PackTuxedo

THE TUXEDO LINE
Not for Export, DOMESTIC USA sales only

Sunday April 20, 2008

We are shipping Tuxedos on a regular basis. May I once again I remind you that I am a small one man company who keeps costs down and wants to keep it that way. So once again, I will build it myself, keep it simple, keep it easy to use and keep it low priced. I will hand build each one just like I do with the Black Box and guarantee the heck out of it.

If you break it, I can most likely fix it. The most common occurrence is the towering fall that occurs when someone trips over your rig because they didn't see the light stand feet. Next time find a better place to put your light stand or get a helper.

As long as you didn't break it intentionally, and we can tell by luminal testing (shows blood particles left by the Tuxedo bouncing off someone's head) You pay only a small fee for shipping and a few shekels for parts.

THE TUXEDO
The Tuxedo comes in one color OFF-White. Your pocket will not care! It is designed to slip into a pocket and be as unobtrusive as possible.

Just look and click on the model in the photograph. Celeste is a) beautiful b) 5'.4" and c) 100 lbs soaking wet and it fits in her dungarees.

If the white color bothers you, we have a plan for those non-conformists. Paint it. Carefully with electrical tape cover the ports and clip. Electrical tape makes nice edges. You can paint it with KRYLON Spray Plastic Paint in any color you find on the shelves at Home Depot. Use Krylon made for plastic, not enamel.

Turkey Hunters using six volt powered calling devices and using the Tuxedo may paint theirs Camo Tree-Bark. Ladies may choose pastel colors for the summer and dark shades to match their nail polish in the winter. Those with alternate life styles may choose psychedelic versions hand crafted by artists in California where pot is abundant.

INFORMATION:
The Tuxedo is our alternate power pack using a 1.4 amp hour sealed Lead Acid battery weighing a whopping 20 oz.
It was built it as a backup for:

Quantum 1 owners who need a backup.
For those light assignments with a 200 auto mode shot capacity.
And for digital cameras smaller Nikons, Fuji's, Canons and others with four AA batteries as a power source ( not for Li-ion replacements)
Smaller flashes such as the SB -10 as shown. The SB-10 was slow as molasses till we couple it with the Tuxedo and it's a whole new game now.
It is not an "accelerated pack". I explain elsewhere why I will not build accelerated packs.
It measures 6 inches in length by three inches wide by 1 inch thick and fits in a jeans pocket unless the wearer had them painted on like J-lo.
It slips in a Tuxedo pocket, see picture above and is fitted with our smallest charger with 500 MAH. It is ideal for travel and brings the Tuxedo to peak in less than 2.5 hours since Tuxedo batteries for 2007 are larger.
They come with both the HD DIN and HD RCA Jack
They come with an ingenious "pole clip" mount. Pole clips are available for $3.00 so they can be hung with a simple wire tie.
If you are using a Black Box setup cable now you will not need extra cables. That integrates both products and gives you versatility. The charger circuit will be the same as the Black Box Unit. This keeps your costs and luggage down.
It is about 27% of the capacity of the Black Box.
It is available in combo form with a Black Box.
SORRY WE DO NOT EXPORT THE TUXEDO, the charger costs too much. It would add thirty dollars to the cost almost equaling a Black Box.

"What's a Pole Clip?"
These are pole clips. They are made from readily available hangers found in the electrical department of Lowes or Home depot and they are used for attaching conduit to walls or ceilings.

We add SHRINK TUBING to make the metal less prone to scratch your light stands and to get a good grip on the metal surface.

The bolt comes with it but I prefer to enlarge the capture end with a 1/4 inch drill so that the bolt swings or free wheels and then use a lock nut or NY-LOK on the thread to make it stay tight.

VOILA!!! "Mon Shootiere", you now have a hanger for the Tuxedo. It also makes a great hanger for the Pocket Wizard, use a short 1/4 x 20 bolt to the Wizard. Just slip the pole clip on the apex of the hanger and use a simple wire tie to put it together. The really brave can simply use the supplied self tapping screw for a more robust connection but whatever don't drill the case. Drilling the hanger is OK but not into the case.

YES, IT'S DIFFERENT!

Some manufacturers charge 20-40 dollars for a simple clip to hang the box on. We think out of the box. Thinking in the box dictates each accessory has to cost more than the product. We think accessories should be affordable, simple easy to utilize, does the job per se, and above all user friendly.

I like this system because it is field fixable without exotic tools and repair manuals. I adopted this simplistic approach because of the fact I can't work on my cars or airplanes anymore unless I invest in a huge piece of electronics for diagnostics that currently is in the SNAP-ON or MAC Tools catalog. Based on their prices they charge for tools SNAP -ON should change their name to Strap-On. ( Ok, a little edgy with that one)

Sometimes when I need an idea I will spend hours in a catalog, or store just looking at things. One day I was in a warehouse and noticed how all the conduit was exposed and mounted to the walls and ceilings. Conduit looks like light stand material.

But the design of the Tuxedo is so tight (Rattle it and tell me if you hear anything) that a misplaced screw could cut the battery or worse cause a short. That's why the connector on the back of the Tuxedo is in the shape of an inch worm. That's the odd shaped plate on the back with a hump in it. For those who never saw one this is what an inch worm looks like. About an inch long with a hump in it.

Here are the many ways you use the inchworm:

a) Just drill a very small pilot hole (1/16 or 3/32 hole) just going through the apex of the inch worm and then use the furnished screw to complete the job as shown in the picture.

b) Just slip a baby carabineer through the loop and hang on something, your belt, the loops on your pants, your rearview mirror, a piton on Mt. Everest, your dogs neck chain and so forth.