*Who has the lowest prices on Photon III?*

[nonbox]

Who has the lowest prices on the Photon III? I would appreciate it if you would post urls. Thanks.

 

[caver]

http://www.caves.org/imo/index.shtml ...$20
http://www.karstsports.com/ ...$20

These are the best prices I know of. Both have given me excellent service.

 

[flashfan]

Should be receiving mine this week from brightguy.com. $18.95 for the "basic," and $20.50 for the covert model (please confirm price before you order).

Note: You may want to take a look at comments in this board or on the discussion board on the Photon site. I found the "reviews" AFTER I had placed my order (for four of them!), and am a little worried about the switching system (perhaps the bugs have been worked out by now). (I ordered blindly because I love my other Photons.) Caveat emptor!

There must (I hope) be some people out there who have had only good experiences with their Photon IIIs?

 

[MY]

I agree with most people that the extremely long delay in switching modes is a major mistake but the other attributes more than make up for it. I especially like the dimming feature while the flashing modes are I think just about useless. I would have sacrificed some size (but I empasize "some") for it to accomodate larger batteries.

Although I like the ARC AAA's power, the small form factor of the P3 overwhelmingly makes the decision to be my carry-around keychain light.

Either you make it bright or you make it light. I will take both.

 

[Badbeams3]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by flashfan:


There must (I hope) be some people out there who have had only good experiences with their Photon IIIs?

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My Photon 3 works perfect...I leave it on low most of the time as I use it to move around the house in the middle of the night.

I would choose a Arc however, although larger, for the reasons we all know.

 

[flashfan]

To Badbeam:

No, I don't know all the reasons the Arc is preferred. Could you clue me in, please? Thanks a lot!

 

[Deuce]

This is the best price I have found so far. There is a discount if you buy two or more. http://64.49.193.154/subcatmfgprod.asp?0=361&1=413&2=-1

 

[Chris M.]

There`s a guy on Ebay selling P3s in Dutch auctions for $16 (normal) and $17 (Crystal). He also sells P2s for $9.25. Not bought from him yet but I possibly will soon. I need a new P3 to see if they`re all screwy or not- plus he also has Batonlights which I don`t have yet.

This link takes you to his auction list... http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=paramagic1&include=0&since=-1&sort=2&rows=50

 

[Badbeams3]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by flashfan:
To Badbeam:

No, I don't know all the reasons the Arc is preferred. Could you clue me in, please? Thanks a lot!

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It has a longer high brightness run time and the batt replacement cost is much less. Don`t misunderstand me...I like the Photon 3 as well...but if I could only have one or the other I would have to go with the Arc.

 

[Brock]

I just finished my runtime on the Photon 3, in less then 15 minutes it drops below the Arc in terms of brightness. Then until the Arc dives at about 6 hours it is brighter. The Photon 3 ran about 10 hours on new batteries. It is now on my battery excel spread sheet at
http://www.uwgb.edu/nevermab/battery.xls

I am with KenB and probably a lot of people, the Photon has it's place and is a great little light, but if I had to choose 1, thats right just 1 LED light it would be the Arc.