3rd_shift
Flashlight Enthusiast
Edit 8-5-04:
The pics with reflectors is Near post # 128
OH, MY EYES!!!! WOW!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/huh.gif
Good thing I took a few reviewers' advice not to look at this when it's on. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
(I had it pointed the other way when I fired it up for the 1st time).
Wow! What a sight! Very bright with a soft spot and bright, useful, floodlike corona and sidespill.
Snow white with very good color definition. Much like metal halide!
Way better than most current and previous leds and incandescant.
Trilight3 kit order#1371 ordered 2-16-04, got it 2-23-04 by usps. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
The kit felt lightweight until I installed it and the ucl lens I ordered with it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
(the whole head of the Mag instrument IS the heatsink when the kit is properly installed) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Batteries;
Rechargeable and throwaway alkalines are putting through about 2.0-2.4 amps depending on brand, rechargeable Nexcell 8500ma and Supreme Power 9000ma nimhs are both pushing 2.3-2.7 amps
depending on what state of discharge they are at. Your brands may vary a bit, but keep it under 3.0 amps. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sssh.gif
Good choice by Inretech on the size of dropping resistors on the kit's circuit board!
The whole head of the flashlight still does get hot when run for a while with 4 good batteries,
but nowhere near the 100 degree celsius the emitters can handle.
When it's off, it cools to room temp in only a couple minutes,
thus assuring excellent heat transfer from the Luxeon3 emitters-to the kit's heatsink-to the mag body.
I did use a little computer processor heatsink grease where the kit meets the mag body just to further avoid another semiconductor tragedy. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mecry.gif
But you shouldn't have to unless you recieved instructions from Inretech to to so.(I recieved none)
That's how perfectly the kit fits the mag body.
On the job, nightshift security;
I nearly cratered my nexcell 8500s at work with the extensive foot patrolling in the highrise
buildings where I work at. (Over 3 hours of it total out of my 8hr shift.)
Did I mention how bright this thing is? Close to a 25 watt display halogen, maybe better!
Well, the whole building complex inside is mostly lights out at night and my trilight3 is seriously
wall to wall bright across the floors and parking garage (with most reflective signage and vehicle license plates lighting up bright for hundreds of yards).
All seven stories of the building exteriors can also be nicely illuminated to spot any "crawlers" or repellers. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif
And yes, plenty bright enough to momentarily blind any lingering bushwackers
wanting the building's master keys from me. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin07.gifAhhh!, what the?
Why carry a puny, weak, incandescant or clumsy flourescent flashlight?
That's kidstuff. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Why blow $100-$200 on a "tactical" flashlight?
This thing seriously blows most of them away!(its just simply big enough to) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
3-2-04;
Over a week has gone by now with using my new Trilight3 kit.
The original mag instrument head parts are now lost somewhere in a little plastic box without a care.
At work, I have been completing foot patrols a bit faster, now that I don't bump into things
or constantly having to turn lights on and off again in the dark, found and reported maintainance related things more frequently and even frightened some pee out of a cleaning crewman I found
sleeping in a conference room. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif
He quit when the cleaning crew supervisor and other crew members saw his /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hahaha.gif 2tone pants and
he had no good explanation in english or espanol as to why he was sleeping on the job in the dark. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sleepy.gif
I would have never found him with a smaller light.
Fellow nightshift security personnel, this is one great handheld shadowbuster to have. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
Why blow $200 on a new computer part, new wheels, new tv(when you already have a good one),
new stereo or a high dollar tactical flashlight that uses expensive little throwaway batteries that
were (seemingly) imported from another planet. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif
Trilight3 kit with ultra clear lense and usps shipping=$142 (as of 3-2-04);
4 good rechargeable 8500ma nimh batteries and a good charger +usps=$59;
Enjoying your job as a nightshift security officer = well, you be the judge. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/buttrock.gif
comments, re;'s and other impressions of this light welcomed. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink2.gif
The pics with reflectors is Near post # 128
OH, MY EYES!!!! WOW!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/huh.gif
Good thing I took a few reviewers' advice not to look at this when it's on. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
(I had it pointed the other way when I fired it up for the 1st time).
Wow! What a sight! Very bright with a soft spot and bright, useful, floodlike corona and sidespill.
Snow white with very good color definition. Much like metal halide!
Way better than most current and previous leds and incandescant.
Trilight3 kit order#1371 ordered 2-16-04, got it 2-23-04 by usps. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
The kit felt lightweight until I installed it and the ucl lens I ordered with it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
(the whole head of the Mag instrument IS the heatsink when the kit is properly installed) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Batteries;
Rechargeable and throwaway alkalines are putting through about 2.0-2.4 amps depending on brand, rechargeable Nexcell 8500ma and Supreme Power 9000ma nimhs are both pushing 2.3-2.7 amps
depending on what state of discharge they are at. Your brands may vary a bit, but keep it under 3.0 amps. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sssh.gif
Good choice by Inretech on the size of dropping resistors on the kit's circuit board!
The whole head of the flashlight still does get hot when run for a while with 4 good batteries,
but nowhere near the 100 degree celsius the emitters can handle.
When it's off, it cools to room temp in only a couple minutes,
thus assuring excellent heat transfer from the Luxeon3 emitters-to the kit's heatsink-to the mag body.
I did use a little computer processor heatsink grease where the kit meets the mag body just to further avoid another semiconductor tragedy. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mecry.gif
But you shouldn't have to unless you recieved instructions from Inretech to to so.(I recieved none)
That's how perfectly the kit fits the mag body.
On the job, nightshift security;
I nearly cratered my nexcell 8500s at work with the extensive foot patrolling in the highrise
buildings where I work at. (Over 3 hours of it total out of my 8hr shift.)
Did I mention how bright this thing is? Close to a 25 watt display halogen, maybe better!
Well, the whole building complex inside is mostly lights out at night and my trilight3 is seriously
wall to wall bright across the floors and parking garage (with most reflective signage and vehicle license plates lighting up bright for hundreds of yards).
All seven stories of the building exteriors can also be nicely illuminated to spot any "crawlers" or repellers. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif
And yes, plenty bright enough to momentarily blind any lingering bushwackers
wanting the building's master keys from me. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin07.gifAhhh!, what the?
Why carry a puny, weak, incandescant or clumsy flourescent flashlight?
That's kidstuff. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Why blow $100-$200 on a "tactical" flashlight?
This thing seriously blows most of them away!(its just simply big enough to) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
3-2-04;
Over a week has gone by now with using my new Trilight3 kit.
The original mag instrument head parts are now lost somewhere in a little plastic box without a care.
At work, I have been completing foot patrols a bit faster, now that I don't bump into things
or constantly having to turn lights on and off again in the dark, found and reported maintainance related things more frequently and even frightened some pee out of a cleaning crewman I found
sleeping in a conference room. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif
He quit when the cleaning crew supervisor and other crew members saw his /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hahaha.gif 2tone pants and
he had no good explanation in english or espanol as to why he was sleeping on the job in the dark. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/sleepy.gif
I would have never found him with a smaller light.
Fellow nightshift security personnel, this is one great handheld shadowbuster to have. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
Why blow $200 on a new computer part, new wheels, new tv(when you already have a good one),
new stereo or a high dollar tactical flashlight that uses expensive little throwaway batteries that
were (seemingly) imported from another planet. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif
Trilight3 kit with ultra clear lense and usps shipping=$142 (as of 3-2-04);
4 good rechargeable 8500ma nimh batteries and a good charger +usps=$59;
Enjoying your job as a nightshift security officer = well, you be the judge. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/buttrock.gif
comments, re;'s and other impressions of this light welcomed. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink2.gif
