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Bright, powerful, and irritating

This is a very powerful torch beam, with a very comfortable handle at a very convenient angle for carrying. Although it is lightweightThe option to use low power is useful, too. Don't expect to use the torch for lighting up a work area -- the beam is much too narrow for that. For walking around and checking the middle-distances, it is perfect. I'm sure there might be a time when the high-powered flash setting is useful. But, you cannot turn the torch off without going through this 'strobe' state, which is highly irritating. In fact, that is the only reason the torch dropped a star.

Connect everything,first

Its a good product, and it works well. If you want to watch a different feed to the one you are recording, it needs TWO satellite feeds. This is stated in the documentation. What isn't mentioned is, if you just connect one feed and then set up the machine to check it out, the only way to get the Humax to recognise the second feed later on is to do a factory reset and go through the entire set-up process again. Connect ALL the cables before you start. The design is slimmed down from earlier models, mostly by eliminating the display on the front panel. To be honest, I miss it. It was reassuring to see that the box was recording when you wanted it to. Start-up is irritatingly slow, still, as the electronics sort themselves out and the TV displays only the Freesat Logo. But, once it is running, the performance is first class.