alaskanativeson
Member
While I'm always wary of products that seem to be too good to be true, I'm also interested in the never-ending jumps in legitimate technology today. This flashlight seems to be more of the latter than the former, but I was wondering if any of you had any experience with it.
The light in question is a Light for Life from 5.11 Tactical. Here's some of the points that caught my attention:
- 3 LED lights put out up to 270 lumens (but I'd probably use the 90 lumen setting because the charge would last longer)
- 90 seconds to fully recharge from either AC or DC sources. Yes, 90 SECONDS.
- No batteries to wear out, it has ultracapacitors which they say can be recharged over 50,000 times with no memory loss on power.
- Impact resistant polymer so it could be used as a make-shift weapon if needed
The downsides? It's not cheap, at $170 it's more than I've ever paid ofr a flashlight, but not so much that I wouldn't consider it if its claims are true. It's also about the size of a Maglight 2D, and I've gotten quite spoiled with my VERY small lights such as my Proton Pro and my Zebralight headlight.
Thoughts?
The light in question is a Light for Life from 5.11 Tactical. Here's some of the points that caught my attention:
- 3 LED lights put out up to 270 lumens (but I'd probably use the 90 lumen setting because the charge would last longer)
- 90 seconds to fully recharge from either AC or DC sources. Yes, 90 SECONDS.
- No batteries to wear out, it has ultracapacitors which they say can be recharged over 50,000 times with no memory loss on power.
- Impact resistant polymer so it could be used as a make-shift weapon if needed
The downsides? It's not cheap, at $170 it's more than I've ever paid ofr a flashlight, but not so much that I wouldn't consider it if its claims are true. It's also about the size of a Maglight 2D, and I've gotten quite spoiled with my VERY small lights such as my Proton Pro and my Zebralight headlight.
Thoughts?