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Why Titanium?

Advantages of Titanium.

Titanium vs Aluminum (which, in fact, Garageboy is the thread starter :nana🙂

Fo me, I prefer Ti simply because it's tougher than aluminum, lighter than steel, anti-corrosive against sea water/chlorine and it looks great.
I'm not really a bling person, so if I get this Fenix, I'll probably going to Scotch Brite it. 😀
 
Actually, I'm surprised no one has treated the Ti for a tougher surfact yet (All you watch guys look up Citizen's Duratect)

BTW: Fenix's press material makes the twist switch appear as a knob on the rear end of the light(a la Titan).
 
GarageBoy said:
Actually, I'm surprised no one has treated the Ti for a tougher surfact yet (All you watch guys look up Citizen's Duratect)
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Isn't Diamond coating tougher?
If my memory serves me well, GreenLED has a diamond coated drake.
 
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Zeruel said:
Why Titanium?

Advantages of Titanium.

Titanium vs Aluminum (which, in fact, Garageboy is the thread starter :nana🙂

Fo me, I prefer Ti simply because it's tougher than aluminum, lighter than steel, anti-corrosive against sea water/chlorine and it looks great.
I'm not really a bling person, so if I get this Fenix, I'll probably going to Scotch Brite it. 😀
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Last friday I gor one of those gorgeous Ti BitZ from a CPFer. It is the bare titanium version and already had some scratches at the tail, tailstanding and polished titanium don't work well together. I would have preffered the bead blasted version, but decided to pull the trigger immediately when it showed up on the BST.

I didn't dare using a scotch brite at first, the former owner encouraged me to do it, he didn't have the time to do it. So, I gave it a try... The result was so nice, that I did the whole light and I don't regret it. I used some steel wool later on for the finish, which is now nice satin, more beautiful than bead blasted in my eyes! 🙂

I can't go back of course, I don't have the necessary equipement to polish titanium, but it wouldn't be a problem, technically. You also can bead blast it, anodize (easy to do yourself) it or flame it. Only titanium allows such a personnalisation.

I hope to get a PD10 without scratches and I'll keep it a shelf queen to start with. Pictures of a satin one would be great! I'm also considering to treat my Preons that way... 😀
 
Zeruel said:
I hope this isn't OT, but could you post the result? :grin2:
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Yes, good idea, I wanted to do pictures for the seller this evening.

I think I'll open a new thread "Show your modded Titaniums", as it'll be OT here (until someone gets his Ti PD10).

There are pictures of other lights around, some results are really good, others less, but you always have a second try! :wave:

I wonder if you would get results on the knurling of the PD10 with a Scotch-Brite?
 
I made some beamshots with my new Fenix PD10 ti

Camera settings: 2s, ISO400, 4.0

Controlshot (Distance to the house 30m)
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Fenix PD10 ti :twothumbs
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Quark Turbo
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Surefire LX2
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WolfEyes Sniper MC-E (580Lumen Version)
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Enjoy! 🙄
 
GarageBoy said:
People want Ti cause its nerdy cool and they can say to their friends "my light is titanium"

"Ti- when gold, silver platinum and palladium are too 'old man' for me"
or
"Ti- the kiddie version/the young people's version of silver and gold"
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Uh, no. I want titanium because it will never corrode or tarnish and I can beat the hell out of it and it will still look good, and while you might be able to get the same with stainless steel, titanium weighs less. A hundred years from now some kid could find this in the woods, put a new battery in it, and it will work.

Most things that are made out of steel should be made out of titanium. In pretty much all applications it's a better material to work with, and there's more of it in Earth's crust than iron, interestingly.
 
Got mine yesterday. Very pleased with output and tint however I hear a whine and a bit of a hissing sound when on medium and high. It seams to happen when turning the head slowly and at the point it first turns on or off. Probably in normal use it won't happen or at least would not be noticable.

Not sure this will bother me as long as it works properly otherwise. The machining is top notch and it is a very nice looking light.
 
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