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the heat would come from the heat dissipator/heat sink in the head, not the batteries directly; it would have to be extremely hot indeed to conduct along the body tube and melt the battery sleeve; by then the outside would melt/burn something... none of this is going to happen without something going *poof*. The electronics would burn out first before anything got that hot. Not going to happen... lots of lights use the 1mm sleeve to tighten the fit of cr123's.

...holy crap, Marduke, 7100 posts!!!!! begs the question, how many posts have you READ? LOL
 
WOOOW GUYS! I THINK FENIX HAS LISTIN TO ME!

A few months ago i send fenix a email with a few tips for design a new light:

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From:
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 5:03 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Question


Hello,

5 Tips to make a perfect fenix light ever!

- One, a survival thing! make a light with points ( when you stuck in the ice you can put your light in the ice and get yourself out of the weather , and to defende yourself! Like the E2E defender from surefire)

- Make a light that works on one AA battery! and have 2 hours of light and 250 lumens!

- Make a beam that you can change, like the maglite!

- Make it like the size of the Fenix TK11!

- Make the glass unbrakeable

- At the end of the light, make something that can brake glass easily! Now the light will be populair by cops!


I know this is possible! It take only time! but when you do this things! It will be great and you get a great selling product!

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I think: The lumens are 255 or someting like that
the batts are 2 AA's
And you can focus te beam, thats what i think and you have One, a survival thing! make a light with points ( when you stuck in the ice you can put your light in the ice and get yourself out of the weather , and to defende yourself! Like the E2E defender from surefire)


😀 😀
 
I'm really glad that Fenix now builts lights I won't have to spend money on...

The design of the head is Surefire-like, nice?
The modes-changing ring is a good idea, but why is it so flat, unlike the one on the U2?

Why did they make it 3 CR123A long??? I need 3 cells to power an MC-E, but not for an XR-E with 225 Lumen! OK, the runtimes are nice, but we can carry spares, can't we?

After the TK40, this light is the next disappointment for me. Great for my wallet, unfortunately Olight made the M30 Triton which has already been reserved.

N.B : I am a big Fenix fan, the E01 is probably the only one I don't own... :sigh:
 
I like the new light with a ring to set output and has nothing against 3 batteries and a long runtime, it might even be able to run on 17500 batteries.

But as usual, the low on Fenix is not really low.
 
With a mechanical ring, how would this light downshift to lower levels when the cells are getting empty?

Would the electronics just cap the output to medium when in high, and for really empty batteries low on all modes?

The runtime looks good, but how blue will the light be? (I am looking for something less blue than the Fenix rebel 100 models-they are really warm-cool white, or maybe really cool-neutral white)
 
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MichaelW said:
With a mechanical ring, how would this light downshift to lower levels when the cells are getting empty?

Would the electronics just cap the output to medium when in high, and for really empty batteries low on all modes?

The runtime looks good, but how blue will the light be? (I am looking for something less blue than the Fenix rebel 100 models-they are really warm-cool white, or maybe really cool-neutral white)
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Well first off hello everyone. Long time lurker, just dont say much.

Until we have the light in hand, I think this will be a hard question to answer. But I suspect that it just cap the power at medium, or low or however much power is left as the cells power drops.

It uses the Cree Premium (Q5) 7090 XR-E LED so I suppect it will be the same color band as the TK10.

Cheers
Brad
 
I wonder if that is how the vaporware UA2 (and actual UB3) work, considering they have that fuel gauge. Hey you are supposed to downshift when it turns yellow.
 
**NEW** FROM FENIX the, FENIX: TA30 - OFFICIAL INFORMATION FROM FENIX.

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? Cree Premium (Q5) 7090 XR-E LED with lifespan of 50,000 hours
? 4 types of output Low (9 Lumens, 115Hrs)?Med (60 Lumens, 25Hrs)?High (225 Lumens, 3.5Hrs)?Strobe (230 Lumens, 7Hrs)
? Constant current circuit - maintains constant brightness
? Uses three 3V CR123A batteries (Lithium)
? 200mm (Length) x 35mm (Diameter)
? Made of T6 aircraft-grade aluminum
? Durable Type III hard-anodized anti-abrasive finish
? Weighs 200 grams (excluding batteries)
? Waterproof to IPX-8 Standards
? Toughened ultra-clear glass lens with anti-reflective coating
? Tactical tailcap switch with momentary-on function
? Included accessories: lanyard, two spare o-rings,and rubber switch boot
 
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I wonder if there will be a 'civilian' version? Fenix moves pretty fast
T"C"20: 2 x cr123, less attack oriented crenelated bezel, ditch the strobe for a fourth output (175,75,25,5 in neutral white)
 
?Med (60 Lumens, 25Hrs)
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P3D Q5 does 53 lumens for 13h and now adding a 3rd cr123a TA30 puts out 60 lumens for 25h? Can the jump in efficiency be really that huge? :candle:

But the light looks quite interesting as a weapon, more like a tk with extra lower low and strobe mode
 
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MichaelW said:
I wonder if there will be a 'civilian' version? Fenix moves pretty fast
T"C"20: 2 x cr123, less attack oriented crenelated bezel, ditch the strobe for a fourth output (175,75,25,5 in neutral white)
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Yeah, they are shipping the lights now to the stores so in 1/2 weeks you can buy it! 🙂... Yeah i like it, you can use it *** a weapon, or you can stick it in the ice when you are in the water, but the TK11 you can also use as a kind of weapon 🙂
 
cat said:
Stuck in the ice?! 😕
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it is a common self rescue technique to use ice picks, a knife or a similar spiked object to jab into the ice, after falling thru ice (ice cracking or breaking, say while lake fishing in fishing). One uses "crawling" motion, jabbing into the ice to pull out of the water.

the Surefire crennalation on certain models actually work quite well for ice self rescue. Seems fenix has listened to a member here as well... 😎
 
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