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38... mi... mii... million? Stick that on the space station and probe that around the place, if there's life out there they'll definantly responde to that!]]>Feb 3rd 2008 3:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/
That was an awesomely-cheesy scene.]]>Feb 3rd 2008 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/
Is there actually any need for something this powerful with a concentrated beam?]]>Feb 3rd 2008 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/
After all, you don't need a license to own/operate a "grand opening" spot light for you're new furniture store's grand opening / going out of business sale.]]>Feb 3rd 2008 5:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/
He built it because he could. Why does there have to be a need for it?]]>Feb 3rd 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 4th 2008 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 5th 2008 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 5th 2008 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/
The stand is nice, but a tripod mount would be even better. It also comes with a carrying strap. :-)

Perhaps it's a modification of the one I have, I dunno, as of right now, the link/site is dead.... maybe someone turned the flashlight onto the server. Idiots.]]>Feb 3rd 2008 4:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=125819

He's since crossgraded to a less efficient but more consistent electronics setup since his old electronics fried on him.

Seriously, to everyone who thinks they have one of these, you don't. If you have a Sam's Club or similar HID light, then you're close, but custom HIDs are always expensive and awe inspiring, even compared to those big halogen torches most of you are used to.]]>Apr 20th 2008 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/






... no?]]>Feb 3rd 2008 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/
I want a damn lightsaber.]]>Feb 3rd 2008 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/
Thank you, Mel Brooks.]]>Feb 3rd 2008 4:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/
"Keep away from mirrors"]]>Feb 3rd 2008 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 4th 2008 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/
Just flip this flashlight on-and-off to get the dashes and dots.

Then again, this can be a very deadly weapon.

"I shall blind you with my light!"]]>Feb 3rd 2008 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Wonder how hard/easy it'd be to adapt it for home defense...

You'd probably want to have a pair of googles that have light filters on them, that are linked (via wire and/or bluetooth) to the switch on the "flashlight", so that the goggles reduce the amount of incoming light to keep the wearer from being blinded by his own light. Behind the light filter, have an optional set of low-light enhancers (so you can use the combination in the darkness in your own house, and not have the low-light enhancers compromised by the bursts of light).

Second, some sort of focusing lens work on the light ... so you can select it to do a wide beam (blinding light) or narrow beam (burning light).

So, you hear something go thump in your house at night, you put on your goggles (next to the bed), get out the flashlight (under your night-stand), and go see what's out there. Think you see it? Turn on the wide-beam light. If it gets hostile, make it a narrow/focused beam.

]]>Feb 3rd 2008 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/military use. This one must be designed for that.]]>Feb 3rd 2008 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/
"She was blinded by the light, cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night..."]]>Feb 3rd 2008 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=125819

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Judging on the size, colour, and almost everything else about it, it's quite a few steps away from being a lightsaber... plus the guy holding it isn't wearing a Jedi robe. >:(]]>Feb 3rd 2008 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/
CHAIRFACE!]]>Feb 3rd 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/
But the thing is: It doesn't light up the sky like shown, and it's kind of a drag to use. It runs out of battery quickly (10-15 minutes) and you have to charge it for awhile to use it again.

It's sure fun to hit people's houses all the way down the street when it's dark out though!]]>Feb 3rd 2008 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/>You thought the goggles did nothing before?

Excellent Simpsons reference.]]>Feb 3rd 2008 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 3rd 2008 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/03/maxablaster-mega-flashlight-is-a-step-away-from-lightsaber/Feb 4th 2008 5:14PM