Wolf Eyes Pro Police - Torches - by Wolf Eyes - Lumens 1 000 Lumens Runtime 1 Hour Regulated High 52

Wolf Eyes Pro Police

Lumens: 1,070 lumens

Runtime: 1 hour regulated high, 52 hours + low

Length: 15.6cm

Complete with charger and rechargeable battery

Covered by our "5 year no nonsense body warranty"

This torch has Free Registered Post (or free Express Post but Auspost doesn't offer insurance on Express) included - no postage cost to you

The Wolf Eyes Pro Police is a high powered LED torch with a difference, it uses the revolutionary new Procap ^TM. This new cap has allows the user to select the mode before turning it on, for example low could be selected so to remain unnotice or fast strobe could be selected for crowd control. Of course the modes can be changed while in use. It throws for around 150 metres. Some features are not as immediately obvious, such as the toughened ultra-clear glass with anti reflective coating, anti roll design or regulation to maintain constant brightness. This torch is powered by the new Cree XM-L U2 LED and comes with a rechargeable lithium ion battery and 240V charger.

Wolf Eyes Pro Police LED flashlight Torch side

Light Output

The Wolf Eyes Pro Police Tactical Torch six light levels:

High Level 100% 1,070 lumens for 1 hour, Medium = 50% power, Medium Low = 20% power, Low = 2% power, Strobe1 = slow 1khz strobe, Strobe2 = fast 8khz strobe

The Wolf Eyes Pro Police series features a bright 1,070 lumen disorientating strobe output strong enough to temporarily disorient or disrupt an individual’s night vision, perfect for self defence use or as a non lethal tool for police officers or other officers of the law. It is similar to the preflashes before a camera flash, but lasts much longer and is faster. There is also a slower strobe which is tremendous for emergency use such as highlighting a broken down vehicle.

The brightness level is substantially brighter than the light output of the standard black baton like lights (Maglite) used in the past by many Police Forces in Australia. The Wolf Eyes Pro Police LED Tactical Torch has brighter spill light. The difference is Wolf Eyes Snipers are pre focussed, meaning they are always in focus irrespective of whether they are aimed 2 metres or 50 metres away. There are no annoying black holes in the beam either.

The low level is perfect for writing by, putting out a similar amount of light to a popular 2 x AA cell light. The high output of this tactical flashlight make it useful for many uses such as vehicle searches through tinted windows and is a favourite of Police Officers who do a lot of traffic stops.

David and Goliath comparison shots below where we compare the light output of 6D Maglite at 1,380 g and 500 mm in length against the Pro Police LED tactical torch at 150 g and 130 mm in length. Also tested is the Surefire 6P. The target is a 1.8 m high man at 25 metres. Note the amount of light provided behind the sandstone hut by the Pro Police and also the amount of spill on the grass in front provided by the Pro Police. Not immediately obvious is the pre focussed beam which means none of the annoying black spots in your beam.

Procap^TM

Rotary shifting to change levels, enables one handed operation for both on/off and level changing. The six levels are easy to select, with the two levels of strobe particulary handy, the slow strobe for emergency and warnings, the fast strobe well suited to self defence or crowd control. There is a low battery alarm which will either flash (or depending on mode, dim) the light when the battery is low. The mode can be chosen before switching on or changed at any time while on. The patented internal circuit design with no battery means no power loss when changing modes. The ergonomic design makes it easy to use without needing light.

Beam Pattern

The beam of the Pro Police is designed for fast target acquisition. To this end it has a bright hotspot surrounded by spill light. This means you can aim the hotspot at your target, if your target moves they are still within your beam, you only have to move your light directly onto them, rather than searching in the darkness with a pencil beam. The Pro Police is pre-focussed between 0 - 100 metres, as focussing takes valuable time and of course if a torch is focussed for 15 metres it will not be in focus at 100 metres. The wide spill or flood at the same time as the spot keeps this unit as a favourite with Police who have to chase offenders.

Picture showing the beam output at 150 metres of the 1,000 lumen Digital Police Hunting (click for larger) - the Pro Police is fractionally brighter in light output to the Hunting version, the difference is the dual tailcap with tapeswitch for the Hunting

Construction

The Wolf Eyes Pro Police LED Tactical Torch has an incredibly rugged construction, probably unlike most other torches or flashlights commonly used in Australia in police or military work. It is constructed of aircraft aluminium with a brass liner to wick the heat away from the LED (heat damages LEDs) and for good electrical conductivity. The Pro Police is a high output torch with modest size. Most people don't realise that LEDs put out considerable heat, but unlike an incandescent torch which projects the heat out the front, LEDs heat the base they are mounted on. Overheating an LED results in permanent damage and reduced light output for the life of the LED. To remove the possibility of damage to your LED, Wolf Eyes have a brass liner inside the torch and a substantial aircraft aluminium body. The brass liner, as well as maintaining high electrical conductivity, mates to the mount of the LED and conducts heat along the body of the torch or flashlight, using the mass of the body as a heatsink to dissapate the heat.

