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This $300+ Flashlight is classified as a LASER!
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Jan 25, 2025
FENIX is a big name in the flashlight industry! So when they came out with a HT30R flashlight that is classified as a laser, Adam had to test it out. Well, here we are! He's going to tell you everything you need to know about it, what he liked, what he didn't, and exactly who it is for. Get your Fenix HT30R here (Paid Link): https://alnk.to/7ql4TuZ Read the article version of this review here: https://gear43.com/fenix-ht30r-flashlight-review Join my newsletter: https://gear43.com/email-signup
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[Music]
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it goes into the strobe and then the
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flashing strobe mode all right everybody
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how's it going Adam here with gear 43
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here we have the Fenix
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ht30 this flashlight is the epitome of
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brightness this thing is designed to
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throw a beam an intense Beam at that
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almost a mile that's right almost one
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whole mile it is crazy what This Little
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Light can do in such a small package it
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is truly truly amazing and we're going
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to get into this one that the brand
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gifted gear 43 for us to review so let's
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get into it so what is the fenex HT 30r
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white laser flashlight well besides
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being a mouthful it is a Class one laser
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flashlight that's right in there you can
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see it doesn't really look like I have a
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a different flashlight here you can kind
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of see the the LED down in there and you
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can see how it's got the little cone
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over it but you kind of see this
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weird eye now what's funny is we're
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going to get into this in just a minute
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but the lumens um of these uh I've had
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this light for a really really long time
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and this actually has more lumens than
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this but this is far less Candela and
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we'll get into that here in a minute but
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you can just kind of see that that laser
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uh diode is in there and it is insane
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this is a USB powered well it's battery
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powered USBC charging excuse me USBC
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charging right there on the side it has
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this sweet little uh
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covert entry there for the uh USB type-c
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and it is waterproof dust proof now this
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is a low Lumen high kandela like I was
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talking about earlier with its all metal
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construction this light also features a
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two button tail switch as we see here we
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have one button two buttons and this is
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our power button which is brace for it
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there's our on and then when it's when
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it's on this button becomes the high low
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you can kind of see it pretty good there
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so that's low that's high if you can
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even see that uh then when it's off and
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the secondary button is depressed
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warning for anybody that might have
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seizures it goes into the strobe and
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then the flashing strobe mode um just
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with that and so that's kind of nice
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it's it's really nice if you're uh just
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want to turn it on and you can toggle
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between high and low because as we uh
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talk about it this thing will chew
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through batteries like there's no
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tomorrow and so we'll talk about that a
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little bit later into the video but here
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this thing is so nice to have these two
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switches on the very back of the tail
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switch here super super handy so if you
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are let's talk about lumens if you're
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unsure what the difference between
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lumens and Candela are here is what the
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internet says
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lumens and Candela are the photometric
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units that measure different aspects of
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light lumens quantify the total visible
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light emitted by The Source in all
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directions reflecting its
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brightness all right so that's just
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saying from this light how much light is
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going to be shot out of it in any
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direction now in contrast Candela
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measures the intensity of the light in a
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specific specific in a or Focus
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Direction This is based on the angle of
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emission essentially Lumin access Total
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light output while Candela describe the
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direction of intensity so that's
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saying this has a low Lumen low Lumen
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only 500 but it has over
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600,000 Candela now as I mentioned
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before this light I've had for a long
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time this is only 600 lumen so it's 100
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Lum more than this
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but this only has probably 20,000
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Candela so it's way less bright as you
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can see that's low high now this is
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what's really
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crazy you can see the difference and
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even this is on
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low and so we can see side by side
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there's a huge difference between the
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beam patterns on these lights and that
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is what the Candela versus Lumen is
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describing to us and so that's where
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this this this Fenix ht30 is a high
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Candela low
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Lumen so that's going to be more
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distance oriented versus more of a flood
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light so like I said this thing is so
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bright even on the lowest setting let's
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go there
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now there it is this thing is no slouch
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500 lumens 600,000 Candela power so just
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as a comparison most of us are like well
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how much is 600,000 Candela that sounds
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like a lot but is it truly a lot so your
