Streamlight Knucklehead?

Has anybody seen the Streamlight Knucklehead? It can be run on four AA and they claim 200 lumens for 3.5 hours. I'm wondering what the beam looks like.

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Considering buying this light for auto work. Anyone?

http://www.streamlight.com/product/product.aspx?pid=205

Edit:
found a thread here:

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...Knucklehead&highlight=streamlight+knucklehead

Looked at it for ultra portable emergency response lighting. Very floody. Wish they would make it available with D Cells. Would gladly trade a little size and weight for run time.

As noted it is a floody light, which is just what you want for a worklight situation. I have been using it around the workshop and am generally happy with it. I see it as a good replacement for the Streamlight Propolymer LED 4AA, the older flood light that had 7 LEDs. (And old propolymers tend to fail, in my experience. I've sent mine back to Streamlight for warranty repair 3 times, I think, because of dead LEDs.) The knucklehead is brighter and regulated, and I think the beam is a nicer color (not so blue) and smoother.

The things that bug me about it are that I wish the articulating head would point down. If I tailstand it on my workbench it can only point out, parallel to the workbench. Sometimes the strong magnet snaps to things I don't expect. (The magnet can be removed; maybe I should remove it.) And the biggest irritation: the power switch. You have to hold it down for a long time to cycle from high, to medium, and then it goes to the blinking mode next. To get to moonlight you have to hold it down a ridiculously long time (8 seconds, I think) while you watch it strobe. Pretty much makes moonlight mode useless. I would say medium is adequate for most worklight applications.

I run it on 4 eneloops. If it were designed just for AA batteries they probably could have fit more in or made the light more compact, but it uses a battery carrier to maintain compatibility with some legacy NiCad system that Streamlight has, which sure seems ridiculously expensive. I for one am happy it runs on AA. Probably would not have purchased it if it used D cells.

Take a look here...

http://www.led-resource.com/2011/12/streamlight-knucklehead-review/

If I need to point light downwards, I'll either stick it to something or stand the Knucklehead on the magnet (which actually tends to be quite stable). Most of the time I use it with 4 x AA's too, since the NiCd pack is noticeably heavier.

I have one that uses 4AA cells. I find the battery carrier makes it difficult to change batteries, but the light itself is a solid well-built worklight. Lots of flood. Bright. The magnet is very strong which makes it nice, but sometimes it unexpectedly picks up screwdrivers, sockets & wrenches. Once you get used to the magnet and battery holder you'll like it.

Glad to see that it seems to be a good light overall.
Tired of using my Fenix MC 10 while working on my van.
Seems like Fenix left out a niche in their flashlight lineup.

Looking forward to using this light!

Just received my new Knucklehead and so far very impressed overall. The body appears to be made of a tough polymer, looks like it will handle years of abuse. My typical use will be under the sink or under the hood and I think it will be ideal for that. You gotta love a product that comes with a magnet so strong that it comes with a pinching hazard warning.
Normally I try to put any new electronic gadget through some sort of "burn in" to check for infant mortality problems. Am I correct in assuming if the light makes it through the first couple hours of use, it's probably good for the long haul?