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Old 23 February 2010, 20:29   #1
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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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Old 23 February 2010, 22:17   #2
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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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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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Old 23 February 2010, 23:19   #4
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Those are fancy looking torches, does the build quality seem good?
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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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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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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Old 24 February 2010, 09:42   #7
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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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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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The best u can get 4 your money!

http://www.zweibrueder.com/ENG/startseite_1024.php
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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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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
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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Oh, and it costs £240 by the way.
Really?
This is the way to go!
http://www.tacticalleds.com/Polarion...ght-reaper.htm

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Old 24 February 2010, 23:02   #13
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Wow, I didn't know torches like that were possible.
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$3730.00 for a torch? I want one!!
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$3730.00 for a torch? I want one!!
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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I don't.... However, I'm currently pondering how viable it'd be to make new headlights for my bike with CREE leds...
very is the answer just google, there is even bike mounts for them.
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Not LED - but HID Torch, i believe can have bulbs blow quite easy...

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very is the answer just google, there is even bike mounts for them.
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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.

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