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typical high beam on your average car is
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about
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50,000 50,000 Candela in your high beams
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on your average sedan or
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SUV this is literally like having 12 car
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high beams in a handheld light and for
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it having that much power I feel like
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it's a pretty small package if I'm
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honest it's built really really well
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this thing is a pretty hefty chunk of
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metal it's all metal except for the uh
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front cap here over the lens and the
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rubber tail caps everything else oh and
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sorry the the rubber grommet here to
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seal the charging port that's not metal
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that's rubber everything else is metal
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uh the body the tail cap are made of
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aluminum and the switches are made of
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industrial grade rubber these things are
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nice and chunky and nice and strong and
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they're going to last a long long time
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these things um have a great review and
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I actually know a guy that has not this
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light but a similar one from this brand
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fenex and they have had it for probably
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8 to 9 years and they have never had a
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problem with it they still use it every
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day you're Off to the Races so as much
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as the beam pattern is a plus for this
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light it is a bit of a drawback as well
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this light is made for seeing a long
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long distance but if you're trying to
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use it like a normal flashlight it's
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going to underperform pretty badly under
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100 ft it's almost um worthless you
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can't see very well because it's so
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bright you're pretty much just blinding
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yourself the whole time so if you do buy
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this light for a one and done light you
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want to see close you want to see far
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you will be disappointed with the up
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close performance of this light not that
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you will be lacking any kind of
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brightness but it'll be so bright that
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you won't be able to see anything and
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the light pattern is so small that
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you're not going to be able to
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illuminate more than you know maybe this
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like half doll piece at 25 yards this is
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a good battery that can take a charge
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fast hold a charge for a long time and
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on the low setting be used for a pretty
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long time but when you turn it on high
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you probably have about 3 to 5 minutes
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of Max output maybe
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before it starts to
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degrade and that's not very long
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especially because that's where this
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thing excels at you would want this to
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be a high output for a little bit longer
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than 3 to 5 minutes if it was even 10
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minutes that would be great that's kind
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of the drawback the battery gets drained
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so fast on high output where you're
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going to be H using those 600,000
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Candela at a long distance it's going to
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last very very very little time and
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that's kind of a big drawback for me you
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can also take the battery out just
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unscrew the tail cap
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here and it's just one
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battery um you can buy additional
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batteries from fenex and you can have uh
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extended and slash indefinite range if
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you can keep these charged so you're
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probably thinking man this is a pretty
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cool flashlight it's super bright it can
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throw light a long distance it literally
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is a laser like I mean that's pretty
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stinking cool just in its own
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right but who is actually going to need
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a light that you can see a
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mile most people won't the people that
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will are going to be your First
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Responders
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looking for a missing person you're
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going to be maybe a farmer that is
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checking on his Livestock in the middle
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of the night cuz they heard something so
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he's going to be able to step out on his
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front porch turn this on turn it on high
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scan see if his livestock is okay and if
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there's something go after it or he'll
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be at peace cuz he knows nothing's wrong
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that is really where this kind of light
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is going to shine if you are looking for
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a close in everyday like walking light
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this is definitely not going to be the
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light for you it's still a great light
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but it's just going to be used in a very
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specific application and it may not be
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the application that you think you will
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need fenex has a lot of great options
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that are not lasers and they're just
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more normal use everyday use but with
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that this phix HT 30r is a great
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flashlight if you're looking for a light
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that you can use every
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day this isn't it this is a very Point
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specific use and um I know I've kind of
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talked about it over and over again but
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for the most part if you need this light
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you know you need this light it's great
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for what you're going to need it for
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seeing a long distance if you don't know
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what you would use this flashlight for
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then maybe check out some of other
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fenix's products well that about wraps
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