![]() Oh, and as part of the launch campaign, they're offering it for under 60 bucks, making it a crazy value. What we like: Wuben has outdone itself with the X3, and literally packed a useful feature into every aspect of its package, from the light itself to its lanyard cable. Last but not least in Wuben's clever use of all its tools, the X3's carrying lanyard hides an integrated charging cable, saving you from having to carry an extra one in your EDC. ![]() The light itself comes in a larger module that serves as its charging station as well as a way to diffuse its light when you need softer illumination-oh, and it's also a 3000mAh power bank to top off your devices in a pinch. The body has both a glow-in-the-dark variant and ambient "breathing" lights that supplement its main output, and even a magnetic tail to maximize its versatility and cover all your lighting angles. There's an OLED digital display that lets you see its modes at a glance. You can choose between two configurations for its dual LEDs: a Samsung LH351D + 670nm Luminus red light for a high-CRI and night vision-preserving setup or a dual white OSRAM P9 pairing for more power at a max of 1,200 lumens.īut a head-turning design isn't the X3's only neat trick, as it comes with several unique features on top of that killer feature. This allows the X3 to be a forward-facing regular flashlight, then transform into a right-angle task light as needed. Their latest design, the X3, is both a hybrid and a superlative of both designs, offering a literal twist on its functionality with a 180-degree rotating head. ![]() The X0 and X2 delivered futuristic designs in handy sizes, utilizing a 90-degree design and a side-by-side triple LED configuration, respectively, while offering plenty of output and thoughtful features that made them excellent everyday lights. Wuben seems to be making a habit of making some of the most exciting flashlight designs we've seen in recent memory, and they're doing it by thinking out of the box for the boxiest form factors out there. We made The Drop to help you discover the latest and greatest essentials worth a spot in your EDC. I suggest giving Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 2012 a look, but I can’t give it an unequivocal “buy” recommendation based on its acceptable-but-not-outstanding malware detection and blocking rates.It's a big EDC market out there, and tons of awesome gear is released all the time. Note, too, that this version of Trend Micro’s suite is a little light on features if you like Trend Micro but want more functionality, check out Titanium Maximum Security, the company’s top-of-the-line package. It’s great, therefore, if you’re a less-advanced user, or if you just need something that you don’t have to mess with for it to work. The fairly basic interface, though well designed, doesn’t offer a lot of settings or options for expert-level users. Trend Micro’s poor showing in the on-access scan–which shows how quickly a suite scans files when you open or save them–may be a concern, since it means that you’ll probably have to wait longer for files to open. On the other hand, it took longer to complete an on-access scan of 4.5GB (5 minutes, 14 seconds) than most other packages did. It finished our on-demand scan of 4.5GB of files in a better-than-average 1 minute, 33 seconds, so when you manually start a scan, you shouldn’t have to wait too long for it to finish. Unfortunately, its scan speeds were uneven. Percentage-wise, that’s a negligible false-positive rate, though most other suites managed an even lower number. As for false positives, it identified four safe files out of a pool of 250,000 as potentially malicious. Although that is a decent result historically, Trend Micro lags behind rivals in this regard (most other suites we looked at detected over 99 percent of samples). In addition, it detected 97.49 percent of known malware samples. Trend Micro’s suite fully blocked 92.3 percent of malware in our real-world test (which helps determine how well a suite can stop brand-new as-yet unknown malware), and it partially blocked an additional 3.8 percent, landing around the mean for the products we tested. But if you need a set-and-forget suite that will keep your PC reasonably safe, it may be the right choice. If you’re looking for a suite with a ton of features, Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 2012 ($70 for one year and three PCs as of January 25, 2012), which finished fifth in our 2012 roundup of security suites, isn’t for you.
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