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souptree said:
Robin, do you have some kind of affiliation with Mag?
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Nope, I'm just a fan of Maglite because I have little interest in Made in China or CR123 lights. My XL100 was a review unit sent by Maglite (hence the flyer in the background of several pics I took) so I've been able to get a bit more info about it than the average Joe, but I must say I'm pretty pleased with the XL100 and will be picking up a second (in grey) if I can find one.

souptree said:
Between the avatar, the sig and the many posts in the XL100 threads, but not very many other places, it seems like you are particularly invested in this light....
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I've only been posting more since discussions about the XL100 started popping up. 😉
 
I just picked one up today at Home Depot today too. The UI is pretty innovative especially coming from Maglite. I like the NiteLite mode too, that's a great idea.

Was planning to make a 18500 battery holder for it but I'm not going to try because of the proprietary battery connections, maybe later.

Fullfilled my curiosity in 2 mins & gave the light to my little brother. :laughing:
 
I had one in my hands at home depot, got as far as the self checkout and decided I would end up the same as you Will, so I bypassed buying it altogether for now haha.
 
I stopped at Home Depot this morning and played with it in the packaging of course. I decided not to buy it and wait to see what kind of issues will evolve from those who bought early models and to also see if issues do occur what mag will do to resolve them such as releasing an updated version correcting issues that occured with early adopters.
 
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Took a peek at them at the Depot today, but came away thinking that while some of us will buy them, John Q. Public and Joe Sixpack are very unlikely to spend $40 because it's a Mag. I'll bet more wives will be getting them for husbands as birthday presents, cause they can't think of anything else.

Now if they cut the price to about $20-$25 I'll give it some serious consideration.

Geoff
 
Can someone please post the SKU from Home Depot, so I can call and make sure they have them in stock before I go. Thanks!
 
elumen8 said:
I must be running into a string of dumb luck, because I'm seeing them hanging in all sorts of places in the south bay area...Sports Authority, Fry's, Home Depot, Redwood Trading Post...I'm off to go buy a lottery ticket now.

JB
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I'm in Northern Cali East bay and I can't find one anywhere. I tried 3 Home Depot (Fremont, Milpitas, Union City), Lowes in Fremont, Frys (Fremont, San Jose) and Sports Authority in Union City. I'm about to just give up.
 
Fry's in Sunnyvale is sold out. At least I'm closer this time, I actually saw a spot and price for it. BTW, this is the nicest looking Fry's I've seen.
 
So I'm in Sports Authoruty at Great Mall in Milpitas right now, and they have it! But it's 49.99....screw it, all this damn driving I'm buying it.
 
Hmm, did the Sunnyvale Fry's only have a spot for black, or are other colors available? I'm probably going to head over there next week and check it out (got to buy D-cell mounting brackets, so I'll be there regardless).
 
shilent said:
this is the nicest looking Fry's I've seen.
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What was the store's theme there? Everytime I'm "away from home" & see a Fry's I step in just to check out that store's theme. Down here it's Alice in Wonderland & the other one is Attack of the Aliens. In Vegas they didn't have a theme but they had a moving slot machine on the front wall. 🙄

Speaking of Fry's, not that I really care, ours' now carries Fenix lights, they've been selling out quick.


shilent said:
I'm in Northern Cali East bay and I can't find one anywhere. I tried 3 Home Depot (Fremont, Milpitas, Union City), Lowes in Fremont, Frys (Fremont, San Jose) and Sports Authority in Union City. I'm about to just give up.
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shilent said:
So I'm in Sports Authoruty at Great Mall in Milpitas right now, and they have it! But it's 49.99....screw it, all this damn driving I'm buying it.
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I'm sure they'll be popping out all over the place very soon. Bass Pro Shop & Sports Authority is where I first heard of local stores carrying them in stock. Bass Pro Shop is way to far & I passed up on Sport Authority for that same reason, $49.99. But if you been driving around endlessly looking for one, don't feel bad, $50 is not bad considering the cost in wasted gas.
 
Robin24k said:
Hmm, did the Sunnyvale Fry's only have a spot for black, or are other colors available? I'm probably going to head over there next week and check it out (got to buy D-cell mounting brackets, so I'll be there regardless).
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I only saw 1 spot/peg for the XL100, I'm assuming only black.

darkzero said:
What was the store's theme there? Everytime I'm "away from home" & see a Fry's I step in just to check out that store's theme. Down here it's Alice in Wonderland & the other one is Attack of the Aliens. In Vegas they didn't have a theme but they had a moving slot machine on the front wall. 🙄

Speaking of Fry's, not that I really care, ours' now carries Fenix lights, they've been selling out quick.
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Like the one in Fremont, the Sunnyvale Fry's did not have a theme, it just looked so bright, clean, and organized, I liked it a lot.

The one in Fremont and Sunnyvale was selling the ITP A6 which I thought was cool.
 
darkzero said:
Fullfilled my curiosity in 2 mins & gave the light to my little brother. :laughing:
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That's my concern, that the XL100 will be a five-minute novelty and then it'll go in the drawer as a spare right next to my Minimag multimode since there's no chance of it replacing my Quark AA as my everyday-carry. That and the fact that a Quark Mini AA is the same price and will serve well as an EDC back-up light and I'm finding fewer and fewer compelling reasons to get an XL100.
 
i just found the XL100 for sale on a few of the UK dealer sites

i have suddenly lost interest in buying it as it is retailing over here for

😱😱 😱 £60-£65 = $90-$100 :sick2::sick2:
 
Barrie said:
i just found the XL100 for sale on a few of the UK dealer sites

i have suddenly lost interest in buying it as it is retailing over here for

😱😱 😱 £60-£65 = $90-$100 :sick2::sick2:
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It's what I'm always saying. For some reason they're very expensive outside US. I'm thinking of asking a few friends or similar so we can order a few from US. Even though stuff from US rarely escapes tax and fees that'll be much cheaper. For that price no one with the common senses in behold would buy it when you can have Fenixes for much less. Yes - of course you'll miss the very interesting UI but I agree it's too much.
I've asked the local supplier (where the shop are buying from, don't know the English word for that) when the light will be available in DK and they said somewhere in May. Hope prices will drop then. Perhaps the few ones you (and I) have seen from online sites are parallel imported from US?
 
I'm liking this light so far, brighter than I was expecting. The only thing keeping me from EDCing it is, it doesn't have a clip and doesn't seem like there's a way to add one.

Does anyone know if the 83 lumens is emitter or OTF?
 
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