NEW FENIX MC10

[Egsise]

Wow that is ugly... but at least it's not rude looking like the fenix diffuser.

Diffuser cone, It's not the diffuser cones fault if YOU have a dirty dirty mind.
Diffuser lens, rude?
Which one do you mean?

When I first saw the MC10 I thought "How they did the twisting head mechanism?"
If the connection is with wires they will break, if it's something else how do you clean the contacts?

 

[sORe-EyEz]

looks like a Pentagon Light (main design) + SL Sidewinder (articulated head) to me. or a toy LED fire hydrate. 😛

looks aside, i am rather keen to know how the diffuser is attached to the bezel. is it loose, tight, snap on/off, screw-in/out... :thinking:

or is it similiar the the way Pentagon light's? :shrug:

 

[defloyd77]

I like it! Not in blue though. It does indeed look like the child of the SL Sidewinder and Pentagon MOLLE. Mostly like the MOLLE. I wonder if the diffuser stores in the tailcap, Fulton angle head style. If the price is right, I see one in my future, especially if it has a good tint. Needs to have a magnet or attatchable magnet on the tail for extra versatility.

The more I look at it, it totally looks like they copied the MOLLE, especially the clip, lanyard hole and the plastic and metal body.

They call the yellow looking one orange, on the questionnaire, weird. They also show red.

 

[pseudoblue]

It appears that Fenix has changed the name from Cree OSRAM, to just OSRAM now.

Found info on the LUW W5AM-LXLY-6P7R. PDF file is in another language, but you can make it out briefly with the numbers, there are other different models.

 

[ninjaboigt]

Diffuser cone, It's not the diffuser cones fault if YOU have a dirty dirty mind.
Diffuser lens, rude?
Which one do you mean?

When I first saw the MC10 I thought "How they did the twisting head mechanism?"
If the connection is with wires they will break, if it's something else how do you clean the contacts?

the diffuser is rude looking. i wouldnt want any body looking at me funny while i use the diffuser. Same reason why i dont eat hot dogs or bananas, i dont like the idea of a long object going in to my mouth. If you do, fine.

and im sure to change the modes theres a button on top of the head, you can see it in some pictures

 

[squaat]

the diffuser is rude looking. i wouldnt want any body looking at me funny while i use the diffuser....

I didn't mean the diffuser lens I meant the diffuser tip. (http://www.fenixlight.com/viewproduct.asp?id=53)

And while I don't mind using it, as it works quite well... I do find it awkward explaining what it is to people that are snickering and giggling (male and female alike)

Yeah I know it is immature.

 

[ninjaboigt]

I didn't mean the diffuser lens I meant the diffuser tip. (http://www.fenixlight.com/viewproduct.asp?id=53)

And while I don't mind using it, as it works quite well... I do find it awkward explaining what it is to people that are snickering and giggling (male and female alike)

Yeah I know it is immature.

oh i know which one ur talking about, i have one also..the other guy is the confused one

 

[Rexlion]

The barrel looks like it will have the same rubberlike stuff as the TK20... which feels and works great. As popular as the old angleheads are, this thing should do fine. And I think the blue looks fine, although the green and gray are the ones I like best. Too bad they didn't give it a higher high (like 180-220 lumens), but the 5 lumen low is a good move.

 

[Duglite]

When it's dark, you can't see how fugly it is, but it does what you want it to.

It could be called Moped - just don't let your friends see you using it.

I'd buy one, if the cost is within reason.

 

[Woods Walker]

The barrel looks like it will have the same rubberlike stuff as the TK20... which feels and works great. As popular as the old angleheads are, this thing should do fine. And I think the blue looks fine, although the green and gray are the ones I like best. Too bad they didn't give it a higher high (like 180-220 lumens), but the 5 lumen low is a good move.

Running off 1XAA batteries like NiMH etc I just don't see 180-220. Even if they somehow pulled this off the runtime would be kinda bad. I guess maybe some types of AA size batteries could do 180 but think many more people use standard types that can be had in a B&M. Honestly I don't know but think the runtime levels are good compared to L1D/LD10.

LD10.

General Mode: 9 lumens (34hrs) - > 47 lumens (6hrs) -> 94 lumens (2.2hrs) - > SOS
Turbo Mode: 120 lumens (1.5hrs) ->Strobe

MC10.