All Wolf Eyes Pro Police are anodised tactical black and have a 5 Year Warranty on the body.

Upgradeable

The Wolf Eyes range of torches are upgradeable to a brighter LED when they come out. Unlike older design torches and flashlights, the Wolf Eyes modular design allows replacement of the LED when a brighter unit (or different wavelength such as red, green or infra red, etc) is available. The extremely durable construction of Wolf Eyes mean they last for years, reassuringly upgrades are available to keep your torch at the forefront of lighting technology.

Waterproof

Regulation

Wolf Eyes torches are regulated, meaning they don't dim or lose intensity like many other torches including other LED torches. The regulation has two advantages, it means the power to the LED is consistent, so the LED will be running at it's optimum with the battery being boosted as it is being depleted, the second advantage is you don't overboost the LED which can permanently damage it, this happens with torches not designed for rechargeable batteries or accumulators.

Australian Approved Charger

The Wolf Eyes Pro Police LED Tactical Torch comes complete with rechargeable battery and Australian charger. We have noticed a number of torches on the Australian market with non approved chargers. The advantage of an Australian approved charger is that it is both safe and legal to connect to an Australian power supply, meaning it meets OH&S requirements and also your insurance is ok in a residential or business situation.

Rechargeable Batteries

The battery utilised in the Sniper is the LRB168A (18650) rechargeable lithium ion battery. Utilised predominantly in notebooks, this battery provides large outputs (including rapid discharge high amp outputs) from a relatively compact package. So powerful is this battery that it powers the Tesla Roadster electric car (an electric car built on a Lotus Elise chassis with a 0-100kmh time of 3.9 seconds). One huge advantage of the Wolf Eyes Sniper flashlight is that it has been built with these rechargeables in mind, rather than disposable CR123 batteries (which cost $10 each in shops in Aus). This means we can use the 18mm versions of the batteries which are 50% more powerful than the 17mm versions. Torches or flashlights designed to only fit CR123 batteries, such as the Surefire 6P or Surefire G2 (in fact most of the Surefire line) can only fit the 17mm version (available in our recharge kit), which means 2/3rds the power.

All Wolf Eyes batteries are protected, meaning they have a small computer chip built in to one end, this controls charging and discharging, designed to reduce the risks of powerful batteries. We have seen lithium ion batteries explode and would never sell an unprotected version.

As many are aware, most police departments in Australia or the Australian Defence Force do not generally supply batteries for their staff. So a rechargeable torch (or rechargeable flashlight, depending on your terminology) is both an environmentally sound decision but also an economic necessity. Some police officers have reported that their rechargeable torch has paid for itself in as little as 3 months when compared to their previous CR123 battery older style torch. With our rechargeable batteries you can top up at any time, no need to wait for the battery to run down, so you are always prepared for that critical mission.

Environmentally, rechargeable batteries are a winner. Like most quality lithium ion batteries, our rechargeable batteries are rated for 1,000 recharges under ideal conditions. Even if you took 500 recharges as a reasonable figure, each rechargeable battery you use would save 2,000 AAA batteries, 1,500 C cell batteries or 1, 000 CR123 batteries from landfill, a wothwhile saving (based on a 2 x CR123, 3 x C cell or 4 x AAA torch providing similar runtime). Even if the environment isn't your priority when purchasing a torch or flashlight, the financial saving is huge and as a bonus you get to feel good about the environment.

Cold Weather Performance

One of the huge advantages of rechargeable lithium ion batteries, besides their huge outputs, is the ability to operate in colder temperatures. Many have been frustrated by the loss of power in AA and NiMh batteries in cold temperatures. That is not a problem with Lithium Ion. To take the photos here, we turned a torch onto low, placed it in a tray of water in a freezer for 4 days till the water became an ice cube, then removed and photographed. The torch was on for the 4 full days in the freezer!

Different Levels of the Procap

This short video shows the different levels of the Procap and the ability to preselect a level before turning on - the video goes through high, medium, medium low, low, slow emergency strobe and the fast disorientating strobe. The torch is then turned off and low preselected. Then off again and the disorientating strobe is selected.

Different Levels of the Procap shown on the Pro Police over 650 metres

From 650 metres away with the vessels of HMAS Waterhen on the right, the Wolf Eyes Pro Police goes through its different levels of high, medium, medium low, low, slow emergency strobe and the fast disorientating strobe. A navigational bouy can be seen to flash sporadically about 300 metres out from the shore.