Maglite XL100 ( my review)

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #60 on:** April 03, 2010, 11:28:36 AM

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Into April now and still no replies
Time to firebomb some offices then

I'm building a tank as we speak Mike
Excellent

Even better I could build one of those robot wars machines,you know the ones with rotating kukris perhaps

I'll lend you a couple if you decide to build one

John · **Reply #61 on:** April 03, 2010, 11:51:18 PM

Not happy days

no updates today

Benner · **Reply #62 on:** April 04, 2010, 12:24:51 PM

John · **Reply #63 on:** April 04, 2010, 11:06:14 PM

I'll give this to the end of May and put it down to "ah well! suck it up" got ya MUG!

Mean while

I'm emailing Mag HQ for guidance first thing Tuesday (moan)

[edit] Did I do them bad in my short review?

Top-Gear-24 · **Reply #64 on:** January 08, 2011, 03:08:47 AM

Just out of curiosity, how did this story end ?

I'm thinking about buying a new led-light, and the Maglite XL100 was one of the options I've been thinking about (along with the Led Lenser L7). But then I saw this topic ...

Anyway, one of these days I will start a new topic to get some help in finding the right choice of led-light for me, but for now I'm just curious about the outcome here.

AHB · **Reply #65 on:** January 08, 2011, 09:21:16 AM

Afaik John got a new light, sold it to me and I had it 3 weeks before i sold it..

Not my favorite light but other members
seem to get along with the XL-100 just fine..

Mike, Lord of the Spammers! · **Reply #66 on:** January 08, 2011, 10:54:34 AM

Quote from: Top-Gear-24 on January 08, 2011, 03:08:47 AM

Just out of curiosity, how did this story end ?

I'm thinking about buying a new led-light, and the Maglite XL100 was one of the options I've been thinking about (along with the Led Lenser L7). But then I saw this topic ...

Anyway, one of these days I will start a new topic to get some help in finding the right choice of led-light for me, but for now I'm just curious about the outcome here.

Like Allan has already said, John did eventually get a new light

For what it's worth though mate, I think there are much better options out there

I hate the 3x aaa set up, when you can get almost the same runtime from a single aa cell

Top-Gear-24 · **Reply #67 on:** January 08, 2011, 12:32:15 PM

Thanks for the replies guys

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Seems like I will have to consider some other options, I didn't even consider a single AA cell light untill now, thanks for the help.

Greetings from Belgium,

Eric

cerbera147 · **Reply #68 on:** January 08, 2011, 12:40:27 PM

I got my XL100 on a really great deal

I really like it; it is truly a great light. I would never pay full retail on it and only really use the dimmer function. The 3 x AAA setup is an odd one; surely 2 x AA one after the other would have made a slimmer light

My XL100 is used on an almost daily basis along with others and it is currently one of my fave's

If you can get it on a great deal then go for it, if not then research for a better light

jzmtl · **Reply #69 on:** January 08, 2011, 05:37:15 PM

It's a huge light eh? Almost as big as my SF 6px.

cerbera147 · **Reply #70 on:** January 08, 2011, 06:33:58 PM

Not a great pic but this is the XL100 against a AAA

When my camera is out again I'll do some shots against a Wave

AHB · **Reply #71 on:** January 08, 2011, 07:30:57 PM

Try to take a look at the Fenix LD10 Top-Gear-24.

That's the one I got instead and it haven't let me down..

Top-Gear-24 · **Reply #72 on:** January 09, 2011, 11:21:51 PM

Quote from: AHB on January 08, 2011, 07:30:57 PM

Try to take a look at the Fenix LD10 Top-Gear-24. That's the one I got instead and it haven't let me down..

I've been looking in to those, only problem is that I can't seem to find a Fenix dealer anywhere near my home (and I'm not that keen on Buying something from the net, maybe stupid, I know, but I can't help myself

).

Anyway, my wife noticed that I've been looking at a lot of led-lights on the net the last couple of days and when I told her I wanted to go to the local "army-store" to "look at" some flashlights (you guys will surely know that "looking at" very often changes in to buying the damn thing right away, well, my wife surely knew this ... ) she said that she had a surprise for me

.

Normally she would have given it to me on fathersday (as a present from my sons), but now she was afraid that I would turn up one day with a new led-light in my hands.

Turns out she had bought me a Led-Lenser P7 (at a decent price, because she had a 20 Euro discount coupon from the store). And I must say that it looks great, off course there's the fact that it runs on 4 AAA batteries, but that's about the only negative thing I can say about it. Here's a link to the Led-Lenser site (I hope it's okay to post this link, otherwise, the mods may delete it).

http://www.zweibrueder.com/ENG/produkte/html_highperformance/html_Pserie/p7.php?id=p7

Now, after reading the comments here I'm still looking to buy a single AA led-light as well, but I'm not (yet) going to tell the wife about my plans

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Maybe I'll post a new topic here in a couple of days/weeks, after the Led-Lenser P7 has seen some action

.

Greetings from Belgium,

Eric

Gareth · **Reply #73 on:** January 09, 2011, 11:37:18 PM

Nothing wrong with a LED Lenser Eric, especially as it's a gift.

I don't know about Belgium (or anywhere else for that matter) but here in the UK there is no chance of walking into a store and picking up a Fenix. LED Lenser are one of the few 'brands', other than Maglite, that I know I could go and pick up off a shelf. I can also think of one or two shops where I could pick up an Inova, but that really is it.

If you're happy with the P7, trust me, you'd be very happy with a Fenix.