New Bushnell HD Torch with Square Light!

[Speedyfish]

Click over here for a review and pics of Bushnell's kooky metal tube that makes a square pattern:

http://thinblueflorida.com/?p=1354

It is seriously neat in an odd way!

Randall

[majorhavoc]

If they didn't have actual pictures of the beam pattern, I wouldn't have believed it. That is simply amazing.

I'm not sure I see the value of a perfectly square pattern that goes from full illumination to total darkness within a matter inches, yet somehow, that's totally irrelevant. I want. I really, really want.

Damn you, Speedyfish and Bushnell. You have thoroughly rocked my understanding of the flashlight world. Damn you both to hell.

[Regular Guy]

Wow, that is pretty cool. I like it because we made our world generally with right angles. Makes sense for some applications to have a light that is in right angles.

[jamoni]

Be great for reading.

[mk_ultra]

That is really interesting . Thanks for the review .

[maldon007]

I had a cheapo version of this a few years ago, it was a focusable cheapo kree. The square (at least in mine) was the actual square light chip (they are usually square, but turn round when mirrored/focused by most reflectors). When you wide focus it, it turns into a fuzzy circle, but at it's narrowest, it is just a "picture" of the chip.

Again, not sure if the same thing is happening here, but it looks like it. The one I had is like this... but this is a hat version... And yeah, the square is not as perfect as the other... but check it-

[Speedyfish]

I thought this light was more interesting than utilitarian. What can this light do really well that my Stinger with TerraLux LED can't?

Randall

[Musubi]

I thought this light was more interesting than utilitarian. What can this light do really well that my Stinger with TerraLux LED can't?

I dunno about that all I know is I want at least one.....damn it...

[Caenus]

It looks like the beam is more uniform so the entire area it covers is better illuminated. Although I wonder if there is any peripheral illumination at all. You can light up an entire room with a conventional taclight by shining it at the ceiling. This might be something fun to try out.

[Speedyfish]

Caenus, it throws more diffused light off a ceiling than the harder bounce of a regular flashlight. I didn't think it worked quite as well.

Musubi, is that Spam nigiri? Yum!

Randall

[roscoe]

It seems like the advantage is that the light is completely evenly distributed - it is not brighter at the focal point, with less light as you move out the radius. I am not sure it is life-changing, but it is definitely more efficient.

[Speedyfish]

roscoe,

At close ranges, say inside a house, it gives the strong even light you mention. In that area, it is profound. Click, click. Click, click.

Randall