CrocodileAgent
Newly Enlightened
- Joined
- May 16, 2016
- Messages
- 14
So let me start off by saying i bought my light like everyone else and my budget is pretty tight aswell.
Ive had my new viking for a few weeks now and decided i wanted to test out the durability that they supposedly have.
I dont have pictures of my testing process as it was done this morning at midnight under a very close by thunderstorm nearby my house.
It started off with me removing my precious brand new 18650 (that light was unfortunately unpowered during the testing)
and throwing it far as i could across a parking lot.
I threw it twice. Both times the light reached a height of roughly 15 feet and travelled the distance of 11 large parking spaces.
Each throw ended in the light bouncing several times and coming to a rest partially submerged in a puddle.
The light showed no significant damage and the glass was pristine, so i placed it under the front wheel of my f150 and drove over it 5 times.
After that i replaced the battery and checked all the functions which worked as per usual.
The head was ovalized under the weight of my truck and you could clearly see the gasket around the lense. The lense itself was still spotless so i took it inside and began an "elzetta style" test.
I took apart the light and submerged it making sure to remove any air pockets from the tube and tailcap. Then, while still underwater, i loaded 2 streamlight cr123s into it and turned it on.
The light came on in turbo reliably, but all other functions were glitchy and mostly unusable. There was even some flickering and constant firefly mode while turned off.
As i type, the light is currently running submerged in my bathroom sink. It has stepped down due to the low discharge of the primary cells but is still running relatively steady with an occasional minor flicker. There is also definite water ingress in the head around the led and reflector due to the ovalized aluminium.
Tomorrow i will check if it is still running, then dry it out and get pictures for you guys to see.
Guess ill also need to find a new head for my light. Hopefully armytek can sell me just that bit.
Ive had my new viking for a few weeks now and decided i wanted to test out the durability that they supposedly have.
I dont have pictures of my testing process as it was done this morning at midnight under a very close by thunderstorm nearby my house.
It started off with me removing my precious brand new 18650 (that light was unfortunately unpowered during the testing)
and throwing it far as i could across a parking lot.
I threw it twice. Both times the light reached a height of roughly 15 feet and travelled the distance of 11 large parking spaces.
Each throw ended in the light bouncing several times and coming to a rest partially submerged in a puddle.
The light showed no significant damage and the glass was pristine, so i placed it under the front wheel of my f150 and drove over it 5 times.
After that i replaced the battery and checked all the functions which worked as per usual.
The head was ovalized under the weight of my truck and you could clearly see the gasket around the lense. The lense itself was still spotless so i took it inside and began an "elzetta style" test.
I took apart the light and submerged it making sure to remove any air pockets from the tube and tailcap. Then, while still underwater, i loaded 2 streamlight cr123s into it and turned it on.
The light came on in turbo reliably, but all other functions were glitchy and mostly unusable. There was even some flickering and constant firefly mode while turned off.
As i type, the light is currently running submerged in my bathroom sink. It has stepped down due to the low discharge of the primary cells but is still running relatively steady with an occasional minor flicker. There is also definite water ingress in the head around the led and reflector due to the ovalized aluminium.
Tomorrow i will check if it is still running, then dry it out and get pictures for you guys to see.
Guess ill also need to find a new head for my light. Hopefully armytek can sell me just that bit.