yaesumofo
Flashlight Enthusiast
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OK guys Novatac is here and their product is a good one. some are less than happy some are over the moon. I am neither. The Novatac edc 120P is about as good as a NON KISS programmable flashlight gets...today.
OK that said the HDS EDC was/is a fine flashlight. The Novatac is an evolution or possibly an amalgam of the HDS and ARC designs with a whole new Operating system User interface. (Boy dO I wish I could pay Novatac to replace the HDS UI with the new Novatac UI...WOW)
Anyway the point of this post is to question the user-group to the point where we get to thinking. maybe together maybe apart. doesn't matter as long as we create dialogue which becomes meaningful.
OK rumor has it that HDS will be coming to market soon. what do you want to see in this new programmable light that is not available and easy to do using what is available today?
I am trying to figure out just what Henry can do to excite us into plonking down another $150 down for a new light who's DNA we are all too familiar with...at least I am. between the ARC 4 + ...several HDS EDC's and now a Novatac edc 120P.
The most recent Novatec edc 120P Clearly blows all the others away. at least form a lumen for dollar value...the userinterface...ease of use and quality of manufacture. they are all FINE on m unit.
Henry has a very hard act to follow. I am interested in hearing from you guys Just what is it going to take to get you to buy in?
What will send you packing. For example I wouldn't mind a little backward movement in the physical design dept...so what.
What do you guys think comes next? a usb plug? hell why not blue-tooth?
Personally I would love a IR interface to the light easy and simple and no wires....Why Not?Isn't that where we really want to go? the ability to be the master of the UI? OK that's a ways off yet.
OK there is the Gotham cool light. the Dragon MrBulk...a real weapon light,...the ARC PD...we know about this one for the most part. and now a new programmable light from Henry. What in the world can he possibly do to compete?
Anyway we look at it between the elcheapo Asian factors keep cranking out lights with new emitters as fast as the come out. The custom houses are kinder to us. Taking care to make fine lights which generally are a few major cuts above the Asian offerings. Hey you have got to hand it to them their sheer speed to market with new technology is amazing.
Now we have the likes of Henry who has a desire to engineer the best lights possible. His standards are high...so are mine. Bt for the life of me I can't see him bringing an earthshattering feature what did they call it?
The killer app.
What is flashlights killer app?
BTW please don't give anything away that you don't want stolen borrowed or otherwise lifted from this group only to find it in a Asian light.
This is a pretty darn public. and I dont see any company thanking us on the CPF for the ideas which have made the maglite the Maglite of today.
Thoughts ideas sorry about the rant. I find it very interesting so please chime in. this is not a this vs that thread. it is more like one thought process vs another....
Yaesumofo
OK guys Novatac is here and their product is a good one. some are less than happy some are over the moon. I am neither. The Novatac edc 120P is about as good as a NON KISS programmable flashlight gets...today.
OK that said the HDS EDC was/is a fine flashlight. The Novatac is an evolution or possibly an amalgam of the HDS and ARC designs with a whole new Operating system User interface. (Boy dO I wish I could pay Novatac to replace the HDS UI with the new Novatac UI...WOW)
Anyway the point of this post is to question the user-group to the point where we get to thinking. maybe together maybe apart. doesn't matter as long as we create dialogue which becomes meaningful.
OK rumor has it that HDS will be coming to market soon. what do you want to see in this new programmable light that is not available and easy to do using what is available today?
I am trying to figure out just what Henry can do to excite us into plonking down another $150 down for a new light who's DNA we are all too familiar with...at least I am. between the ARC 4 + ...several HDS EDC's and now a Novatac edc 120P.
The most recent Novatec edc 120P Clearly blows all the others away. at least form a lumen for dollar value...the userinterface...ease of use and quality of manufacture. they are all FINE on m unit.
Henry has a very hard act to follow. I am interested in hearing from you guys Just what is it going to take to get you to buy in?
What will send you packing. For example I wouldn't mind a little backward movement in the physical design dept...so what.
What do you guys think comes next? a usb plug? hell why not blue-tooth?
Personally I would love a IR interface to the light easy and simple and no wires....Why Not?Isn't that where we really want to go? the ability to be the master of the UI? OK that's a ways off yet.
OK there is the Gotham cool light. the Dragon MrBulk...a real weapon light,...the ARC PD...we know about this one for the most part. and now a new programmable light from Henry. What in the world can he possibly do to compete?
Anyway we look at it between the elcheapo Asian factors keep cranking out lights with new emitters as fast as the come out. The custom houses are kinder to us. Taking care to make fine lights which generally are a few major cuts above the Asian offerings. Hey you have got to hand it to them their sheer speed to market with new technology is amazing.
Now we have the likes of Henry who has a desire to engineer the best lights possible. His standards are high...so are mine. Bt for the life of me I can't see him bringing an earthshattering feature what did they call it?
The killer app.
What is flashlights killer app?
BTW please don't give anything away that you don't want stolen borrowed or otherwise lifted from this group only to find it in a Asian light.
This is a pretty darn public. and I dont see any company thanking us on the CPF for the ideas which have made the maglite the Maglite of today.
Thoughts ideas sorry about the rant. I find it very interesting so please chime in. this is not a this vs that thread. it is more like one thought process vs another....
Yaesumofo