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23 February 2010, 20:29
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Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
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Boating torches
I just bought some of these torches as I wanted one to bolt on my air rifle:-
Bloody bright LED torches on ebay
They just arrived from HK, and I'm impressed enough that 2 of them are going to become permanent additions to the boating kit. 3 brightness settings,plus a strobe setting and an 'SOS' mode where they flash 'SOS' constantly. O-ring sealed too.
Full brightness will light up things 100m away clearly.
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23 February 2010, 22:17
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Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: jersey
Boat name: Martini II
Make: Arctic 28/FC470
Length: 8m +
Engine: twin 225Opti/50hp 2t
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Those are fancy looking torches, does the build quality seem good?
I've just got a LED Lenser with focus on my M4, seriously bright and doesn't seem to mind the recoil
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23 February 2010, 22:49
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Mighty Penryn
Boat name: Little Joe.
Make: Avon Searider
Length: 4m +
Engine: Honda BF50
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Bought one of these in TK Maxx for £12 at the weekend. http://www.dewalt.com/tools/safety-p...pga-3aaal.aspx
It's a sturdy thing.
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23 February 2010, 23:19
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
Make: SR5.4
Length: 7m +
Engine: Yam 85
MMSI: 235055163
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 13,069
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Quote:
Originally Posted by martini
Those are fancy looking torches, does the build quality seem good?
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Build quality seems pretty good. I had to reseat the lens o-ring on one, but that was because the retaining ring wasn't fully screwed in. They'll get a dose of silicone grease on the o-rings before putting them on the boat. Apparently they are waterproof to IPX8 and it looks like they may well be.
They aren't focusable,but the beam is fairly tight anyway. I just took one out into the garden and I can just see it hitting the (low) clouds.
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23 February 2010, 23:43
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Country: Ireland
Length: 4m +
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mollers
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Noted
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24 February 2010, 02:35
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Central Belt of Scotland
Boat name: Puddleduck III
Make: Bombard
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Multi led torches are old hat these days, I thought they were great till I got a Cree led torch.
Night and day comes to mind! 100 foot spotting, brighter than any mag light I had or multi led torch. You need to see one to believe it...
I am now looking buying a P7 led lenser. This is supposed to be very bright.
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24 February 2010, 09:42
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: Here
Boat name: doggypaddle
Make: Avon 5.4 Searider
Length: 5m +
Engine: yamaha 80
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I have a Luxeon star 6 watt led torch, thats bloody bright, trouble is the batteries bloody dear! it takes 3 CR123 and they last a few hours, and its no good buying cheap batteries off ebay, they last even less.
first time i got caught without batteries i bought 3 at the supermarket without looking at the price till later........£18 bar 3 pence
in general i prefer my Pezl head torch that takes AAAs its not as bright, at 1 watt, but still illuminates my whole garden better than the 2x80 watt PAR floodlamps on the wall that wasnt cheap though, £50 ish.
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24 February 2010, 17:38
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Country: UK - Channel Islands
Town: Jersey
Boat name: Archangel
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 6m +
Engine: ETec 225
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The LED Lenser P7 is ok; it has a 200 lumen rating. For real 'owl killing' potential you need the 1000 lumen X21. Watch the video here:
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24 February 2010, 17:59
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Country: Germany
Make: RIBCRAFT 5.85
Length: 5m +
Engine: 150AETX Yamaha
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24 February 2010, 18:53
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Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: Hissing Sid
Make: Ross Smith Cobra
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200HP Optimax
MMSI: 235038046
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I got one of these through work, it's bloody bright, too bright to look at, burns your retinas!
http://www.torchdirect.co.uk/profess...lenser-t7.html
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24 February 2010, 19:33
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Originally Posted by Jizm
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Yes, that's right. I have a 100-lumen LED Lenser police torch and the night I bought it I shone the thing in my face to see if the brightness had dulled. I was still seeing a large yellow patch five hours later and shat my knickers thinking that I had permenently damaged my eyes. Beware: LED Lenser torches are insanely bright. The X21 I mentioned earlier is the brightest torch available at the moment. Oh, and it costs £240 by the way.
http://www.torchdirect.co.uk/profess...enser-x21.html
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24 February 2010, 21:46
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Originally Posted by GJ0KYZ
Oh, and it costs £240 by the way.
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Really?
This is the way to go!
http://www.tacticalleds.com/Polarion...ght-reaper.htm
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24 February 2010, 23:02
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Town: Jersey
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Wow, I didn't know torches like that were possible.
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24 February 2010, 23:35
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Town: jersey
Boat name: Martini II
Make: Arctic 28/FC470
Length: 8m +
Engine: twin 225Opti/50hp 2t
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$3730.00 for a torch? I want one!!
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24 February 2010, 23:43
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Country: UK - England
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Boat name: Dominator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by martini
$3730.00 for a torch? I want one!!
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I don't.... However, I'm currently pondering how viable it'd be to make new headlights for my bike with CREE leds...
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25 February 2010, 01:01
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nos4r2
I don't.... However, I'm currently pondering how viable it'd be to make new headlights for my bike with CREE leds...
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very is the answer just google, there is even bike mounts for them.
S.
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25 February 2010, 01:03
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Trolli
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Not LED - but HID Torch, i believe can have bulbs blow quite easy...
S
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25 February 2010, 01:09
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - England
Town: The wilds of Wiltshire
Boat name: Dominator
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SPR
very is the answer just google, there is even bike mounts for them.
S.
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Motorbike?
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25 February 2010, 01:30
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motorbike opps.....i thought bike bike, do motorbikes get MOT's if they do i doubt these will pass - too bright.
I came across some cyclist using these and they are blinding for on coming traffic esp. when they decided to go for cree headlamp as well.
S.
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