Hi, I've finally joined this excellent forum after having been lurking for ages.
I have a number of torches (lucido c10, teknolite, eternalight ergo, Princeton Tec Surge, plus more keyring torches than I care to think about....), all purchased in the UK, not easy, I can tell you.
However, it's my latest purchase, the fliklite, that has persuaded me to sign up and post.
I bought the fliklite from firebox.com for £10 less than the advertised price on the official web site, and I have to say I am very disapointed in it.
If you click on the link I have included (sorry - I couldn't work out how to post the photo),
you'll see that the beam is all over the place with a number of hotspots. (As you may observe
- there's nothing else on the site yet although I'm going to put up some comparison photos of the etenalite and the teknolite torches later)
http://mysite.freeserve.com/dirobesh/page1.html
It's only about half the brightness of my eternalite ergo (I've checked the batteries) and the colour shows a strong blue tint. Also, two of the leds have a black mark on them.
The unit itself is very well made and sturdy with a lightly ribbed surface, it is nicely balanced and the mechanism itself works fine and is reliable.
It comes in a metal box (mine was covered in dust!) which securely holds the torch and 3 batteries in separate compartments.
The more I think about it, the more I suspect I've got a duffer as the poor quality beam seems at odds with the excellent workmanship of the unit itself.
If anyone else has bought one of these, I would be very interested to read them.
(Just found out that Maplins is selling the Inova X5 "original" for £49 - buying it over the weekend, when I've checked my bank balance
)
Why ARE UK prices so flippin' expensive ?
I have a number of torches (lucido c10, teknolite, eternalight ergo, Princeton Tec Surge, plus more keyring torches than I care to think about....), all purchased in the UK, not easy, I can tell you.
However, it's my latest purchase, the fliklite, that has persuaded me to sign up and post.
I bought the fliklite from firebox.com for £10 less than the advertised price on the official web site, and I have to say I am very disapointed in it.
If you click on the link I have included (sorry - I couldn't work out how to post the photo),
you'll see that the beam is all over the place with a number of hotspots. (As you may observe
http://mysite.freeserve.com/dirobesh/page1.html
It's only about half the brightness of my eternalite ergo (I've checked the batteries) and the colour shows a strong blue tint. Also, two of the leds have a black mark on them.
The unit itself is very well made and sturdy with a lightly ribbed surface, it is nicely balanced and the mechanism itself works fine and is reliable.
It comes in a metal box (mine was covered in dust!) which securely holds the torch and 3 batteries in separate compartments.
The more I think about it, the more I suspect I've got a duffer as the poor quality beam seems at odds with the excellent workmanship of the unit itself.
If anyone else has bought one of these, I would be very interested to read them.
(Just found out that Maplins is selling the Inova X5 "original" for £49 - buying it over the weekend, when I've checked my bank balance
Why ARE UK prices so flippin' expensive ?
