So last night I used my LP -360 to shine on some chaps pushing my neighbors truck towards a roll back after dark. Scared the poor driver/repo man into nearly leaving without the truck....
It's a light I used a lot prior to joining CPF as it was more pocket friendly than the Coast HP 7. And frankly...imo a better flashlight.
I used it on night shift duty for several weeks as my regular light, which was used daily and often. It still has the original cells and burns brightly enough to (like I said) scare the crap outta some poor guy last night.
^^ vs a Strion LED and incan 6P
It runs off 4 (supplied) aaa batteries and comes in a 'try me' clamshell package from Lowes. (Note: you can buy them at the Lux-Pro site w/$0 shipping over $25) If you buy it at Lowes buy the 3rd one from the front. Likely not tried out.
It will take lithiums and eneloops ok as well.
The well made battery pack is fool proof and has plated contacts vs other non coated contacts of less well built....junk we'll say.
^^ easy to tell which way it goes.
The body is a hard annodized coated alluminum with a rubberized sleeve over the grip area, which causes this (near) bicycle handle bar sized tube to provide you with max grip...even with wet hands. It comes with a lanyard for times you lose your grip. It's a comfy round nylon lanyard with the Lux-Pro logo on the fastener.
The 4 cells counter balance the glass lens which is where the focus comes from.
^^ the lens is nice
No reflector here, just magnification.
I forget the numbers...but it's like 275+ lumens on high, about what appears to be buck 50 on low and hi-strobe is 3rd. No firefly mode on this one.
But on low you can slide the head to flood and diffuse all those extra candelas.
It's a reverse clicky. Once on you can momentary through the cycles.
You get plenty of time to momentary through the cycles yet it returns to high in less than 3 seconds.
The switch is gentle but not mushy. It feels solid yet offers little resistance. It is a non protruding switch yet the body size allows easy press with thumb or finger.
No dedicated roll away feature. But the spacing of the letters in Lux-Pro in a rubberized ring around the head will keep it from rolling off a table. Once it rolls to a gap between the protruding words it stops. Nice touch as it allows the look of a round light as well.
It tail stands great without the easy to remove loop'd lanyard.
^^ with lanyard.
Later I'll drill a second hole next to the supplied hole in order to have a lanyard loop without it passing the lip so as to provide wobble free tailstand too.
^^ easy enough to do.
The focus head stays put. No lock needed. I suppose the o-ring(s) causes that. You pull the head out to spot, set it head down and it stays. You push down and you hear a slight 'phfft' sound. There be vacuum in that there head. Another nice touch.
It feels a bit more weighty than the pictured Strion, but not as weighty as the 6P.
This things beats the pants off a store bought Coast HP 7 imo. Better price, smaller/lighter body, better coating, better beam, better sealed head system, better run time, better value. Unless you absolutely have to have momentary on this one is the way to go.
With it's plated parts, rubberized body and type 3 coating there are some fine touches to this thing.
If it were not so gentle looking I'd think Lux-Pro confered with PK Labs before building this thing. And the tail cap has 'Malkoff cool' all over it.
It's a light I used a lot prior to joining CPF as it was more pocket friendly than the Coast HP 7. And frankly...imo a better flashlight.
I used it on night shift duty for several weeks as my regular light, which was used daily and often. It still has the original cells and burns brightly enough to (like I said) scare the crap outta some poor guy last night.
^^ vs a Strion LED and incan 6P
It runs off 4 (supplied) aaa batteries and comes in a 'try me' clamshell package from Lowes. (Note: you can buy them at the Lux-Pro site w/$0 shipping over $25) If you buy it at Lowes buy the 3rd one from the front. Likely not tried out.
It will take lithiums and eneloops ok as well.
The well made battery pack is fool proof and has plated contacts vs other non coated contacts of less well built....junk we'll say.
^^ easy to tell which way it goes.
The body is a hard annodized coated alluminum with a rubberized sleeve over the grip area, which causes this (near) bicycle handle bar sized tube to provide you with max grip...even with wet hands. It comes with a lanyard for times you lose your grip. It's a comfy round nylon lanyard with the Lux-Pro logo on the fastener.
The 4 cells counter balance the glass lens which is where the focus comes from.
^^ the lens is nice
No reflector here, just magnification.
I forget the numbers...but it's like 275+ lumens on high, about what appears to be buck 50 on low and hi-strobe is 3rd. No firefly mode on this one.
But on low you can slide the head to flood and diffuse all those extra candelas.
It's a reverse clicky. Once on you can momentary through the cycles.
You get plenty of time to momentary through the cycles yet it returns to high in less than 3 seconds.
The switch is gentle but not mushy. It feels solid yet offers little resistance. It is a non protruding switch yet the body size allows easy press with thumb or finger.
No dedicated roll away feature. But the spacing of the letters in Lux-Pro in a rubberized ring around the head will keep it from rolling off a table. Once it rolls to a gap between the protruding words it stops. Nice touch as it allows the look of a round light as well.
It tail stands great without the easy to remove loop'd lanyard.
^^ with lanyard.
Later I'll drill a second hole next to the supplied hole in order to have a lanyard loop without it passing the lip so as to provide wobble free tailstand too.
^^ easy enough to do.
The focus head stays put. No lock needed. I suppose the o-ring(s) causes that. You pull the head out to spot, set it head down and it stays. You push down and you hear a slight 'phfft' sound. There be vacuum in that there head. Another nice touch.
It feels a bit more weighty than the pictured Strion, but not as weighty as the 6P.
This things beats the pants off a store bought Coast HP 7 imo. Better price, smaller/lighter body, better coating, better beam, better sealed head system, better run time, better value. Unless you absolutely have to have momentary on this one is the way to go.
With it's plated parts, rubberized body and type 3 coating there are some fine touches to this thing.
If it were not so gentle looking I'd think Lux-Pro confered with PK Labs before building this thing. And the tail cap has 'Malkoff cool' all over it.
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