TASK FORCE 3W
LED FLASHLIGHT

Task Force 3W LED Flashlight, retail $29.97 (www.lowes.com...)
Manufactured by (Unknown)
Last updated 07-28-07




This is the Task Force 3W LED flashlight. It comes in a handsome aluminum body with a rubbery sleeve on the barrel, has a Luxeon III LED behind an acrylic optic, and feeds from two C cells.

Because it uses just two cells, there is almost certainly a DC-DC inverter inside to boost the voltage from the batteries a bit to what the LED needs.


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Press the shiny metal button on the tailcap firmly until it clicks and then release it to turn it on.

Press and release the button the same way again to turn the flashlight on back off.

There is no momentary or signalling mode available in this flashlight when it's off, however you can blink the flashlight while it is on by partially depressing the button. If you don't mind the backward or reverse feeling of this, you can blink the flashlight this way if necessary.

The flashlight comes with a wrist strap, already affixed to the unit's tailcap via a hole in the side of the tailcap. This strap is large enough to go around the flashlight, so you can use this strap to hang the flashlight from thin tree branches, thin water pipes, or other long thin objects with no readily accessible "end".

The flashlight comes with a nylon pouch/belt holster. The flashlight fits this holster bezel-up; a flap with velcro on it folds over the top and attaches to the body of the holster, so the flashlight doesn't just fall out. This holster fits belts up to ~1.9" wide. I do not own or use pants that require a belt however, so I cannot test this accessory in the manner in which it was intended to be used.



To change the batteries, unscrew and remove the tailcap, gently place it on the ground, and kick it in the garden so the praying mantids will think it's something yummy for their insect tummies and subsequently strike at it...O WAIT!!! YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.

Tip the old used-up C cells out of the barrel and into your hand, and dispose of or recycle them as you see fit.

Slide two new C cells in the flashlight barrel, orienting them so their button-ends (+) positives go in first. Finally, screw the tailcap firmly back on.
Aren't you glad you didn't kick that tailcap into the garden with all those hungry, hungry praying mantids now?


Here is what a praying mantis looks like.
I found this guy on the morning of 09-08-06 clinging to the basket of my scooter.

Current usage measures 1,155mA (1.155 amps) on my DMM's 4A scale.



This is a loaner. So I won't throw it against the wall, stomp on it, try to drown it in the toilet bowl or the cistern, run over it, swing it against the concrete floor of a patio, bash it open to check it for candiosity, fire it from the cannonada (I guess I've been watching the TV program "Viva Piņata" too much again - candiosity is usually checked with a laser-type device on a platform or a handheld wand), send it to the Daystrom Institute for additional analysis, or inflict upon it punishments that flashlights may have inflicted upon them.
So this section of the flashlight's web page will seem a bit more bare than this section of the web page on a page about a flashlight that is not a loaner sample.

I performed that dreadful suction test on it, and it did admit some air - this was not a huge leak, so it should be able to survive shallow water landings if you fish it out right away. This also means the light is weather-resistant at minimum; that is, a small amount of rain or snow should not kill it. But you do not want to intentionally try to drown it in the commode or throw it overboard while you're on the lake or ocean fishing - that'll probably do it in.

The light produced by this flashlight is a cool, pure white, with no red, pink, yellow, blue, purple, or "rotten lizard urine green" tint to it at all. Not in the hotspot, not in the corona either.



Beam photograph on the test target at 12".
Measures 1,760,000mcd on a Meterman LM631 light meter.



Photograph of the beam on a wall at ~10'.


Those rectangular graphic things in the upper left quadrant of this photograph are marquees from:
Nintendo ''R-Type''
Super Tiger...er...uh...Konami ''Super Cobra''
Midway ''Omega Race''
Sega ''Star Trek''
Williams ''Joust''
Venture Line ''Looping''
Universal ''Mr. Do!'s Castle''
Jaleco ''Exerion''
Gremlin/Sega ''Astro Blaster''
Atari ''Tempest''
Gottlieb ''Q*bert''

upright coin-op arcade video games from the 1980s.

And those red lines on the wall toward the upper right are from an American DJ Laser Widow.


Spectrographic plot
Spectrometer plot of the LED in this flashlight.
Ocean Optics USB2000 Spectrometer on loan from WWW.TWO-CUBED.COM.


ProMetric analysis
Beam cross-sectional analysis.
Image made using the ProMetric System by Radiant Imaging.





TEST NOTES:
Test unit of this was loaned to me by a website fan on 07-20-07, and was received on the afternoon of 07-27-07.

Product was made in China. A product's country of origin really does matter to some people, which is why I published it on this web page.


UPDATE: 00-00-00



PROS:



CONS:



    MANUFACTURER: Unknown
    PRODUCT TYPE: Medium size handheld flashlight
    LAMP TYPE: White Luxeon III LED
    No. OF LAMPS: 1
    BEAM TYPE: Medium spot w/dim corona
    SWITCH TYPE: Pushbutton on/off on tailcap
    CASE MATERIAL: Aluminum
    BEZEL: Metal; LED & optic protected by plastic window
    BATTERY: 2xC cells
    CURRENT CONSUMPTION: 1,155mA
    WATER RESISTANT: Yes; high weather-resistance at minimum
    SUBMERSIBLE: No
    ACCESSORIES: 2xC cells, wrist lanyard, belt holster
    WARRANTY: Limited lifetime

    PRODUCT RATING:

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