This is to notify you that 6 DEFT-HOs, the longest throwing LED flashlight in the world, are available for sale. I have had great difficultly in getting these out due to tracking down the correct lenses. The pre-collimator in the required spec is hard to find at reasonable prices.
The HO(High-Output) is based on the FTP and uses the shock resistant bezel but has several key parameters optimized. Here is a list of the HO upgrades from the FTP.
1.7A driver
The LED is soldered directly to solid copper.
AR coated glass pre-collimator
Leather lanyard
Higher precision main lens
Silver coated beryllium copper springs
Let's put this in perspective. The FTP smoked all the other LED lights out there and it was doing about 135K lux@ 1m typical. The HO is like taking the FTP and adding three more Tiablo A9s all into one beam. The typical performance as measured by my equipment was 180K lux!! I have even seen some perform over 200K.
The price is $375 plus shipping costs.
This is a first come first served sale.
How to order
Send me an email to omglumens "at" gmail dot com with "DEFT HO order" in the subject line.
Please provide me with your zip code if you live in the US or, if outside the US, your country so I can calculate shipping. Everything I ship goes via USPS Priority w/ insurance. As always I put the full value of the light on the customs forms and will not under any circumstances do otherwise. That means if you live in a country other than the US you will most likely be obliged to pay a customs or duty fee. Residents of Texas will also be responsible for any state taxes.
So the two things the email should contain are "I want one" and where you live.
After I have had time to figure out who gets what I will send you an email to let you know what your total is and payment instructions. After I send the return email with the total you have 24 hours to remit payment.
Note that I will not accept any order through PM as my CPF inbox cannot handle it. It must be through email.
I have tried to remove everyone who has already purchased from the notification list but if I am in error or you want removed from any further notifications please let me know. What I generally do is leave anyone on the list who did not make it. Thanks everyone! -Michael