Joby Gorillatorch (from the Gorillapod people)

fizzwinkus · Aug 18, 2009

I swore off lights for another year (so far, only a Surefire L2 and now LX2) but this one looks very innovative.

unknown cree led
only 65 lumens max
uses three AA batteries
variable output twisty
claimed 20-80 hour runtimes

plastic housing
gorillapod feet with magnetic tips
looks a bit like an octopus.

I did a quick search and didn't find anything on it. Hope it's safe for a first thread!

taschenlampe · Aug 19, 2009

Link: gorillatorch

tl

yowzer · Dec 22, 2009

Yay zombie threads.

Saw one of these yesterday. It looks like it's boasting a XP-E, and ramping brightness! The packaging didn't say, but given the ramping, I'm betting it's regulated, which is still all too rare in lights sold in brick&mortar stores. Clever little spotlight, nice for flexible hands-free lighting.

sol-leks · Dec 22, 2009

That actually looks quite nice. I think it really needs a headband accesory to make it into a headlamp though, then I'd be all over this.

Roger Sully · Dec 22, 2009

Actually with the legs being flexible you could just clamp it on to your noggin. making it a true "head" lamp!

Dark Vapor · Dec 22, 2009

I have one and rather like it. Only gripe is that the lreflector is smooth instead of a LOP. I think it's slight overpriced, probably because of the Gorillapod.

ninjaboigt · Dec 22, 2009

in one of their pictures it looks like a clown honker.

monkeyboy · Dec 22, 2009

I think it looks good. I own one of the Gorillapods so I could imagine that the Gorillatorch would be similarly versatile. It's a "Cree LED" driven by 3AA, which means it's probably direct drive with variable resistor or PWM, which is not necessarily a bad thing for this type of light. Price is reasonable IMO.

What cracks me up is that "Joby" sounds like "jobby" which is Scottish slang for something else...

LeifUK · Dec 23, 2009

monkeyboy said:
I think it looks good. I own one of the Gorillapods so I could imagine that the Gorillatorch would be similarly versatile. It's a "Cree LED" driven by 3AA, which means it's probably direct drive with variable resistor or PWM, which is not necessarily a bad thing for this type of light. Price is reasonable IMO.

What cracks me up is that "Joby" sounds like "jobby" which is Scottish slang for something else...

It's also English slang for something else. Probably the same something else. Now why when I think of "jobby" do I think of Billy Connelly?

filibuster · Dec 28, 2009

Here's a review of the Gorillatorch that has some pics and a partial beam shot.

http://goo.gl/yd4B

strinq · Dec 28, 2009

Interesting light though 3 x AA is just not my type of batt config.

Joby Gorillatorch (from the Gorillapod people)

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