The family decided the Bykfixer doesn't have a 4 aaa removable magnetic tail cap light that acts like a bad guy blinder and has a clip lite LED array in one light. Enter the SLYDE.
At $30 it's a really neat work light. 250 lumen thrower flashlight or 150 lumen LED array area flooder.
Face cap is removable to become a room lighting mule. We're talking table lamp here...you'll need a shade...
The magnet is a removable cap via threads like an ordinary tail cap covering the tail cap. +1....
To start with this is not a tac light. No momentary on as it starts out as a reverse clicky. Ah, but wait... Once it's on you can use momentary to toggle between flashlight and work light.
I don't know the IPX rating, but can say it has good sized o-rinds at both ends. It has springs at the emitter end but not the tail cap end. Batteries are a 2 inline/side by side triple a's totaling 4.
No proprietary cartridge. Nice.
It's weighty. I mean like, you know you're holding something solid. I haven't done a total disassemble to see where all the weight is.
Nice, deep, smooth reflector with what feels/sounds like a glass lens. Yet the crenallations keep it from banging against hard surfaces when dropped.
Matter of fact I dropped it accidently from my porch and watched it slinky down my steps with a biff, bam, pow each bounce. It never flinched or flickered. And now it has a couple of battle scars.
Jeff Nebo, ( or is it Larry?) ya dun good. Great mechanics/repairmans light.
The side switch is a soft plastic feeling red cover that should last a good long time. And it has anti-roll built in that should stay put on all but a steep sports car hood.
No real knurling, but it's aprox 1.5" girth is easy enough to hold in most cases. Some grooves cut in also help.
If you're familiar with a Coast HP7, LED Lenser, this light closed will feel right at home. It's about the same size as them.
^^ top to bottom
Stinger LED, HP7, SLYDE, HP7R, P7
The magnet;
Woah! It's strong. Not too strong like walking by a refridgerator sucks you to it.
^^ strong enough to hold itself open on surfaces where only 1/3 of the magnet is attached.
And for the wall test folks;
^^ slight outter ring due to crenallation shadow.
Can it throw?
^^ you betcha.
But lots of useable spill when you need to see from an unlit path what goes bump in the night behind the shop at midnight.
The only qualm I have with this light is Paul Kim UPS and Amazons fault. See I just took delivery of a PK, which has near perfect color rendition. So budget lights are now judged unfairly.
^^ obviously a pine tree....
^^ but like I said...it's an unfair test anymore.
The beam is white. Why Mags are still blue is beyond me. But lots of nice white beams are popping up galore. Anyway, it's a very bright light that feels like a weapon light, but acts like a work light.
I expect decent battery life due to somewhat subdued output, yet bright enough to cause your enemy to see spots if you need to.
I didn't speak on the LED array, because it's such a light around corners flooder. It will definitely light up an area you need to see nearby, yet the difusion eliminates most flash back....so long as it's not up in your face close. It's much too bight to hold 4" from what you want to see. But move it 6-8", maybe a foot away and suddenly it's daylight at night.
This one came from Batteries + Bulbs I'm told.
At $30 it's a really neat work light. 250 lumen thrower flashlight or 150 lumen LED array area flooder.
Face cap is removable to become a room lighting mule. We're talking table lamp here...you'll need a shade...
The magnet is a removable cap via threads like an ordinary tail cap covering the tail cap. +1....
To start with this is not a tac light. No momentary on as it starts out as a reverse clicky. Ah, but wait... Once it's on you can use momentary to toggle between flashlight and work light.
I don't know the IPX rating, but can say it has good sized o-rinds at both ends. It has springs at the emitter end but not the tail cap end. Batteries are a 2 inline/side by side triple a's totaling 4.
No proprietary cartridge. Nice.
It's weighty. I mean like, you know you're holding something solid. I haven't done a total disassemble to see where all the weight is.
Nice, deep, smooth reflector with what feels/sounds like a glass lens. Yet the crenallations keep it from banging against hard surfaces when dropped.
Matter of fact I dropped it accidently from my porch and watched it slinky down my steps with a biff, bam, pow each bounce. It never flinched or flickered. And now it has a couple of battle scars.
Jeff Nebo, ( or is it Larry?) ya dun good. Great mechanics/repairmans light.
The side switch is a soft plastic feeling red cover that should last a good long time. And it has anti-roll built in that should stay put on all but a steep sports car hood.
No real knurling, but it's aprox 1.5" girth is easy enough to hold in most cases. Some grooves cut in also help.
If you're familiar with a Coast HP7, LED Lenser, this light closed will feel right at home. It's about the same size as them.
^^ top to bottom
Stinger LED, HP7, SLYDE, HP7R, P7
The magnet;
Woah! It's strong. Not too strong like walking by a refridgerator sucks you to it.
^^ strong enough to hold itself open on surfaces where only 1/3 of the magnet is attached.
And for the wall test folks;
^^ slight outter ring due to crenallation shadow.
Can it throw?
^^ you betcha.
But lots of useable spill when you need to see from an unlit path what goes bump in the night behind the shop at midnight.
The only qualm I have with this light is Paul Kim UPS and Amazons fault. See I just took delivery of a PK, which has near perfect color rendition. So budget lights are now judged unfairly.
^^ obviously a pine tree....
^^ but like I said...it's an unfair test anymore.
The beam is white. Why Mags are still blue is beyond me. But lots of nice white beams are popping up galore. Anyway, it's a very bright light that feels like a weapon light, but acts like a work light.
I expect decent battery life due to somewhat subdued output, yet bright enough to cause your enemy to see spots if you need to.
I didn't speak on the LED array, because it's such a light around corners flooder. It will definitely light up an area you need to see nearby, yet the difusion eliminates most flash back....so long as it's not up in your face close. It's much too bight to hold 4" from what you want to see. But move it 6-8", maybe a foot away and suddenly it's daylight at night.
This one came from Batteries + Bulbs I'm told.
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