Why "Du Hast"? The soundtrack to the video should have been:

The Prodigy - Fat of the Land - "Firestarter"

Duh...

bpapa9013

Next time someone high-beams me on the highway, I'm going to whip this baby out!

redman042

Now if only these things could be *IMPLANTED* in someone's eyes, then looks really could kill
Not only could you impress your fellow n00bs, you can also torch enemy jocks!

Pwnage

@b0bcat: Have you ever seen Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark?

bpapa9013

@Seinosuke: Mind Blown.

unkpku is hating new comments

@Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->: The Schwartz is strong with this one...

bpapa9013

I would pretty much use it the same way in the videos for a while, get bored, then use it again next week the same way.

Jeice

Sounds great! A flashlight that gets too hot to hold after a few minutes, so you drop it and it catches something on fire since you can't turn it off! Sign me up...

Dreamwriter

Go to the light children... all are welcome...

Grifter

So, Sean, this article was done in January by Adam here at Giz.
[gizmodo.com]

jkr's bold comment

@b0bcat: Then we may see whether or not it's a good substitute for mace.

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

looks like a good way to "accidentally" light things on fire.

f0rge

What happens if you point this thing at someone?

b0bcat

Great, this thing is a forest fire waiting to happen. With great power comes great responsibility, and then you hear "Hey Y'all watch this" and all hell breaks loose.

The_Red_Monkey

Dear Buddha,

Gimme this frakkin' flashlight. RIGHT. NOW.

Love,

Kaiser.

P.S. Say hi to Richard Gere for me.

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

PLEASE stop pointing that in my eyes.

zanella

ugh... IMAGES in the comments now? really? REALLY? ugh

TheDude06

I had a 1,000,000 candlelight power flashlight and starred into it about 2 inches from my face for about 5min.

Not a good idea, lol. But this brings back memories

Tweak

Where can I get one of these? I need to crawl around underground and fix some broken magnets at the Large Hadron Collider, should have it up and running around Dec, 2012...

Auld_Lang_Ziety

Holy shit - this must be the most irresponsible product to make it to market in the last few years. I LOVE IT!

Dancing Milkcarton

@Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->:

daaaaaaang o.o

Jon B.

you can make a maglite 2D WA1164 bulb conversion that has 1500 lumens and runs for about 20 minutes for about $100

2D Maglite ~ $15
8 Sanyo eneloop AA rechargable batteries ~$25
WA1164 bulb ~ $7
Custom bulb holder ~10
Aluminum Reflector ~$25
Pyrex glass lens ~ $7

Total $89 + shipping and tax. You will have to solder the batteries together yourself or find a custom battery holder somewhere like candlepowerforums.com (~$15-$30)

Note that eneloops are the only good rechargables that will fit in a 2x in a 2D maglite without boring it out.

jtan

It's only a matter of time before they ban flashlights on airplanes now. Thanks, Wicked Lasers!

Munch the BanNail

Is this really brighter than the Maxablaster? [gizmodo.com]

Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->

For a moment I thought I'd be able to save the day when there are power cuts at my school's rugby matches. Two of these could light the pitch.

Does anyone think people would mind playing for 3 minutes at a time? The summary of play would appear like this.

MATCH BEGINS
PLAYERS RUN
TIME OUT
2 MINUTE REST
PLAYERS RUN
PLAYER ATTEMPTS SCORE
TIME OUT
2 MINUTE REST
PLAYER...UGH
TIME OUT
RE-CHARGE
30 MINUTE REST
PLAYER(S)..
TIME OUT

and so on.

Vivara

Finally! Lightsaber battles with REAL consequences of defeat! (i.e. injury)

Seinosuke

as nice as that is I am not sure i want a flash light with me that might end up setting my back pack on fire if it accidently gets turned on

taftsearlobe33

Why didn't they just add a power setting:

1) low
2) medium
3) high
4) saber

ripfire

@Jon B.: *had*

Jon B.

that's impractically awesome!

gloveofpower

Ah Wicked Lasers, about 3 years ago... my dad's cousin has a Green 300mW laser, was about $1,500. Let me try it out, and yes, it easily cuts duct tape :)

They make them in the 1000mW now o.o ($4,000)

Jon B.

It's like having the sun in your hand.

GHETTO.CHiLD

@jswilson64: Or turn them all on to full power at the same time and have your very own Dath Star cannon!!

Mr.SithNinja

Since it gets so hot, the only practical thing to do is rig up 6 or 8 of them in a "mini-gun" configuration. That way you can have full firepower, and not heat up the barrels...

jswilson64

Here is our review of the green laser:
[www.rainydaymagazine.com]

We also mounted it on our telescope:
[www.rainydaymagazine.com]

We have stopped using it in Boston for point at stars...just too many planes flying by.

RainyDayInterns

@Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->: The Max Blaster looks like a light cannon though. It's used when you need to call Batman, but you're trapped on another planet. The Torch is more of a handheld device - turn it on when you need it to be daylight on both sides of the Earth.

Rabid Penguin

Can you strap it to the head of a shark?

EBone

For those of you interested in where this light came from originally, go here:
[www.candlepowerforums.com]

BoinK

Come on, a D-Cell Maglite is brighter than that!

PlasmaMachine

@Mr.SithNinja: But you'll probably only be able to destroy one planet before having to recharge all the batteries... that doesn't sound very convenient.

Rabid Penguin

@TheDude06: Images have been a part of the comments for a while now.

highfloydelity

Dude at work - his wife's father designed that light. This is his place:

[public.fotki.com]

Stacky Botrus

@Tweak:

Miss Gump....is your son stupid or somethin'?

