Ahh, I was thinking in pounds, not dollars. That explains it.

eeph

+5 for the Infinity

I've also converted one of my Mini-Mags too.

Can you have enough flashlights?

dude, that's funny. i was hoping you were going to post back instead and tell me where i could get a arc for $20.

By the way, I also have a Gerber Infinity and it is weak. The beam is low powered and of a sickly blue hue. It uses an outdated Nichia CS 5mm led. There are MUCH better lights out there.

Here's a $23 (delivered price) light I just got in. It is small and fits in a pocket well, but is very bright. It also has multiple levels so you can have it run for hundreds of hours on 1AA battery. The Gerber only runs about 25 hours.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.8752

Here's a thread about it:

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=186062

I suspect there is something wrong with your Gerber then my friend. Mine is the brightest LED light I have which doesn't use a Luxeon style LED.

Sure it doesn't throw the beam as far without a reflector or lense but it's very bright over short distances.

I doubt it. It is comparable to My Inova X1 which also uses a Nichia CS led and also is weak. At least the light from the X1 is white.

I see now that it uses a Luxeon LED. That's comparing apples to chairs to me. Each has it's pros and cons. I use both a 5mm LED light (the gerber) and a Luxeon style in my headlamp.

I like my lights to have 2 modes...on and off. Less to go wrong. What do you need 20 modes for anyhow?

Read the first post in the thread I linked to. As I use it it has 6 modes. Very Low, Low, Medium, High, Very Low, and 5 second beacon (where it flashed every 5 seconds).

If you just click it on and off it will stay in 1 mode. It remembers the mode you were in last when you turn it back on. So you have an on off flashlight if you want.

If you don't want it that's fine. I value being able to dim the light for reading and long runtime, but still having a flashlight that can be WAY brighter than a 5mm led light like the Gerber.

I have the Gerber on my key chain, but it's mostly a spare battery carrier to my other lights and an extreme back up if they break.

It's worth the effort for me. As I said to Hacksaw, it can be used as a one mode on-off flashlight if desired. I don't see how pushing a button a second or third time for longer runtime mode is much effort. To each their own.

I will have a review with pictures of the lights and beam shots on the wall and back yard up tonight on CPF. I will include the Gerber for comparison and post a link back to the review tonight.

I am also going to test to see how long the lights will run on low power. I suspect this light will last for more than 150 hours on one AA battery, so you should check back in a week or two for an update.

It's CPF. They go down every now and then for short periods of time. I don't know why.

There's no programing to be done. There are three preprogrammed groups of levels. You choose which group you want to use and that's it.

I think when you read the first post in that thread I linked, it will clear it up.