Inova X1 is laundry proof!

J_Roc · Jul 25, 2005

My friend accidentally put his Inova X1 through the washing machine and the dryer, it was still in the pocket of his cargo pants. It came out of the dryer a little on the warm side /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif, but worked just fine!

I guess they are waterproof afterall...

matthewdanger · Jul 25, 2005

It's good to know that the little Inova can take a licking. How did the anodizing look after all of that?

J_Roc · Jul 25, 2005

Anodizing was just fine. Other than being a little hot when it first came out, nothing happened to it.

matthewdanger · Jul 25, 2005

Nice. I really like my X1, I just wish I knew what to use it for.

Lynx_Arc · Jul 25, 2005

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Nice. I really like my X1, I just wish I knew what to use it for.

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Sound like if you ever get trapped in a washer or dryer it would be good to use there. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

matthewdanger · Jul 25, 2005

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Sound like if you ever get trapped in a washer or dryer it would be good to use there. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Ha! Yeah, next time I crawl into my dryer looking for the magical portal that my missing socks drop into, I'll be sure to have my X1 on my belt. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Bradlee · Jul 25, 2005

I remember Inova reporting somewhere (unofficially) that people were using x-series lights for diving lights succesfully, despite the mere "water resistant" allocation.

Having dissasembled one myself, I do believe they are quite water-tight.

-Brad

matthewdanger · Jul 25, 2005

My X1 has significant "wobble" in the tail cap. I am not certain I would trust it to stay watertight even in a puddle unless it was cranked all of the way to the on/fully tightened postion.

However, I know that my X5 and T2 stay water-tight to at least a few feet.

TORCH_BOY · Jul 26, 2005

It makes me like my X1 even more, it would have to be my favorite single AA light

markdi · Jul 26, 2005

put one of the u bin nichia led's from the grumpy group buy in your x1 - doubles the output.

leukos · Jul 27, 2005

I wouldn't recommend putting CR123s in the dryer though, the heat maybe too much for those cells!

I'm impressed with Inova, the X5T I have seems bomb proof. I thought they were waterproof to 150 feet or so?

Inova X1 is laundry proof!

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