mikedeason
Newly Enlightened
- Joined
- Oct 13, 2011
- Messages
- 154
Being new to the whole flashlight thing, my perceptive may be distorted.
I recently moved to a somewhat rural community in Canada from NYC and for the first time found the real need for a flashlight. After stumbling upon CPF and doing some reading I settled on an 18650 tube due to runtime. More research led me to believe that the Fenix PD32 was somewhat smaller than most other 18650 lights so I pulled the trigger.
Pluses.
-I can easily use it as an EDC as it fits nicely in pants pocket or clipped to pocket.
- VERY BRIGHT on Turbo. Plenty of light for me. In fact I usually use the 2 lower settings.
-Illuminates a very large area and throws light far.
-Excellent runtime
Minuses
-Since I use the High setting more than Turbo, I have to cycle through Low and Medium each time I turn on the light. I wish it remembered the last light setting I had it on.
-Wish I could bypass the Strobe feature.
Wishes
-A usb port so I could charge the unit on my computer or 12v truck battery without ever having to remove the battery.
Not Sure About
-Definately see major rings between the center spot and 2 other visible light intensities (not sure if this is a good or bad thing but doesnt bother me)
Thats all I got. No beamshots...thats it.
Ordered a Fenix TX35 because I want to see what harnessing the power of 800 lumens is like.
This may be the starting of an addiction. The wife is already on me about spending so much time reading this forum and looking through Battery Junctions pages.
I recently moved to a somewhat rural community in Canada from NYC and for the first time found the real need for a flashlight. After stumbling upon CPF and doing some reading I settled on an 18650 tube due to runtime. More research led me to believe that the Fenix PD32 was somewhat smaller than most other 18650 lights so I pulled the trigger.
Pluses.
-I can easily use it as an EDC as it fits nicely in pants pocket or clipped to pocket.
- VERY BRIGHT on Turbo. Plenty of light for me. In fact I usually use the 2 lower settings.
-Illuminates a very large area and throws light far.
-Excellent runtime
Minuses
-Since I use the High setting more than Turbo, I have to cycle through Low and Medium each time I turn on the light. I wish it remembered the last light setting I had it on.
-Wish I could bypass the Strobe feature.
Wishes
-A usb port so I could charge the unit on my computer or 12v truck battery without ever having to remove the battery.
Not Sure About
-Definately see major rings between the center spot and 2 other visible light intensities (not sure if this is a good or bad thing but doesnt bother me)
Thats all I got. No beamshots...thats it.
Ordered a Fenix TX35 because I want to see what harnessing the power of 800 lumens is like.
This may be the starting of an addiction. The wife is already on me about spending so much time reading this forum and looking through Battery Junctions pages.
