ergotelis
Enlightened
Guys this belongs to general flashlight discussion and not only here in led flashlights
I think quite a few in Iraq are using Surefires and Novatac's. I've seen quite a few on eBay stating "used in Iraq".
Here is a very interesting story from Surefire's web site:
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L4 a Lifesaver in IED Explosion
It was a pitch-black, quiet night, and I was under the cover of a burned-out house. I saw what appeared to be an iPod and assumed it had been dropped by one of my fellow soldiers. Well, it wasn't an iPod; it was an IED (improvised explosive device).
I remember a bright, white light flashing, and waking up several hours later with a wall on top of me. I was 99% covered and stuck, except for my free right arm. I could not see and could barely breathe, but I could hear what I thought were drones passing by overhead and other units passing by. But I couldn't make a sound. Then I remembered that my SureFire L4 LumaMax® was on my belt.
After 10 minutes of painful wiggling, I was able to reach my L4 with my right hand. My head was split wide open, my nose was nearly completely off my face, so I couldn't get enough air, and I was quickly passing out, but I was able to click my L4 on and off several times before losing consciousness. It was enough to get me noticed by the drone passing over me. Roughly 20 minutes later, I was rescued and extricated from under a ton of debris.
Now, 197 stitches later, I'm back home recuperating and rehabilitating. The hundred-plus dollars I spent on my L4 was worth every penny. This is a life-saving tool. My only regret is that, after I passed out, I dropped my L4 and lost it forever. But I'm already saving up for a new one and hope to rejoin my unit in a few weeks.
God bless America, God bless The Corps, and God bless SureFire!
Gunny David M.
Piscataway, NJ
+1Guys this belongs to general flashlight discussion and not only here in led flashlights
if he survived, i have confidence that any aluminium flashlight over $50 would probably have survived in an operable state too. nothing spectacular.
if he survived, i have confidence that any aluminium flashlight over $50 would probably have survived in an operable state too. nothing spectacular.
Maybe i should have said "many aluminium flashlight over $50" instead of "any aluminium flashlight over $50 would probably have survived in an operable state too." would be more agreeable.I don't think you'll find too many individuals wishing to test out that theory.
I don't think you'll find too many individuals wishing to test out that theory.
Maybe i should have said "many aluminium flashlight over $50" instead of "any aluminium flashlight over $50 would probably have survived in an operable state too." would be more agreeable.
Anyway, your call.
Except, of course, that the MC-E is a quad-die emitter, so RGB+W makes exactly one color per die, not multiple. :shakeheadI have to toot my own horn on my predictions as when asked "what is the future of LEDs" thread last year, I was the first, and maybe only person to predict the development of multiple color LEDs on one die. I was pretty stoked to see them come out with the Quark RGB a few months back.
its just a flashlight, not a laptop. besides the lens, IMO there's not that much areas that can fail easily.You're right, we need more light torture threads around here. I was shocked by how much abuse the Fenix TK40 took.
wow, just went to streamlight site and some specs for the light are 1/2 watt led (white) with 20 lumens and a run time of 7.5 hours. im thinking 20 lumens vs some of whats available. it is a very impressive looking light thats for sure.
its just a flashlight, not a laptop. besides the lens, IMO there's not that much areas that can fail easily.