Spec me an LED Torch

Mark A · 26 Jul 2011 at 16:31

mrk said:
Why do Fennix torches cost so much then? the same goes for LED Lensers. I have seen them in person and they don't really look or feel any more waterproof/tough than the SolarForce host I have. Not tried dropping one though but the SF certainly can take being dropped with force on a brick!

Fenix are much better quality than a Solarforce. I own both and you can easily see where the extra money goes.

Square deep cut threads that are also hard anodised rather than the none anodised V threads on the Solarforce. Much better quality anodising, that goes all the way around the torch and even inside, not just the parts that are seen. The TK series is also really thick, you could probably drive over one and it wouldn't damage it.

The LED are also white rather than purple and don't use PWM so that you get flickering on lower settings. I had to pay £31 to get a custom made LED module to hopefully get something more like a Fenix. Add to that the £20 for the L2P host and its not far off what it would cost for a Fenix TK21, but with a lower quality body than the fenix.

mrk · 26 Jul 2011 at 17:20

Ah I see thanks, just didn't seem immediately obvious that's all!

Not sure about the purple light bit though, neither of mine are purple! White though, indeed

Deluxe1 · 26 Jul 2011 at 17:26

TheSgtDK said:
I'm new to the scene and looking at getting a Fenix TK15 can anyone recommend anything better or more powerful for between £50-70.

Size is no problem just preferably no more than 2 x CR123 batteries or 1 x 18650.

What about a Jetbeam Jet III M XM-L? Use code cpf8 to get it down to £64.

http://www.ledfiretorches.co.uk/jetbeam-rrt-0-s2-with-extender-4.html#

Guest2 · 26 Jul 2011 at 17:36

My Quark AA2 Turbo is still going strong

Cant beat a good old AA rechargable torch

http://www.flashaholics.co.uk/4sevens/quark-aa-2-turbo.html

Mark A · 26 Jul 2011 at 19:19

mrk said:
Ah I see thanks, just didn't seem immediately obvious that's all!

Not sure about the purple light bit though, neither of mine are purple! White though, indeed

I was led to believe that with the cheaper dropins you could never guarantee they didn't have a tint to the light. Mine came with a purple tint. Probably not obvious to most people but compared to my fenix it was very obvious and just didn't like it very much.

mrk · 26 Jul 2011 at 21:01

The only one of mine that hasd a manky tint was the DealXtreme one, both SolarForce and Manafont ones (XP-G and XM-L) have white colour output as do 3x the XR-E Q5 powered eBay bought torches!

TheSgtDK · 27 Jul 2011 at 00:52

Decided to buy a the TK21 U2 from flashaholics, a bit over £70 but got the 8% discount.

I liked the Jetbeam suggested but felt like getting a light with a mid setting also.

Mark A · 27 Jul 2011 at 01:23

TheSgtDK said:
Decided to buy a the TK21 U2 from flashaholics, a bit over £70 but got the 8% discount.

I liked the Jetbeam suggested but felt like getting a light with a mid setting also.

Nice

. I would be interested to hear what you think of it when you get it.

2StepSteve · 27 Jul 2011 at 01:37

sven256 said:
I have just ordered one of these for a bit of fun.

http://www.manafont.com/product_inf...s-3modes-memory-flashlight-218650-rev2-p-7570

It seems to get good reviews for the price.

Edit Just noticed 2StepSteve has already got one.

You will love it.

Look what it just did to my carpet after 3 minutes.

I didn't mean to do this BTW. I left it on high for a few minutes and then smelt something strong

After this happened I measured heat in excess of 100C from the carpet, and this was only a 3 minute exposure while on high mode.

silversurfer · 1 Aug 2011 at 17:17

Cree releases results in about a week

mrk · 1 Aug 2011 at 17:19

Roll on the LED rollout!

Also, any beam shots of the skyray?

Mark A · 2 Aug 2011 at 21:23

Just thought i'd ask this in here as its LED related.

Bought some LED strip lights to put under my kitchen cabinets. Just not 100% how to wire them up. At first I cut them to size then joined them with wire, end to end, so it was effectively one long strip.

It worked but was difficult to hide the wires. So I'm hoping I can do it this way instead. I've put wires onto the end of each strip and hoping I can simply join all the positive wires together and all the negative wires together so that its a parallel circuit. Is this correct? I have tried them and all the lights light up the same brightness.

Not sure what make they are but they're pretty bright. Think they are 5050 leds, in warm white. I'm going to make some housings for them instead of just sticking them under the cabinets.

MANFACE · 3 Aug 2011 at 12:07

Just bought the Olight SR91 INTIMIDATOR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKAswll82cA&feature=related

Got it from flashaholics. On checkout it had insert promotional code, had a search around and found one and got £20.30p off the price. Just add CPF.

mrk · 3 Aug 2011 at 12:25

Damn that's intimidating.

Edit*

So is the price ¬_¬

MANFACE · 4 Aug 2011 at 11:39

The beast has arrived.

A[L]C · 4 Aug 2011 at 14:13

awesome!!!!!!!

Deluxe1 · 4 Aug 2011 at 14:35

HUGE.

Got my Dual XP-G from Nailbender yesterday very nice indeed.

Aod · 4 Aug 2011 at 14:36

MANFACE said:
The beast has arrived.

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3888/dsc00145lz.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6200/dsc00146pg.jpg

i don't think any light posted in this thread has been more deserving of a whole page of beamshots

Nice one man!

Deluxe1 said:
HUGE.

Got my Dual XP-G from Nailbender yesterday very nice indeed.

http://i52.tinypic.com/2mrvf2d.jpg

Nice! how're you finding heat buildup? do you like the floodyness?

Deluxe1 · 4 Aug 2011 at 14:39

I let it stand for 5 mins last night and it certainly wasnt that hot, took it out for abit and it is like a wall of light infront of you.

Also got a ucl coated lens for my XM-L and that gave the same sort of floodyness.

Aod · 4 Aug 2011 at 14:40

i assume you went for potted electronics and got the copper tape shimming nice and tight?