[Unboxing] Nerf Modulus - Tactical Light

This is my simple unboxing and first impressions of the Nerf Modulus Tactical Light. First and foremost I bought this light with the intention of modifying it, so it's performance out of the box wasn't that important to me. Now even saying that, for the cost it's simply not worth it unless you want the Nerf 'look' like I did. At $15CAD, it's horribly overpriced. You can buy many much better flashlights online for a fraction of the cost. Though they won't come with the Nerf rail attachment, nor will they look 'factory'. 

The tactical light runs on 3 triple a batteries that are housed behind the panel with the Nerf logo. For my purposes that's perfect, as the 3watt LED I plan to install has a forward voltage of roughly 3.5-4V, The typical LED has a lower forward voltage, so I'm assuming that Hasbro has a limiting resistor in the light, and I will likely just re-use that. It would mean my 3watt LED is running under what brightness it's capable of, but it will also extend battery life and stay much cooler.

What I hadn't expected though was that Hasbro glued the light together. The only screw is for the battery door. This will make my modification to the light slightly more difficult, as I will have to cut/pry the shell apart (hopefully I will be able to preserve the shell).

Now, on to the unboxing; (The pictures taken were with my phone, hence the not so great quality).

The Tactical light comes in a rather large package considering it's size, so I wondered if perhaps there was something else in the box? No, no there wasn't.

Out of the packaging we have the light. On the one side we have the battery door. It is held on by a single Philips screw. Mine did not have a washer to prevent the screw from falling out, so be careful not to lose the screw.

The on/off switch is located here. It is a very simple on/off switch, it does not have any special modes (strobe, timer.. etc).

The typical Nerf rail attachment.

Nothing on this side

The 'lens', which is just plastic, though it does an alright job considering.

The back.

The light. this is in a relatively bright room, and looks quite good. Unfortunately the lens they have used doesn't focus the light particularly well so it ends up being more of a floodlight at further distances.