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neoaliphant

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It is - although the User interface is a bit of a Fred Astair tip-tappy nightmare.

it is similar to a lot of others, but each manufacturer changes the number of clicks, would be confusing to people that had different torches from different brands....

the powerbank feature is very handy, i find myself using most of the modes. even the red flashing light and magnet base is usefull for car emergency.

some of teh anduril flashlight modes are usefull, but andurill doesnt have sos....

and its so cheap too
 
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Jared

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Anduril v2 does have SOS in the source code, but you need to edit, compile and flash the torch to enable it. Or find someone that has posted the firmware somewhere.
 

neoaliphant

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Anduril v2 does have SOS in the source code, but you need to edit, compile and flash the torch to enable it. Or find someone that has posted the firmware somewhere.
That sounds familiar, but I wasnt willing to get something of similar price and risk bricking, the IF23 is rather excellent, the side cob light cannot be underestimated in usefullness....
 

Nice65

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It is - although the User interface is a bit of a Fred Astair tip-tappy nightmare.
The auto lockout makes switching it on a real pain, I frequently end up with it on turbo or the side light coming on. I’ve given up using the switch for Off and just undo the tailcap a 1/4 turn.
 
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neoaliphant

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The auto lockout makes switching it on a real pain, I frequently end up with it on turbo or the side light coming on. I’ve given up using the switch for Off and just undo the tailcap a 1/4 turn.
i do as well, just after i got it i purned the pouch it came in
i think you can turn off the auto lockout, but its easy to quarter turn the end....
 

Stew

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It is - although the User interface is a bit of a Fred Astair tip-tappy nightmare.
To be honest I think I find it too irritating. I need to reread the UI details but I have to say that I prefer the big Larry 2 at the moment…. It is just super simple and plenty bright enough. I had a flat tyre yesterday morning. 5:30am. The IF was just frustrating when i wanted to just get on with the tyre change and off to work. I need to dig the BL back out!
 

Nice65

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i do as well, just after i got it i purned the pouch it came in
i think you can turn off the auto lockout, but its easy to quarter turn the end....
I don‘t think it can be turned off. There are several Reddits about the annoying UI and not being able to prevent lockout after 3 minutes.
 

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neoaliphant

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I don‘t think it can be turned off. There are several Reddits about the annoying UI and not being able to prevent lockout after 3 minutes.
ive found if i quarter turn when not using, when i turn it back on, the autolockout has gone...which is fine for me so ive got either manual lockout, or auto....
 

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Brilliant, Probably got more hides than I need, but at that price, and, they do make a man cave into a…..MAN CAVE! :)
 
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This is available until Midnight.

£20.00


I ordered the Tact Folder - great bit of kit , very well made and useful as little mobile stationery ( see what I did there..? ) pens, highlighters , drawing paper holder suitable for Geocaching , tracking exercises , plant sketches and recording the muses of those beautiful Parisian ladies.
 
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Nice65

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Thought this was a pretty good deal, 4 pairs of secondhand Levi’s For £59.99. Could be any style, but all in a chosen size and length. A good idea and a company worth supporting.

 
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Nice65

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Just ordered 1
Yeah, I did that too :)

Current EDC pen and pad is a MaxP micro with a small Rite-in-the-Rain pad, a Rotring ballpoint, and a pencil the same as that one in the pics, which is a tad too long for my tiny pouch. The pen loops aren’t good for pens either, I have to stuff all the pens into one loop.
 

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neoaliphant

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I’m struggling to find the MRE items on here, any search tips please? I am probably just being blind.

Bad choice of my wording
items for diy mre items, not actual military mre

so small sachets, trail bars, protein powder, pwder pudding sachets, fortified milk pwder, wetwipes, small drink bottles, sachets of spices and sauces etc, very very cheap hand sanitizer, in fact works out good as a fuel...
 

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I’m struggling to find the MRE items on here, any search tips please? I am probably just being blind.

If you are wanting traditional Rat packs (?) there is normally an annual group buy conducted on the forum. It UK rat packs as opposed to US MRE's.

Just thought I'd mention it.
 

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