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Re: fenix pd35

I just received mine today......I'm impressed.
The quality of the light and the beam (combination flood and throw) looks great.
The lowest level seems brighter than the spec.
I am been spoiled with my Klausus ST2c with a true moonlight setting.
Besides that, it is keeper.

and I can deal with the holster....if not I will use my Maxpedition 5" holster (it is a high quality holster). It works fine with my Eagletec 18650/ 3400 batteries.
 
Well, after being out of the light loop for longer than I'd like to admit, I have decided on the PD35. I'd like to use protected Panasonic NCR18650B cells. Or, with this light do I not need protected cells? I'm just trying to find out if they fit properly, as I know they're rather long and a tad wider than most 18650's. If not, what batteries are most people using?

Hope to order everything tonight!
 
areet said:
Well, after being out of the light loop for longer than I'd like to admit, I have decided on the PD35. I'd like to use protected Panasonic NCR18650B cells. Or, with this light do I not need protected cells? I'm just trying to find out if they fit properly, as I know they're rather long and a tad wider than most 18650's. If not, what batteries are most people using?

Hope to order everything tonight!
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Fenix-branded protected 18650's fit in there just dandy with the slightest of wiggle room - perhaps another 0.5mm of comfortable slack across the diameter.

Given that the light is designed to work with protected 18650's and a pair of 123A primaries, I would not run bare li-ion cells in it unless someone else can confirm that it's designed to protect those cells.
 
Well, I bought the bullet, and bought the last one on Amazon. Well, the last one owned and shipped from amazon, there's still 16 more from another company that ships from amazon left. According to the fenix website, the next batch won't be til next month and they are already sold out.

So I went ahead and just bought the PD35. I'll make another order for batteries / accessories tonight or tomorrow.

What batteries are people using on them?
 
I think any protected batteries will be fine. My biggest, Orbitronic Protected 3400mAh, fit just fine.

Like others have mentioned, the split of throw and flood is very nice. I see some purple looking at the reflector off angle, but I see nothing wrong with the tint on white walls or during use.

The thermal regulation is quite good. I wouldn't continually run it in turbo mode, but on high it stays cool enough for continuous use. It can really eat away a battery though. I was down to thirty percent after my first play session.

I originally thought I got a poor lens. There was a big oily spot that didn't come off, and I thought it was inside the lens. I used a little elbow grease to be sure and the result looked like a scratched lens. Luckily it wasn't so, and some alcohol and swabs made it look great. Despite my most anal efforts to find a flaw now, I can't.

Great light.
 
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Theron said:
I think any protected batteries will be fine. My biggest, Orbitronic Protected 3400mAh, fit just fine.

Like others have mentioned, the split of throw and flood is very nice. I see some purple looking at the reflector off angle, but I see nothing wrong with the tint on white walls or during use.

The thermal regulation is quite good. I wouldn't continually run it in turbo mode, but on high it stays cool enough for continuous use. It can really eat away a battery though. I was down to thirty percent after my first play session.

I originally thought I got a poor lens. There was a big oily spot that didn't come off, and I thought it was inside the lens. I used a little elbow grease to be sure and the result looked like a scratched lens. Luckily it wasn't so, and some alcohol and swabs made it look great. Despite my most anal efforts to find a flaw now, I can't.

Great light.
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The orbtronic protected are the ncr18650b from what I've read, which is what I wanted to use. I truthfully wasn't very interested in the turbo or high. My current 200 lumen lights don't last long, and for what I do that's plenty. So having hours of 200 lumens versus 1.5 even on primaries is what sold me

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for what it's worth; the pd35 on amazon (sold by amazon) right now seems to have gone on sale for $55.. At least for me and my account, although this could have been my refreshing and browsing flashlights on amazon a bunch the last few days. Dynamic pricing eat your heart out.

Maybe against forum rules to post deals? meh sue me. Hope this helps somebody!
 
Ray Tseng said:
for what it's worth; the pd35 on amazon (sold by amazon) right now seems to have gone on sale for $55.. At least for me and my account, although this could have been my refreshing and browsing flashlights on amazon a bunch the last few days. Dynamic pricing eat your heart out.

Maybe against forum rules to post deals? meh sue me. Hope this helps somebody!
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I've seen many such deals on Amazon. They usually last a day or two, then go back to the original retail price. Don't take too much time thinking about it.;)
 
ESayre said:
I've seen many such deals on Amazon. They usually last a day or two, then go back to the original retail price. Don't take too much time thinking about it.;)
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I wonder how Amazon and 3rd party vendors work?

These were about $54 yesterday on Amazon sold thru Backcounty.com. It said "15 available". But if you went to Backcountry.com, it said "temporarily out of stock". Now today it says "In stock" on amazon for the same $54 price. Did they sell out? Or could it be a consignment type of arrangement where Amazon may have finally purchased the entire batch to sell at this low price...something Backcountry did not want to do? But they set the price, so I don't know.

Either way, a sweet deal would have jumped on if this wasn't a cool blue tint!
 
markr6 said:
I wonder how Amazon and 3rd party vendors work?

These were about $54 yesterday on Amazon sold thru Backcounty.com. It said "15 available". But if you went to Backcountry.com, it said "temporarily out of stock". Now today it says "In stock" on amazon for the same $54 price. Did they sell out? Or could it be a consignment type of arrangement where Amazon may have finally purchased the entire batch to sell at this low price...something Backcountry did not want to do? But they set the price, so I don't know.

Either way, a sweet deal would have jumped on if this wasn't a cool blue tint!
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My thoughts are the factor that matters is if it is a "fulfilled by amazon" purchase.
Then my guess would be the consignment arrangement that you brought up; where all the stuff is stored in the amazon warehouse, versus the order being forwarded to the vendor.

Price back up to $75. hope at least 1 cpf-er saved $20... :)
 
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I bought one and it is the same as my other lights of this nature, think I will sell. I always expect more from a light I guess.
 
I realized I only had 1 18650 light and I want to have at least 2 of them to make using the batteries worth my time. I ordered one of these now. What in the world have I done haha. I found one with a 18650 3400mah battery and a charger for 109 on Amazon. I wanted a 2nd charger to use in a BOB to use with a solar panel I'm going to order :)
 
At that Amazon price, I bought a second one even though my one I bought from goinggear won't get here till tomorrow. My Amazon one will get here Friday.
 
This was a very good deal. I bought mine from Backcountry the day before they sold out their inventory. Keep an eye on Amazon. It's very likely they will put this back on sale; but only for about 1-2 days. I've bought many powertools for deep discounts this way, but I learned not to waste any time making the purchase.
 
I read that unprotected 18650s give the best performance. I can't remember where though.
 
Ray1968 said:
What, if any, would be the differences when running this light with an 18650 vs. CR123s?
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I'm curious about this as well since if my 18650 died on me I might have to borrow a friends 123A or hop into a store. I have 123A's as backups
 
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