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you really need to see this demonstration in person. barry will beat on teh cannister with anything he can get his hands on including aluminum 80s, hammers, etc. this is truly a bulletproof cannister. if you are travelling via plane and do not buy one of these, you are making a mistake. teh baggage folks will surely break an acrylic one. just ask dittner. barry's lights are the best. you can't go wrong. >Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 14:03:55 -0500 >From: Mark Melendez <submrge@wo*.at*.ne*> >To: cavers@cavers.com >Subject: Re: I need a new light.... > >> >The explorer Pro 14 is the same thing in a all Delrin Canister. >> >JJ tried to break one of these canisters with a sledge hammer; >> >after 5 minutes of beating the canister, the sledge hammer broke. > >That sounds like a very tall tale. *Maybe* I could believe a regular >hammer, but a sledge hammer? C'mon. > >Anyway, according to the website the canister is made from polyethelene >not Delrin. Either way they still have higher impact strength than >Acryilic. But the sledge hammer thing sounds a liitle far fetched > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Mark Melendez >melendez at bigfoot dot com >http://www.bigfoot.com/~melendez ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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