Quick Update on the Warranty

I just wanted to pass along the warranty information on our new flashlight.  I know a lot of our readers have been asking about it, so here it is…

http://www.511tactical.com/warranty.html#LightForLifeWarranty

No Chemical Reactions

Hey Everyone,

Once again I appreciate you posting your questions in the comments section of the blog.  Here is a question from one of our readers.

Q: “Could you give us some info as to how the Polymer light is going to react to Chemicals like oil and fuel?”

A: Great Question! The polymer of the flashlight body and charger has a UL certified V-O flammability rating.  What that means is that our polymer is the same as many plastic components found in automobiles.  Chemicals such as oil and fuel should do no damage.

Keep sending those questions!

Important Update

Hey Everyone,

I just wanted to keep everybody informed that we have received an incredibly positive and enthusiastic response for our new Light for Life UC3.400 Flashlight.  In fact, we have had to dramatically upgrade our production capabilities to meet the overwhelming demand and ensure consistent supply.

Producing such large numbers of Light for Life UC3.400 Flashlights shifts our first anticipated delivery date to mid-spring (late April).  Trust me, this brief delay will be worth the wait as this product will revolutionize the tactical lighting industry. Best of all, this enhanced production system will be able to manufacture more Flashlights for the future.

Finally, we are also excited to report that the Light for Life Flashlight will be complaint to many regulatory certifications, including ETL, FCC, CE, ANSI/UL and more.

Thanks,
Tom

Happy Holidays

Hey Everyone,

I hope everyone is getting some much need rest and relaxation during this holiday season. I also wanted to update everyone of the status on some of the questions that have been posted in the comments.

Beam Pattern: At 20 feet, the spot is approximately 22″ in diameter and the corona is about 15′ in diameter. The beam illuminates objects well at a distance of 300 feet at 500 feet objects can be seen. There is really no difference in how three LEDs look compared to one LED. The beams from 3 LEDs combine into one.

Durability:Tim LaBorn asks “If we were to rate durability on a scale of 1 to 10 with a traditional Mag light being a 10 and a cheap colored plastic kid’s light being a 1 where would the new “light for life” fall?”

Thanks Tim for the question and while using your scale we would rate the Light for Life a “10″

Please keep those questions coming!

What Happens if Dropped?

This next question comes from Greg, he asks…

I recently saw the L4L at the 511 booth of the IACP conference in San Diego (11/10/2008). I was surprised as to how light it weighed. I am curious as to how much abuse the L4L can take. In the brochure, it indicated it was impact resistant. What does that translate to? Has it been tested in a lab to see if it still functions after being dropped from 5,10 or 20 feet?
 

The flashlight has undergone numerous laboratory and “real world” tests. It survives repeated drops from multiple heights. The housing material is a high strength polymer that is highly resistant to impacts even at low temperatures. The housing material comes from the family of polycarbonates that bullet proof glass is made of.

Thanks Greg for your question!

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.