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May I assume that the threads on the Prototypes are more robust than "the competition's" design, since the amount of force on the cell by the two spring/contact battery plate assemblies is greater?
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Threads on the Prototypes are 15/16- 24tpi which is a "*******" thread, meaning that it is a non-standard thread. Slightly coarser than the 15/16-32 UN thread that is on the Novatacs and old HDS EDC series.
 
GottaWearShades,

Both strobes (emergency and tactical) and SOS are included. Look in the Customization Guide for instructions for accessing them. They are no longer in the Option Menu since they are now regular brightness levels that can be assigned to one of the brightness presets. All three signals are also mentioned on the product pages.

FredericoFreire,

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LuxLover,

As I have said many times, the threads on the prototypes are large and robust compared to the older designs. The total force from the double springs is small compared to the forces generated by the gray rubber baby buggy bumpers - the later generating roughly 20 pounds of force on a few small threads - hence the problems with the other design.

Henry.
 
turbodog said:
Just an FYI, but typically a single spring or double springs generate the same force for a given total compression.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooke's_law
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How can you conclude that!? Yes, the link explains the relation between compression and force, but I don't see how that can tell anything about the compression force of the "rubber baby buggy bumpers". I guess all Henry is saying is that the "rubber baby buggy bumpers" have a greater equivalent spring constant than what is healthy, in other words the "rubber baby buggy bumper" is equivalent to a very stiff spring.
 
paxxus said:
How can you conclude that!? Yes, the link explains the relation between compression and force, but I don't see how that can tell anything about the compression force of the "rubber baby buggy bumpers". I guess all Henry is saying is that the "rubber baby buggy bumpers" have a greater equivalent spring constant than what is healthy, in other words the "rubber baby buggy bumper" is equivalent to a very stiff spring.
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I've owned both and the rubber bumper is quite stiff. But, I posted my note to simply dispel the notion that dual springs would (normally) be twice as stiff as a single in this design.
 
orcinus said:
Because he didn't allow other people to fill up the empty slots left by the giver-uppers? 🙄
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Ante,
Now I remember. As time passed by, Russ probably saw that the lights were not going to be coming as "fast as furious" as he initially believed. So he shortened the 20 place lists to 15, and then to 10. Then the Oct 26 deadline passed.


 
Is the locator flash now using Level 1?

I enabled the locator, and I initially didn't realize the feature was even functioning. I'm in a room with fairly low light (late afternoon, indirect sunlight only), and the flashes are almost undetectable.
 
We demand pictures, please!

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luxlover said:
That's beautiful, Fred. Did you get your buddies to pose to make the picture? Very original. Maybe it will convince new Clicky owners to look for their cameras?

Jeff
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That should convince the owners to post a picture. Unfortunately it is not my picture, it is for sure from a english spoken country, as you can see at the banner on the background. I just found it over the google images. :naughty:
 
FredericoFreire said:
That should convince the owners to post a picture. Unfortunately it is not my picture, it is for sure from a english spoken country, as you can see at the banner on the background. I just found it over the google images. :naughty:
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I see that, Fred. Do you Brazilians like McDonald's?



 
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The strobe kicks butt, being about twice as bright as novatac strobe.

All you need is a couple of ra clickys set to strobe, a dark room, good tunes, a keg, and some tom collins and you've got yourself a party.
 
OK If someone has photos but they do not know how to post them send me an e-mail and I will post them.
 
gswitter said:
Is the locator flash now using Level 1?

I enabled the locator, and I initially didn't realize the feature was even functioning. I'm in a room with fairly low light (late afternoon, indirect sunlight only), and the flashes are almost undetectable.
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Just got my Prototype today. I noticed the same thing with the locater flash, barely even detectable in low light. Not sure what my opinion on that is yet.
 
gswitter said:
I enabled the locator, and I initially didn't realize the feature was even functioning. I'm in a room with fairly low light (late afternoon, indirect sunlight only), and the flashes are almost undetectable.
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LLCoolBeans said:
I noticed the same thing with the locater flash, barely even detectable in low light. Not sure what my opinion on that is yet.
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I know what my opinion is, this sounds like fantastic news! Remember, it's for finding the light in the dark, you don't need—or want!—much light. Of course it's a matter of preference. Some think the previous locators should have been brighter, but many, like me, found it unusably bright already.


turbodog said:
The strobe kicks butt, being about twice as bright as novatac strobe.

All you need is a couple of ra clickys set to strobe, a dark room, good tunes, a keg, and some tom collins and you've got yourself a party.
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Thanks for the report on the new burst-level rave mode! :party:
 
The opinion on the locator flash intensity seems fairly evenly divided, some like it very, very low and some like it brighter.

I like it fairly bright because I don't feel that an extremely low locator flash is usable if you for example drop your light outdoors with a little ambient light. I really liked the NT locator flash for this reason.

The initial reports about the very low locator flash is bad news for me :mecry:, but for the "nightstand folks" I guess it's good news :shrug:

Can't please everybody (unless the locator intensity was programmable).
 
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