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**254nm Mega Shortwave Flashlight — Complete Kit!**
Shortwave power you can actually carry. The Mega is a 254nm shortwave (UVC) flashlight in the same proven form as the Convoy C8 — except this is no longwave light. This is the real shortwave deal, and it is a monster: one Mega puts out more shortwave than THREE of our Convoy M1 254nm flashlights running at the same time. That's the difference between checking a specimen on the table and lighting up a whole mine dump face, a quarry wall, or a cabinet shelf from across the room.
Why shortwave? Because the greatest fluorescent minerals on Earth simply don't answer to 365nm. Willemite, scheelite, autunite, hardystonite, esperite — the hall-of-fame responses are shortwave responses. If you've only ever hunted with longwave, you have been seeing half the fluorescent world. The Mega runs on two 5000mAh 21700 batteries for 3 to 4 hours of runtime — a full evening of collecting — and it comes in a fitted hard case with the batteries, manual, and wrist strap included.
**Where you can collect with this light, and what's there:**
- **Franklin & Sterling Hill, New Jersey** — the fluorescent capital of the world: willemite (green), calcite (red), hardystonite (violet-blue), esperite (yellow), clinohedrite (orange), hydrozincite (blue-white)
- **Willsboro, New York** — wollastonite, glowing orange-yellow in the Adirondack wollastonite country
- **Tungsten country — California, Nevada, Arizona** — scheelite (blue-white). Night prospecting for scheelite with a shortwave light is literally how tungsten ore was found; this light was born for it
- **The Colorado Plateau & Wyoming uranium districts** — autunite and other uranium secondaries, glowing strong green (know the local rules and handle radioactive material with care)
- **Ilimaussaq, Greenland** — tugtupite (red, and it changes color in sunlight) and sodalite, for the truly adventurous
- **Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec** — one of the most mineral-rich localities on Earth, with fluorescent species still being studied
- **Your own cabinet** — half the "non-fluorescent" specimens you already own have a shortwave response you've never seen. Start there.
Always collect legally: get permission, respect claims and private property, and follow each locality's rules.
**What's in the case:**
- 254nm Mega Shortwave flashlight
- 2x 5000mAh 21700 rechargeable batteries
- Fitted hard carry case
- User manual
- Wrist strap
**Details:**
- 254nm shortwave UV (UVC), filtered output
- More powerful than 3 Convoy M1 254nm flashlights combined
- C8-style host: big reflector head, finned for heat, knurled grip
- Runtime: 3-4 hours on the two included 21700 batteries (5000mAh each)
- Pairs with our 365nm longwave and 310nm midwave lights for the full three-waveband kit
**Safety — read this twice:** 254nm UVC is the strongest waveband we sell. It can burn skin and permanently damage eyes, fast. **UV eye protection is NOT included with this light, and it is EXTREMELY recommended — honestly, it's mandatory.** Wear UV-blocking glasses or a face shield every second this light is on, keep it off skin, and never let children near it while it's running. We sell UV blocking glasses right here at yooperlites.com — add a pair to your order if you don't already own some. Do not buy this light if you won't wear the glasses.
**Care:** Keep the filter lens clean with a soft, dry cloth. Charge batteries with a proper Li-ion charger, store them in the case, and store the light dry with the batteries removed for long storage.
1 year warranty.