3 lighting levels, 2 flashing modes
-Lighting mode: 50 lumens (5hrs) -> 5 lumens (65hrs) -> 127 lumens (1.2hrs)

Quark AA.

Moonlight: 0.2 lumens for 10 days (1ma)
Low: 3.5 lumens for 2 days (10ma)
Medium: 18 lumens for 6 hours (50ma)
High: 70 lumens for 1.5 hours (250ma)
Max: 90 lumens for 1.2 hours (350ma)
Strobe: 90 lumens for 2.5 hours
Beacon: 0-90 lumens pulse for 18 hours

Hard to compare 100% as each mode is a few lumens off etc and the Quark under rates or so I have ben told. I have not seen too many lights running on most common 1XAA that offers too much more for a production line. I do agree that a 5 lumen low is nice.

 

[Egsise]

the diffuser is rude looking. i wouldnt want any body looking at me funny while i use the diffuser. Same reason why i dont eat hot dogs or bananas, i dont like the idea of a long object going in to my mouth. If you do, fine.

and im sure to change the modes theres a button on top of the head, you can see it in some pictures

Well I have not ever tried to put that diffuser tip in to my mouth so I don't get those funny looks either...

When I first saw the MC10 I thought "How they did the twisting head mechanism?"
If the connection is with wires they will break, if it's something else how do you clean the contacts?

The other thing was regarding how the head is connected to body, not mode changing.

 

[defloyd77]

LD10.

General Mode: 9 lumens (34hrs) - > 47 lumens (6hrs) -> 94 lumens (2.2hrs) - > SOS
Turbo Mode: 120 lumens (1.5hrs) ->Strobe

MC10.

3 lighting levels, 2 flashing modes
-Lighting mode: 50 lumens (5hrs) -> 5 lumens (65hrs) -> 127 lumens (1.2hrs)

50 lumens for 5 hours vs 47 for 6 hours (3 less lumens for 1 more hour)? What gives? OTF lumens for the MC10? Doesn't seem like it as the low modes would then be similar.

 

[Twinkle-Plank]

What would a rough price estimate be?

 

[StriderSMF]

What would a rough price estimate be?

$5,000,000

 

[TORCH_BOY]

Cool light

 

[Andy80F]

Just waiting now for first showing and initial reviews of this torch, As soon as it's out it'll be it or a Zebralight, not exactly the same but both small EDC lights with what seems to be a marked degree of crossover in uses. Only this, and wishing to repeat the WOW factor when I received my TK20 recently, have halted the order for a Zebralight H501 being placed.

Ugly? Nah, looks good int he way Land Rovers, Leatherman's and other utililitarian objects have a charm of their own.

Andy

 

[cheetokhan]

The only thing this light has in common with a Zebralight is that the LED is (or can be) mounted perpendicular to the battery axis.
The Zebralight is about as small as a light can be; it's barely any larger than the battery. This light is huge compared to a Zebralight.
The Zebralight has a fully flood beam with absolutely no hotspot. The pictures of this light show a traditional reflector with a fairly tight hotspot.
The Zebralight is all aluminum. This light is half plastic.
I actually like the looks of this and it might just become my first Fenix light, if the price is low enough, but this is no replacement for a Zebalight.

 

[Woods Walker]

The only thing this light has in common with a Zebralight is that the LED is (or can be) mounted perpendicular to the battery axis.
The Zebralight is about as small as a light can be; it's barely any larger than the battery. This light is huge compared to a Zebralight.
The Zebralight has a fully flood beam with absolutely no hotspot. The pictures of this light show a traditional reflector with a fairly tight hotspot.
The Zebralight is all aluminum. This light is half plastic.
I actually like the looks of this and it might just become my first Fenix light, if the price is low enough, but this is no replacement for a Zebalight.

The ZL wins hands down for a camp headlamp. But like the idea that a backup flashlight could be used for multiple things incase the ZL goes down or somehow got lost in the field. I think the new fenix comes with a diffuser too for a flood light use.

 

[Burgess]

$5,000,000

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[defloyd77]

So how many of you guys have submitted a name for the MC10? Other than the multiple AArdvarks? Crazy as it sounds, I'd rather win an MC10 than the TK40, I'd definately have much more uses for the MC10.