2007 refers to when the website received its last redesign not when it was last updated. Almost all the lights on the Fenix light have been intorudced after the 2007 date. You'll find a lot of the company websites are almost all the same layout becasue a lot of those companies literally...
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