LED Lenser P14 Professional Torch (Black) - Gift Box

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The thing that make the construction of this torch not excellent is #1 the slop in the head that can cause the beam to be off center & #2 The

As in the Lenser P7.2 and the POP lite T34, the three mode driver is a mechanical switch and resistors. Pressing the switch part way unconditionally engages an intermittent turbo mode. Pressing it all the way and releasing it cycles between high, low and off. No blinky modes or pulse width modulation, because there is no active electronics to make it blink. To change the modes one solders resistors, rather than re-writing firmware. This uses both the LED and the battery more efficiently than most electronic drivers do. It is quite sturdy too. It uses 2 methods of securing it to your belt. Heavy duty snap & heavy duty velcro. You won't be losing this torchall my previus attempts to get decent performing torches that used AA or AAA batteries were for naught. The only reasonable performing one used The use of standard batteries, YAAAAAHHOOOOOOO, A cheap to run light that actually performs very well finally!!! A first for my collection. The boost setting offers an impressive 800 lumen output on its highest setting with a 350 metre beam distance. The P14 includes innovative light focus technology for improved performance and range. torch is capable of running continuously at max setting if one want to do the mod which is simple. The heat sinking capabilties are The reliability record of these lights reflects their innovativeness more than their build quality.

Overall, this is an very good, interesting and unusual flashlight. It isn’t a budget flashlight, but Tmart has had this old model at a more or less budget price. I take off one star, because, as is, the XR-E LED limits the output. It out throws a well regarded C8, but the spot size is not what one should expect from this optics. The combination of output in the central spot and run time is excellent, perhaps unique for a light that doesn’t require lithium cells. The unusual 4 x AA configuration, with nominal voltage of 4.8 or 6 volts, gets a lot out of the old XR-E and calls for bigger LEDs and less resistors. Reliability problems have been common with these POP lite and LED Lenser lights. (Switch problems were also reported with a full price warrantied Lenser.) I like them anyway, because I am idealistic and I have been able to fix them. Having three levels of brightness is a very good thing indeed. I just wished they had made the max setting one that you This is usually what happens with regulation too. Also not all regulaters maintain perfect intensity either & this torch will match & or beat many of those for Lenser with Eneloops in high mode on left, TangsFire C8 with protected Panasonic on right, showing shadow setup at lower right IP54 ingress rated - sufficiently protected against dust ingress to prevent normal operation. Fully protected against solid objects and resistant to splashing water from any anglePatented Advanced Focusing System - clever engineering enables seamless beam focusing for flood (near) or spot (distance) illumination and any level in-between. The outpup from the focusing prism is rather ringy at most settings. This may bother quite a few of you. The head is a little loose & this results in the beam being slightly off center at times. Also the focusing mechanism doesn't stop at the best overall focus for the spot beam, It overshoots it a little.

Honestly I also have no problem with you liking the light. If you are happy with it then good for you. Don't let me take away from your enjoyment. first off the focusing prism. The prism is definately this torches calling card I.E. its numero uno feature. It is not without its problems AAA batteries & did not have the desired runtime that I wanted or ultimately the brightness of the Inova regulated lithium battery type torches.

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The torch doesn't seem to dim much to the eye until the batteries are down to less than 1 volt each & then it start to dim pretty fast at least to a point. Heat sinking in this torch is nothing short of excellent dispite what others have said. I'm sure glad they bought the raw drivers instead of those I'm not arguing pros and cons of regulation at all, I'm just trying to make sure people are clear about facts. A poster above said "it's semi-regulated", and a major web retailer is claiming it contains a microprocessor controlled digital regulation circuit. Well either it does or it doesn't. I have no beef either way, I'd just like the facts to be straight. Volts possibility It came up on the XHP-35 thread that a P7 or P14 would work as a 12 V. light with lithium ion cells. XHP-35, XHP-35 The drivers, consisting only of switches and resistors, would work without modification at other voltages. So the mod. would consist only of substituting a 12 volt LED, shortening the pillar of the pill and trimming a star (without the LED on the star). the heat build up on the star was quite high compared to the heatsink that it was attched to which to be honest was also inadaquate on that torch as well.