3853 LO is still obtainable and is brighter than any KPR bulb with 2 Li-ions.
Pack of 3853 contains LO and HO bulbs.
what a blast from the past not to mention a necrobump.
I remember reading about both ROP and Mag85 (never had either) circa 2007 and thought, wow. Because at the time, the hot items were LED Mags that got something like 60 lumens and a hot LED mod was 160-200 lumens. And ROP, etc walked all over them.
Look how things have changed, a modern Hound Dog or analogous is the same lumens or more, runtime is better than 20 minutes and the module life is infinite. Actually 1000-1200 lumens is no longer special. To impress me, you would need 10,000 lumens and that too is easier to achieve going the LED route.
Thanks for the valuable perspective.
Wouldn't mind having one for the antique value, like a museum piece.
We're not bored Gene. Not at all.
Good topic here in the same-ole-same-old world of lumen wars flashion lights.
ROP was the Dale Earhardt of flashlights. I'm intimidated every time I hit the on switch.
(Star Trek Scotty voice) "Captain, she's gonna blow!"...
Recently my brother gave me a vaper and said "you're going to need high output batteries". I pulled out my ROP and showed him the ones that light it up.
He laughed and said "what kinda light bulb needs 35 amp batteries?" I replaced them in the light and turned it on. He laughed and said "geez that'll turn off street lights" lol.
I showed him a before after photo of the next door neighbors porch light being ROP'd. (ie turned off by the beams brightness on the photo sensor)