Don:
I voted by sending the following to Stuart:
"Hello, Stuart:
I am a happy with my 8X and my E2.
I could be a lot happier with my 8X with an x81 and a B90X battery pack with 3000 mAh Nimh's.
You are quoted on CPF as posting:
"Gentlemen,
There is no talk around the factory of ever making a X81. Just thought I would let you know.
Thanks,
[email protected]"
I hope this doesn't mean that you won't entertain a change.
Many of us yearn for B90X replacement packs using 3000mAh 20 Amp rated Nimh's sub C cells.
We also yearn for the X81.
I don't seek the functionality of the 9 series lights, but I'd love to have the combination mentioned above to keep me from buying and ultrastinger.
At the moment, my 8X rides next to my Energizer Double Barrelled 8 AA serial / parallel light running an Underwater Kinetics 18 Watt Bulb.
The 8X is much more convenient, and it would be nice not to have to put it down when I want more than 200 lumens.
I am also arranging to graft a P91 into an Energizer DB 6AA rewired for straight serial which gets me closer in size to the 8X than the DB 8AA.
Remember, your customer base, depending upon generation, is largely made of people who grew up on tinker toys, erector sets, construx, or leggos.
We are unhappy when we don't have modularity to play with."
You folks might want to jump on the bandwagon.