Ahh and I tested a box of birthday cake candles in Dumbkopf Cave and found that the burned my fingers. Old Man Wisdom... And I was in that Chonta video with a Ceiling Burner.
On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 8:58 PM, David via Texascavers < [email protected]> wrote: > From David Locklear > [email protected] > > > The flashlight described below was purchased by me tonight at > Fry's Store. > > There was a near full moon so I could not find a good spot to properly > test it. > > However, there were 3 aspects of this flashlight that caught my eye and > may or may not separate this flashlight from others on the shelf. > > The main aspect of this light is its advertised brightness versus the > price. > Most of the flashlights seem to cheat on the max light numbers by adding > up the value of several of the LED's in the chip. I have no idea if this > one > does that. Supposedly you are getting 2000 lumens for $ 40 plus tax. > > The 2nd feature is the advertised beam with, suggesting it is not a spot > light > but a real floodlight - something that almost no LED products excel at. > > And the 3rd feature was the dim value being much higher than other lights > at 1000 lumens. > > Meaning this light has a very specific purpose. You would use it at the > low setting > in a big frickin cave passage, and only use the 2000 lumen setting on some > special > occasion. > > Promier is not a leading brand and many of their products are sort of on > the low > end scale compared to Coast or Pelican, however, they seem to be better > than the > really cheap stuff. > > So here is what I learned. > > The flood beam is wide enough for when you really need a flood beam. > There is just a very > faint outer ring of light that only a light critic would notice. As you > slide the lens forward ( by rotating the > headpiece ), the light pattern begins to slightly concentrate and become > slightly brighter, but in the end the final > patter is a rhombus or diamond, like most of these kind of flashlights. > Since the mid-rage > pattern is the one you would use most often, I found it to be almost > circular, or sort of a square > with very rounded corners, or more like circle with some 4 flat edges. > Only slightly annoying. > > The heavy weight and large size of this flashlight would discourage you > from carrying it in most cases. > However, I would assume that it would come in handy if you were filming in > a large borehole passage. > > [ Sidenote: On a trip to Sumidero del Rio Chonta, around 1993, some > Austin cavers filmed the trip > with a giant train engine headlight. I doubt I am in that video, and I > have never seen it. I was way > downstream of the filming. ] > > Now there are dozens of brighter flashlights on the market ( but few on > the shelf ), and you can > probably find slightly better quality. But not for $ $ 40 plus tax. > > The switch feels rugged. The battery pack looks well-engineered. > The light could probably be > made more water-resistant, by putting sealant on the threads, and blocking > the focusing mechanism > with sealant. The lens cover looks like a solid chunk of rounded glass ( > for dispersing the beam into > a flood pattern ). > > The three sharp tactical edges can be covered with tape, or maybe sawed > off. They are not too > sharp and might could even be grinded smoother with a hand-file. > > As is, I would not call this flashlight water resistant. So you would > want to carry it in some kind of protective > cover ( a DUREX Magnum RipnRoll ??? ). > > Model No. P2000FL-8/16 > > www.promierproducts.com > > Promier has a nearly identical model that is $ 6 cheaper and slightly > smaller, and probably more > practical for a large cave. Fry's has carried that flashlight for over a > year. > > I hope I don't have to take this back to the store. I plan to use it > when I am driving my Sequoia > in dark areas looking for a camp-spot, or things along the side of the > road, or for blinding a > car-jacker, etc. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ > [email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > -- Charlie Loving
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