TASK FORCE
9-LED FLASHLIGHT

Task Force 9- LED Flashlight, retail $14.97 (www.lowes.com...)
Manufactured by (Unknown)
Last updated 05-26-07




This is the Task Force 9-LED flashlight. It comes in a handsome aluminum body, has nine Nichia LEDs behind a clear plastic window, and feeds from three AA cells held in a side-by-side carriage in the flashlight's barrel to keep the length of the unit down.


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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" 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 in your flashlight, unscrew and remove the tailcap, dash it to the ground, and stomp on it with old or used bowling shoes...O WAIT!!! YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.

Tip the black plastic battery carriage out of the barrel and into your hand. If necessary, remove and dispose of or recycle the used cells if they are present in this carriage.

Insert three new AAA cells into the carriage, one in each compartment. Orient each cell so the flat-end (-) negative faces a spring for it in its compartment.

Once the carriage is full, insert it into the flashlight's barrel, aiming it so the metal post on one end goes in first. Screw the tailcap back on, and be done with it.
Aren't you glad you didn't stomp on that tailcap now?

Current usage measures 257mA 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 held a good partial vacuum - including the tailcap. So I would call it waterproof and even submersible to shallow depths too.

The light produced by this flashlight is a cool, almost pure white, with a slight bluish tint toward the center. This is perfectly normal with Nichia white LEDs, and is nothing whatsoever to be concerned about.



Beam photograph on the test target at 12".
Measures 147,800mcd on a Meterman LM631 light meter.


Spectrographic plot
Spectrometer plot of the LEDs 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 and two other products were loaned to me by a website fan and were received on the afternoon of 07-17-07.

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



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CONS:



    MANUFACTURER: Unknown
    PRODUCT TYPE: Small flashlight
    LAMP TYPE: 5mm white LED
    No. OF LAMPS: 9
    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: 3xAAA cells
    CURRENT CONSUMPTION: 257mA
    WATER RESISTANT: Yes
    SUBMERSIBLE: Yes; submersible to shallow depths at minimum
    ACCESSORIES: Wrist lanyard, belt holster
    WARRANTY: Limited lifetime

    PRODUCT RATING:

    Star Rating





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