HDS Systems EDC # 20

[F89]

Haha!
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Logged on just for you mate.

 

[moltenmag]

Very close. Gopher crap. Handles being underground better!

 

[scout24]

Ok gents, it's a new day. Let's move on to something else please. Let's discuss o-ring size, Hogo's durability testing, old Action Lights, something... Let's leave metallurgy and mammal dung behind us... Myself included. :whoopin: :banned:

 

[Grijon]

Does anyone use their HDS in a headband as a headlamp?

The Malkoff head-strap is what comes to mind first, and I am wondering if anyone has first-hand experience with this.

 

[scout24]

I wod think they're a bit heavy for an elastic strap, but it may work for some.

 

[thermal guy]

I'm telling you a new twisty maybe made of SS and a better interface to change brightness levels would really be a light to get your butt home. THATS what I would love.

 

[RCS1300]

Does anyone use their HDS in a headband as a headlamp?

I work on passenger vehicles often and use two zip ties to hold my flashlight onto a baseball cap brim. Of course, it means drilling four holes in the brim. I found the HDS too heavy and started using a Fenix PD22 which worked quite well. Just picked up an Olight S1 mini baton for $44 that clips right on to the front of any baseball cap and is incredibly light weight and small. The S1 mini works even better in very tight places as it is flush with the front of the brim.

Never wanted to deal with the head straps for two reasons - the elastic wears out in two years and you have to carry it around with you when traveling. I always have a baseball cap nearby or can get one at a local store.

 

[lampeDépêche]

Okay, about old Action Lights.

I saw a description of those back around 2000 or 2001. They blew my mind. Revolutionary. The output, the battery, the form factor. Esp. the runtime. The idea that it could last as long as a month on low. It just astounded me.

Luckily, I was dirt poor at the time and had a couple of toddlers. So I had zero money, and did not buy one. Which is just as well, because I did not honestly need one. (You'll get me down in a cave some time *after* you have persuaded me to swim in a tank full of great white sharks).

Nowadays, I can buy a few things that I don't need, every now and then. But I cannot buy an Action Light. Luckily, I have something like that capacity in any of my ZL headlights, and some of them work on an AA eneloop instead of a D-cell battery with exotic chemistry. The Action Light is now pretty much obsolete.

But I have to say, I have always had a soft-spot for those Action Lights. So cool! Incredible technology for the time, and a real vision of what the future could bring. Hats off to Henry!

 

[moltenmag]

I wod think they're a bit heavy for an elastic strap, but it may work for some.

Ditto. Too much weight. Hopefully Henry's headlamp will take that into consideration... even though it will most likely be based off 18650s.

Seems like an angled HDS Rotary would kill 2 birds with one stone though... could attach to helmet or LBE or a backpack for cycling.

 

[flatline]

But anyone who says they haven't poked the lens at one time or other to turn on a bare bones HDS is lying..

I've never pressed the wrong end, but I holster carry.

--flatline

 

[moltenmag]

So I just scored an HDS EDC Ultimate 60xr mint here on CPF. I'm super stoked. Can't wait for it to arrive. Love the old natural HAIII. Does anyone else still edc one? If so what has it been like to use a piece of HDS history?

 

[FroggyTaco]

I'm telling you a new twisty maybe made of SS and a better interface to change brightness levels would really be a light to get your butt home. THATS what I would love.

In a 1 or 2AA format would be extra exceptional

 

[thermal guy]

So I just scored an HDS EDC Ultimate 60xr mint here on CPF. I'm super stoked. Can't wait for it to arrive. Love the old natural HAIII. Does anyone else still edc one? If so what has it been like to use a piece of HDS history?

I carry one of my 42's from time to time. Love the size they are so much smaller then this generation. And I keep a u60 with a 2x123 extension with a funny looking piece of brass in it so I can use a 18650. "Took me a bit to get the bend and length just right on the brass" I use it to check on my little one and night trips to the head. My little one is now over two and 95 percent sure I'm on the same battery! His older stuff ran forever. I love the green anodizing color soooo much. And yes the fact that they are kinda old school is great.

 

[moltenmag]

In a 1 or 2AA format would be extra exceptional

1AA gets my vote!

 

[thermal guy]

In a 1 or 2AA format would be extra exceptional[/QUOTE

👍

 

[peatytheamp]

Does anyone use their HDS in a headband as a headlamp?

I work on passenger vehicles often and use two zip ties to hold my flashlight onto a baseball cap brim. Of course, it means drilling four holes in the brim. I found the HDS too heavy and started using a Fenix PD22 which worked quite well. Just picked up an Olight S1 mini baton for $44 that clips right on to the front of any baseball cap and is incredibly light weight and small. The S1 mini works even better in very tight places as it is flush with the front of the brim.

Never wanted to deal with the head straps for two reasons - the elastic wears out in two years and you have to carry it around with you when traveling. I always have a baseball cap nearby or can get one at a local store.

I use mine in a nite ize headband.

 

[kaichu dento]

In a 1...AA format would be extra exceptional

It's coming. May be a while, but it's coming.

 

[moltenmag]

It's coming. May be a while, but it's coming.

We are here. We are waiting...

 

[FLdub]

I apologize if this is a dumb or repetitive question, but I am a new HDS owner and there is A LOT of info in these forum discussions. Haha.

Question 1; Can I reprogram a Tactical rotary to act like a traditional rotary without sending the light in?
Question 2; Does anyone know when the white reflector stopped being produced?
Question 3; Is it possible to replace the raised clicky with a flush clicky without sending the light in?

Thank you and I apologize in advance.

 

[Hondo]

1. No

2. Last summer/fall?

3. Super easy on a Clicky. Super hard on a Rotary.