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The big news for Novatac this year is that they are working on moving into the consumer retail market, instead of simply focusing on high-speed operators and the tactical market.

To that end, they are introducing four models designed to appeal to the general public. All of these new imported models feature type II anodizing instead of the type III hard anodize used on their  USA-made lights and aluminum instead of stainless steel bezels, but are otherwise functionally the same, with nice pocket clips. The best part about these models is that they are astonishingly inexpensive, for a very good build quality and very nicely designed lights. I won’t reveal how much I paid at the show for one as it was a special deal but let’s say all of the models should retail for well under $100.

The Storm is a single-cell CR123A light  with 120 lumens set as its primary mode and alternates of 30 and 0.3 lumens. Strobe is a click away, just press and hold the button when the light is already on and it will strobe until you let go. You get 120 lumens for 30 minutes and the rest for considerably longer. It is designed to be an ideal personal defense flashlight.

The Wichita is a more general utility-oriented flashlight, with its primary output set to 60 lumens for 90 minutes of runtime, a turbo mode of 120 lumens, and alternate outputs of 10 and 0.3 lumens. There is no strobe on this model.

For the budget-minded tactical operator or for home defense, the Special Ops has the same settings as the Storm, except it uses two CR123A cells for increased runtime. The primary of 120 lumens gets 70 minutes of runtime and the secondary of 3o lumens gets 9 hours of runtime.

And last but not least, for those who prefer to use AA batteries, the Classic uses two AA batteries for a primary mode of 120 lumens for 30 minutes and a secondary of 30 lumens for 4 hours. It will run for an astonishingly long 240 hours on the lowest setting of 0.3 lumens.

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