Size and Weight

Hey Everyone,

This will probably be one of the shortest yet most informative posts Here are the dimensions of the Light for Life UC3.400 Flashlight.

Final dimensions are:
LENGTH - 11.5 in, 29.2 cm
BARREL DIAMETER - 1 3/4 in, 4.5 cm
HEAD DIAMETER (AT WIDEST POINT) - 27.5 in, 7 cm
WEIGHT - Approx. 16oz.

Hopefully this clears up a lot of information and helps to answer a lot of the questions below.

Will the Light for Life be Damaged if Left on the Charger?

First of all great question by Steve.  He asked, Although many products claim to have batteries with no memory effect, if left on the charger, they can often lose much of their capacity. Will this be true of the L4L?

The charging system knows when to charge and when not to charge.  Almost the entire time the Light for Life is left on the charger it will not be charging. It charges so fast and efficiently it doesn’t have to charge all the time.  The Light for Life never trickle charges, which is what most chargers do when batteries are left connected to them.  This elevates the temperature of most batteries and results in  degradation.  Also, the memory effect has to do with chemical changes taking place inside a battery.  Since advanced capacitors do not undergo a chemical reaction, they do not have memory effects.

Once again, keep those questions coming!  Thanks again Steve.

Press Here for Power

Kent brings us the next question- What sort of power switch comes on the flashlight? Momentary, strobe, etc.

Kent, the button/power switch has been designed to include a momentary setting, a constant on, and strobe mode. 

- Momentary Mode: this is activated by pressing down on the button/power switch and holding it down for more than two seconds.  When released, the flashlight immediately turns off. 
- Constant-On Mode (or turning the flashlight on/off):  Simply press the button/power switch on and one more time to turn the flashlight off.
- The strobe mode is activated by double clicking the button/switch.  To turn strobe mode off, the button/switch is pressed and released, i.e. one click-off. 

At anytime, when the button is pressed and held down, the flashlight is in peak output mode.

Thank you for your question Kent.

Questions???

Please remember if you have any questions, please continue to ask them within any of the comments sections.  No question is considered off limits…yet

What is the Difference between a Capacitor and Advanced Capacitors?

Tom, what is the difference between an advanced capacitors and a regular capacitor?

(A) The biggest difference in advanced capacitors and regular capacitors is available surface area. An advanced capacitor has much more surface area than a typical capacitor. Regular capacitors have some similarities in construction to advanced capacitors, whereas they both have foil-like plates, one positive and one negative. An advanced capacitors takes this a step further and has a thin film of carbon on the surface of the plates. This thin film is very porous and has a very high surface area allowing an advanced capacitors to store a lot more energy than a regular capacitor. Finally, typical capacitors have rated capacities in the micro-Farad range, while advanced capacitors have capacities in the 100s of Farads range. That’s on the order of at least a million times greater.

In summation, advanced capacitors hold more energy and are bigger.