Features
The Ra Clicky Tactical flashlight provides the following features:
- 140 or 170 lumens maximum output. Tighter beam pattern reaches 20% further than normal beam pattern. 1 hour minimum runtime on High setting – 1.25 hours typical.
- 4 preset brightness settings – maximum output tactical strobe, maximum output, 12 and 0.3 lumens. The brightness settings and the turn-on setting may be customized for special missions.
- Elegant single button interface includes momentary button operation.
- Constant brightness through constant power regulation.
- Gracefully low battery warning.
- Designed for both regular lithium batteries and rechargeable Li-ion batteries. Protects rechargeable batteries from over-discharge.
- Full thermal management.
- Potted electronics for the ultimate in reliability under extreme conditions.
- Anti-damage battery compartment protects battery under extreme conditions.
- Nearly unbreakable ultra clear glass lens with anti-reflective coatings.
- Aerospace aluminum protected with black military Type III hard anodize. Stainless steel crenelated bezel blackened with AlTiN.
- Raised button.
- Customizations include turn-on setting, momentary operation, automatic shut-off, button lock, locator flash. Output settings can include burst output, tactical strobe, emergency strobe signaling and emergency SOS signaling or any brightness level.
- Reverse battery protection without diode power penalty.
- Pocket clip, deep carry bezel up, MOLLE compatible, retaining.
- Water resistance: 2 atmospheres (20m or 66 feet of water) – static.
- Dimensions: Ø 25.4mm x 98mm (Ø 1″ x 3.85″).
- Weight: 100g (3.5oz) including battery.
- Click here for detailed information about the Ra Clicky Tactical flashlights.
A Closer Look
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| Above you can see the flashlight both with, and without the clip attached. The clip may not be the prettiest, but it seems to be both flexible as well as comfortable to hold. Personally, with my large hands, I think it’s actually easier to hold and a lot more comfortable as well. | |
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As you can see, the screws that hold the side clip are right there, in your face. Although this does make it easy to put on and take off in a hurry, it makes the light look a little tacky. The same could be accomplished with a screw that was perhaps flush with the clip. |
| The markings on the crown hold not only the name of the light, but also the website where you can buy other Ra Lights. Again, this is a little tacky. I understand the branding of the product, but placing your website, engraved at the top is an unnecessary advertisement. On the other hand, there is a serial number engraved as well. This is nice, as you don’t have to worry about your jealous friend stealing your light and saying he bought one. |  |
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For a tactical light, the crown seems to be less effective than other lights such as the Brite-Strike. At this point, i think the cut outs are more for decoration than for any actual purpose. Although the top is obviously strong enough, I’d like to see these edges a little sharper for use in applying pressure points. |
| Here is a little more of an up close shot of the LED itself for those of you that like to see exacatly what LED is used. |  |
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At the other end of the spectrum, or the back of the light, is the Raised Clicky. This switching system is by far the easiest to use in my honest opinion of all other tactical lights. If you go for it quickly, it is easy to turn on high and then turn off. For those of you that like to keep your light in some form of holster, you may want to get the model with the flush button, as it is less likely to turn on this way. |
| Below is what the light looks like after you have taken it apart. Powering the light is a standard CR123A Lithium Battery. The threads are fairly tight so there is little chance of the light ever falling apart unless you want it to. | |
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That’s no “beatdown-bezel”, friend. The cut-outs on the side are for making sure you can see it if you’ve left the light on, or switched it on accidentally with the face down. That’s a good way to kill your batteries flat dead in the middle of the night. Not that those titanium teeth won’t stand up in the role of improvised kubotan, but the goal here was making something that won’t chew up pockets.
Also, the particular LED you’ve got here is the Osram Golden Dragon, a uniquely well-focused light source that’s pushing the envelope for what’s possible with current technology.
I’m sorry if I made it sound like all it was good for is a “beatdown-bezel” as you say. Most tactical lights have them but it honestly appears that they have designed this light to be a little more carry friendly. They could always make it more of a weapon, sharper edges, or even blades coming out of the bezel, but then it would be less carry friendly, even tearing up your pockets. The point that I was trying to make is that I, personally, would have liked to the crenelations a little sharper, but that’s just a personal preference, nothing more. If you get into a hand to hand combat, a flashlight is probably not going to do much to help you other than let you see whose eyes your trying to throw dirt in. In my eyes, the design was as follows:
1) use the Strobe feature to disorient the attacker
2) run
3) if attacker happens to grab a hold of your arm, use crenelations on the light to break his grip loose and run faster
4) if attacker is still persistent, pull CCW
Regardless of my views of the crenelations, I still think that this is the #1 stock light on the market, and the pros outweigh the cons 8 million to 1, and the build quality is something that is hard for others to match. The other features of this light are soo abundant, that its almost easy to overlook something this small.