The cuts are for heat sinking, they increase surface area for cooling. But on that light its unnecessary as it wouldn't ever get hot enough.I can't believe how expensive flashlights are. Not necessarily a complaint, but geez. One of my relatives has a kid in the navy, and they get most of their X-mas presents at their PX. Gave this cool flashlight as a present...cool enough that I wanted one for myself...until I priced it. I think it was around $100? Can't remember the maker or model right now.
I appreciate all these special batteries and charging options etc, but really, if a flashlight needs more than one normal AA battery, I'm not interested. And I really don't need all these beam options. The last thing I need is a strobe.
I use one of these, and I like it well enough. Solid little reliable flashlight. Complaints are 1) it's water resistant and can handle a quick washing, but it wouldn't be able to handle long exposure to water. 2) get rid of the strobe and leave it at a simple high/low beams 3) far too many places to hold grease and dirt. absolutely not necessary to have all the cuts in the metal casing. But for less than $5, it's good.
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Thanks for the link. I wasn't aware of that one. $75 for a flashlight rig is beyond my needs though. nevertheless, I will bookmark it.The cuts are for heat sinking, they increase surface area for cooling. But on that light its unnecessary as it wouldn't ever get hot enough.
If you want simple and reliable you can take a look at this one.
I would personally recommend going with the high CRI option and also getting the tail switch with it.