COSSATOT 1000 XL-USB RECHARGEABLE DUTY LIGHT
John Abbott
The Cossatot 1000 XL USB Rechargeable Duty light by FACTOR Equipment arrived with everything needed to test the light. The cord, the case, the battery extra O-rings. Everything but the time. I had everything planned out to run the light through the ringer. Take it to a night shoot, Use it on a spring camping trip. I was even going to use it with a red light adapter and play around with a little coyote spotting. Ok, if this were a movie, about right now is when the sound effect guy would insert the sound of a phonograph needle skipping and scratching the records. That is not what happened.
What did happen was “THE BIG MOVE. A completely unexpected cross country move of both my business and my family from Ohio to Arizona. That move and subsequent re-settlement has provided a better real test for any flashlight than I could have contrived. For the last 4 months the Cossatot 1000 has been in and out of my EDC bag and has become my go to flashlight. The Tests I had planned would in no way challenge this light as much as lifes big curveball. Leaving some lights in the quite full backpack has sometimes resulted in those lights being accidentally switchted on. This was not the case with the Cossatot 1000 XL USB. The Selector switch was easy to manipulate while protected. Another plus is that the 1000 stays in the pre-selected mode regardless of how many times you may push it when the light is off. This will come in handy when I do get to take in a night shoot.
Next was the Real life test: Load the house and inspect the new place . Everything a person could ask a flashlight to do the Cossatot 1000 xl has done.
The brightness test. Hang a flashlight inside a 26 foot Uhaul, turn it on and load the truck with the Cossatot as your only light. Absolutely brilliant, and yes, the pun was intended. It worked much harder than I did. And while I had a beer to celebrate the end of the day, even though the light was not as run down as I. I still chose to put it on the USB micro charger anyway. Speaking of run down, the Factor battery seems to hold a bit more of a charge than some other batteries in the class. A good pairing, like a finely tuned sports car running better on premium. But at less than $100.00 for the complete setup it is a lot of light without denting the wallet.
Other test the light has performed, dropped from top of stairs (accidentally of course) and after bouncing like a discarded slinky, end over end, it still worked, and the Beam served as a rescue beacon made it easy to recover from beneath the stairs. The fall scratched the light a little but scars are signs of a life well lived.
There is no better recommendation I can give any item than I would send it with my wife on a trip to China, I have, twice.
Now it is safe back in my pocket and I shall get her one of her own.
Trees at 75 yards
Where the Cossatot 1000 XL resides with his close EDC friends.
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