MotorbikeMan
11-06-05, 11:47 PM
Just thought i'd post a few words about the Tigerlight torch I bought from Lemoneyewash (Cheers mate :biggthump ) I'd seen the videos of them batting them around with baseball bats and throwing them onto the pavement, but took it with a pinch of salt, marketing hype and all that.
Well, after taking it out of the box, I wouldn't be surprised if you really could do it. This thing is built like a tank!! It has to be THE solidest (is that a word? :rolleyes: ) torch I have ever handled :D The plastic lense does feel a bit.....plasticky, but then I've never had any problems with maglites and they are plastic as well. Upgrading to a glass lense in the future is a definate possibility. One drawback with the solid all metal contruction is that it can be cold to use in the winter, but a neoprene sleeve trimmed to allow the TL to fit into it's charge will solve that.
Size wise, it's a bit shorter than a 2D Maglite, but a bit fatter all round so it's comfy to hold for any length of time. Having the switch on the back of the torch is taking a bit of getting used to, but it's not a problem and feels reliable and as well made as the rest of the torch.
The first time I took it out into the dark to play with, I was initially a bit dissapointed thinking it wasn't hugely brighter than my 2D Mag on fresh cells. But once I'd gotten my bearings in the dark field, I realised that the trees I was lighting up were about five times further away than the Mag used to get :D The beam quality is so much better as well, a good long distance spot down the middle of a very usable flood. Brightness wise, the brightest torch I have seen to compare it to would be a Gladius and this is substantially brighter. Shining the Gladius out of a bedroom windo onto some garden lights that come on automatically at dusk and they carry on working, shine this beast onto them and they think it's daylight and go out :D
Battery life is reckoned to be about an hour which with rechargeable cells is livable with. A nice option would have been to be easily replace the cell with a charged one so for longer trips you could carry a spare.
All in all, I'm extremely happy with it, it's exactly what I was looking for in a new torch :D
Well, after taking it out of the box, I wouldn't be surprised if you really could do it. This thing is built like a tank!! It has to be THE solidest (is that a word? :rolleyes: ) torch I have ever handled :D The plastic lense does feel a bit.....plasticky, but then I've never had any problems with maglites and they are plastic as well. Upgrading to a glass lense in the future is a definate possibility. One drawback with the solid all metal contruction is that it can be cold to use in the winter, but a neoprene sleeve trimmed to allow the TL to fit into it's charge will solve that.
Size wise, it's a bit shorter than a 2D Maglite, but a bit fatter all round so it's comfy to hold for any length of time. Having the switch on the back of the torch is taking a bit of getting used to, but it's not a problem and feels reliable and as well made as the rest of the torch.
The first time I took it out into the dark to play with, I was initially a bit dissapointed thinking it wasn't hugely brighter than my 2D Mag on fresh cells. But once I'd gotten my bearings in the dark field, I realised that the trees I was lighting up were about five times further away than the Mag used to get :D The beam quality is so much better as well, a good long distance spot down the middle of a very usable flood. Brightness wise, the brightest torch I have seen to compare it to would be a Gladius and this is substantially brighter. Shining the Gladius out of a bedroom windo onto some garden lights that come on automatically at dusk and they carry on working, shine this beast onto them and they think it's daylight and go out :D
Battery life is reckoned to be about an hour which with rechargeable cells is livable with. A nice option would have been to be easily replace the cell with a charged one so for longer trips you could carry a spare.
All in all, I'm extremely happy with it, it's exactly what I was looking for in a new torch :D