Zebralight plans MKIII's and SC63 release for this year

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Seeing as how some OEM are headed this way, smart cells with ID chips will be coming. Profit for everyone, err OEM, light an cell OEM alike.
In mean time, I will as always avoid that type of light with proprietary packs.

Until time of chipped or smart cells are forced, I say bring on the full user capabilities of in light charging.
We'll need to hang onto last editions of them to able to select our own cells, if we can still get them at that time.

Got to roll with it IMO.
 
Maybee they come with wireless internal charging like the new smartphones. Just place the light nearby a wireless charging point / pad and the light will start charging[emoji3]
 
They'll eventually have touch screens to operate the light and change modes with a battery indicator like on our phones. Then they'll have built in Mp3 players or allow themselves to be used as a battery bank so people can charge their friggin phones.
 
FlashlightR said:
Maybee they come with wireless internal charging like the new smartphones. Just place the light nearby a wireless charging point / pad and the light will start charging[emoji3]
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That is what I've been saying. If any one can design it, George can.

uofaengr said:
They'll eventually have touch screens to operate the light and change modes with a battery indicator like on our phones. Then they'll have built in Mp3 players or allow themselves to be used as a battery bank so people can charge their friggin phones.
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Already there. Except the MP3 player, unless you count the pwm module by Dr Jones...
 
WalkIntoTheLight said:
They dropped the 6330, so I'm not sure they want to do larger lights.
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A 26650 light need not be much bigger than the current SC600. Think of an SC600 with a body the same diameter as the head. A 26650 light would certainly be MUCH more compact than the 6330.
 
StorminMatt said:
A 26650 light need not be much bigger than the current SC600. Think of an SC600 with a body the same diameter as the head. A 26650 light would certainly be MUCH more compact than the 6330.
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Exactly. Take the Fenix PD40 but give it the kickass Zebralight UI. I'm in.
 
Pleeease hi- cri nichia 219c. Only way I'll upgrade because perfectly satisfied with my sc62w
 
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WalkIntoTheLight said:
The in-light rechargers will likely also mean a proprietary battery format. 4sevens recently went this way. It's probably done for safety, and perhaps ease of manufacturing. 4sevens probably doesn't want people putting an Ultrafire in their sealed light and charging it until it goes :poof: . When your battery dies, you'd better hope the company is still in business AND is still making those proprietary batteries. In 3 years, when you need a new battery, what do you think the chances will be that your light is still being made? If your light isn't being made, there's not much reason for the company to still make batteries for it. I think it all leads to manufactured obsolescence. Throw away your light in 3 years, because you won't be able to power it any more. Maybe that's good for the flashlight companies (they get to sell Joe Pixpack another light), but it's not good for the consumer. Be careful what you wish for.
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Fenix lights will say only use with Fenix branded batteries and chargers. Done. Look at all of the dodgy lithium ion replacements (of varying quality) you can get for cell phones or digital cameras. Your hypothetical scenarios are way overplayed.
 
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Also don't want built in charging. Deal breaker for me. Will not by a Zebra with this feature. Adds unnecessary bulk and complication.
 
geal said:
Pleeease hi- cri nichia 219c. Only way I'll upgrade because perfectly satisfied with my sc62w
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There is a 97 CRI led by osram I think. I think it is rather warm though. 85 CRI Nichia 219C at 5000K could be interesting to compare to the luxeon T.
 
uofaengr said:
.... Then they'll have built in Mp3 players or allow themselves to be used as a battery bank so people can charge their friggin phones.
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Ahaha. Ahhh. Yeah. http://www.zerohourxd.com/collectio...erohour-relic-xr-flashlight-3400mah-pre-order

Frankly I think this is a great thing. That light would be an insta-buy if it wasn't too big for an EDC. Crenulated bezel, o-ring screw seal ports, tail button, tail stand, clip. I just have no justification for any kind of "larger" flashlight, just yet, being a city slicker without a night job.
 
I think more lumens should be the major advantage of 219c over luxeon plus likely (hopefully) higher cri at higher temp so not super warm. This is my impression from what I've read...:shrug::shrug:
 
Would be interesting to see if the larger body of the H600 allows Zebralight to push the Luxeon T to even higher Lumens, or if there's some kind of 6v Luxeon option at play as well. Though the frosted lens would mitigate some of the extra lumens if there is any.
 
twistedraven said:
Would be interesting to see if the larger body of the H600 allows Zebralight to push the Luxeon T to even higher Lumens, or if there's some kind of 6v Luxeon option at play as well. Though the frosted lens would mitigate some of the extra lumens if there is any.
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A decent increase would be nice.

320lm doesn't cut it for me. We can play the "320lm is more than enough for 98% of my uses" game all day long. But I'd rather have access to everything from moonlight to 1000lm or so...because I can :) Losing 10CRI is worth that to me.
 
Amelia said:
Yes! I'm definitely buying.
This has been a GREAT (and expensive...) year for flashlights! :)
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No kidding! I almost want ZL to go back to slow updates and almost no in-stock lights to save me money :D
 
twistedraven said:
Would be interesting to see if the larger body of the H600 allows Zebralight to push the Luxeon T to even higher Lumens, or if there's some kind of 6v Luxeon option at play as well. Though the frosted lens would mitigate some of the extra lumens if there is any.
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The datasheet on the Luxeon T says 1050mA is the maximum which the SC62d is pretty close to if I'm not mistaken. The only way for more lumens is to go for the Luxeon M multi-die emitter but I do not think the high CRI versions of those come in 4000K and 5000K varieties. My guess is we're stuck on 320 lumens.
 
18650 said:
The datasheet on the Luxeon T says 1050mA is the maximum which the SC62d is pretty close to if I'm not mistaken. The only way for more lumens is to go for the Luxeon M multi-die emitter but I do not think the high CRI versions of those come in 4000K and 5000K varieties. My guess is we're stuck on 320 lumens.
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Unless there is/will be some sort of upgraded Luxeon T emitter.
 
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