New LED Flashlight Coatings

[bspofford]

Not considering brass, stainless steel and bare metal finishes, it seems that there are more finishes for aluminum than Type II and HAIII. MTE and Romisen have some other finish, and perhaps it is a variant of Type II. Today I noted KD has a new pair of EastwardYJ lights with a finish called HRC 20-30. I did some preliminary research and discovered that this is a hard finish often used on gears. Anybody know more about it and if it is harder than HAIII?

 

[Ginseng]

I'm partial to the warm color cast of electroless nickel. Goes very well with titanium hardware like clips and screws.

Wilkey

 

[Crenshaw]

maybe they will do hard anodized SS...:huh:

or hard anodized ti!

Crenshaw

 

[LukeA]

HRC 20-30 is a range of hardness on the Rockwell C scale. The values are kind of meaningless because a thin coating like anodizing won't affect the hardness value of the underlying aluminum.