Energizer Hard Case Professional 4AA LED Project Light
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Manufacturer: EnergizerBrand: Energizer
Release Date: 2011-03-23
Model: TUF4AAPE
Product features:
- 4 white LEDs provide 35 lumens of light output / Runtime: 23 hours / Beam Distance: 55 meters / Peak Beam Intensity: 820 candela / Water Penetration rating: IPX4 / Impact Resistance: 2 meters
- Rugged shatterproof lens
- Weatherproof meeting IEC 60529 IPX4 standards for water resistance
- Ideal for outdoor applications
- Packed with 4 AA Energizer MAX batteries
Tools and Hardware Reviews of Energizer Hard Case Professional 4AA LED Project Light
Customer Review: Good Mechanical Design; Bizarre Beam Pattern
Summary: 4 Stars
This review is for the 4-AA model of the Energizer Hard Case Professional Series of LED flashlights. I have reviews for three other models (a fifth and final review to follow).
(a) Materials: Tough ABS plastic body and tough rubber bumper guards, including a bumper extending in front of the lens. Two sheet stainless panels on side of head (but mainly cosmetic). Rubber O-ring seal on battery compartment. Rubber covered switch.
(b) Mechanical. Excellent ergonomic design. Bulky for the 4-AA size, but lightweight due to the materials. Shaped like the handset of a traditional desktop phone. Or, more specifically, like the test handset that telephone linesmen use. Rectangular cross-section and textured rubber keeps it from rolling off a table or bench or ladder step or shelf. Molded finger grips positioned for comfortable standard grip: finger grips down, and thumb resting on switch located on the top of the head. If you prefer an underhand, palm-up police grip, you can hold the body with the finger grips up, but the switch will no longer be positioned under the thumb. Tailcap has a molded loop through which you can insert a lanyard. Tailcap also has a belt clip. But the clip is only 1 inch long. Given the bulky body, clip is too short to hold reliably. Clip has a further teardrop-shaped hole. Tailcap is rubber and has four molded feet. You can stand the flashlight flat to shine the light horizontally, or stand it up on end to shine the light vertically.
(c) Battery Installation. Easy. Unscrew tailcap and pull out a battery module. Load 4 AA cells into module and re-insert. Module is keyed for proper alignment. Only mild leaf spring action against contacts; screwing the tailcap back in is easy. As mentioned above, battery compartment has O-ring seal. Threads are robust and smooth acting.
(d) Switch. As mentioned above, rubber sealed and well-positioned. Positive click on/off. Push all the way and release for continuous on; once on, depress part way and hold for momentary off. Once on, press all the way down and release for full off.
(e) Beam. Light has a cold, slightly bluish hue (OK). Beam pattern is bizarre. This model has four LEDs. The reflector is shallow with a flat bottom and scalloped sides. There is a feature I have never seen before. There is a main flat lens that covers the whole reflector. Molded on the main lens are four small lenses, one over each LED. These lenses merge the beams from all the LEDs. The resulting beam pattern is bizarre. It does not have a standard central hotspot surrounded by a dimmer circular field. It has a broad, even circular central field surrounded by a dark band, which is then surrounded by a dim halo ring. Outside the halo are then four elongated side lobes spaced ninety degrees apart. These side lobes are very distracting. The center beam is bright enough to light up a stop sign 500 ft from my house. But you can also use it close up, down to 2 ft or so, because it does not have a blinding hotspot.
(f) Unpacking. The light comes strapped to a tough, heavy gauge sheet of plastic. The straps are industrial cable ties. For cutting the ties, scissors, utility knives, and razor blades don't work well and can be dangerous. The *proper tool* is a pair of diagonal wire cutters ("dikes"). You need a medium size pair (~6"). If you do electrical work, you will have one. If you don't, borrow one. It's not a general purpose tool, and it's silly to buy a pair just to unpack a flashlight.
Batteries are included. Each battery is sealed in a tough plastic compartment, and it's not apparent how to remove it. Don't use a utility knife or razor blade to cut through the compartment!! Very dangerous. If you look carefully at the back of the package, the back of the compartment has an icon of what appears to be a pair of pliers and the word "CUT". These symbols are hard to see, because they are molded black-on-black. The icon doesn't refer to pliers but to dikes. Again, if you don't do electrical work, you won't recognize it. It's also not apparent what you actually are supposed to cut. Close inspection shows the icon is pointing to a small plastic nub. You cut off the plastic nub and then use a small screwdriver to push a plastic tab through a slot to open the battery compartment and release the battery. The nub comes shooting out when you snip it, so cup one hand over the nub and dikes before you snip to keep the nub from whacking you (especially in the eye). The tip of the tab is sharp once you snip the nub off; don't press on it with a finger.
I've rated it a 4 instead of 5 only because of the distracting beam pattern. At first I was planning to rate it a 3, but I've come to appreciate the broad even central field for some applications.
Description of Energizer Hard Case Professional 4AA LED Project Light
The Toughest Flashlight You?ll Ever Need? - ideally suited for mid-sized jobs in smaller areas, the Energizer® Hard Case Professional® LED Project Light is easy to hold and pack up. Its bright white spot puts light where you need it most and the shatterproof lens shelters the LEDs. Made from impact resistant ABS plastic with steel sides and a shock absorbing rubber overmold, the light survives a 2-meter drop. It is water resistant, making it ideal for many outdoor applications. Finally, an impressive 23-hour run time keeps cost of ownership low.Flashlights
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