Dude!!

Faslane66

Kewl! But worhtless. I want it all the same!

Any strong flashlight can combust steel wool. You don't need this to start a fire.

JEmlay

Oh, and seriously, when can I has real light saber? Two years? Five years?

alowishus

COOL! I know what I'm getting my kid for Christmas!

alowishus

wow imagine burning ant with that!!

brutaluser

@alowishus: Uhhh, never? The lightsaber isn't based on real science, it's based on "wouldn't it be cool if..."

Moonshadow101

So can I start a fire inside someone else's locked car with this or perhaps through a shop window?

Z

@Moonshadow101: I thought all technology was based on "wouldn't it be cool if . . ." ;)

alowishus

So it would probably be bad to do that trick where you put the flashlight in your mouth so you look all scary, red and veiny huh

marc_wtih_a_c

@b0bcat: You light them on fire.

mjgolli

i can see lawsuits coming in thick and fast for this product....and the total population, people becoming blind going up

potty81

DU. DU HAST. DU HAST MICH!

bosspants

@Munch the BanNail: that is seriously true.

jakeyjohn1

This is one gadget Chen won't be pantsing...

Anyways, DAMN YOU Sean! I kept waiting for Du Hast, but it never came! T_T

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge: I don't think that Richard Gere is dead... or am I missing something?

jopari

@b0bcat: In the video it seemed he had to have the flash light pretty close to the paper, and it was shinning on his hand too. It probably has to be pretty close or be shinning on the same spot for a while

jakeyjohn1

DO. WANT.

shenanigans61

@Auld_Lang_Ziety: haha

jakeyjohn1

The flashlight is definatley cool. If it didnt get so hot, had better battery life and still had that much power, I would pick it up for that price. Maybe this is the first step, in a few years we can expect improvements, but I am going to keep a more practical flashlight in my zombie apocolypse kit for now.

tweaker

why does it appear that the guy recording the video and the guy who took the pic is (are) totally without a stitch of clothes on? does it have to do with catching clothes on fire. if so that would be inconvenient...

stonecoldcleric

@jtan:

YUP, that's much more practical mod ;-) and with 3D you can get even more runtime.

CPFReviews.com

The light serves no practical purpose other than frying eggs, "Oooouchh! my eyes" and burn your own hands holding it for more than a minute.

In comparison the ROP mod on Mag Lite 2D or other such lights is much more practical, economical and has equaly good 'wow' factor, No it wont burn foliage or cook eggs :P

CPFReviews.com

you could put it in your car and in case of carjacking, turn this baby on and burn some retinas and eyelashes and eyebrows and hopefully nose hairs too.

kaikai34

What an utterly useless product. They might as well be selling you a ball of sun on a piece of flash paper, because it has that level of practicality. $300 for something you basically can't ever use. If you're willing to pay that much for something so worthless, then you're just as stupid as the product itself.

justhesh

dam, quite impressive wish I could afford one :(

exer881

@GHETTO.CHiLD: Hideo Kojima approves of this message.

atoxic

@ripfire: ooooh, that's good. XD

Sanjo

Vampires are fucked

Sasquatch

LOL if you are held up by a mugger you can bust out his and point it at them. One button press later and they are permanently blind xD

TheLostVikings

Flashlight Tag just got a lot more... erm... Mythbusters-y.

WildWon

@Tweak:

Seriously, what the f*&( were you thinking?

meropealcyone

Wow how very impractical and dangerous. What is the freaking point? Bright, yes. But everything else about it is so wrong. I say FAIL.

RE-L

@TheLostVikings: I think this might the be ONLY good use for this useless gadget.

RE-L

Nonsense! At 5200 lumens the Polarion PH50 is the world's most powerful torchlight http://www.polarion-store.com/pd-polarion-ph50.cfm

BradenClytemnestra

@alowishus: Hey, I have a light saberalready ... on my iphone.

pcyoung

@ripfire: indeed. very good. LOL

Hamslicer

Its a Solex Agitator!

pdditty

Awesome flashlight, but if you want a useful one get a Surefire. Ive got a G2 with a factory LED. 80 lumens of light with a 12 hour run time at a minimum, Ive had mine since April and it still has the same batteries and I use it nearly every day.

BayardGoldfinch

For diving, we have 35 and 50 watt HID canister lights that put out up to 5000 lumens. I don't know how many candlepower that is, but I wonder how it compares. Unfortunately, these things are ridiculously priced (upwards of $2k).

El Guano

6 words, Do not try this at home.

thefutureisnow

@jopari: His career is.

[www.apple.com]

The Magnificen7

@zanella: That's what she said!

zero411

I'm one of those nerds who likes lasers. Not to impress my friends, just fascinated by them. Wicked Lasers is a chinese company that sells low quality equipment at high prices. They have a really bad name in the laser community, one step above the eBay scamsters who sell 'high powered lasers' that produce little light and damage your eyes with IR. If you got one of these torches, it wouldn't last a year. The editor picked up on the low quality components. Customer service is zero, if it goes wrong all they would do is tell you that these things do burn out if used improperly and offer you a 10% discount on a replacement. Don't waste your money. It sounds impressive and probably is - for a short while.

EdithEagleman

I can see the mafia mass ordering these.

sharmanova

@Munch the BanNail: I am pretty sure I can't bring the flashlight I have on an airplane. Since it is for self defense as well.

pliSkiNAKE