Greenish Tint on LD01 SS?

[Magnus1959]

Also my P1D Q5 has a greenish tint. I thought may be it is a WG tint instead of WC. At first I did not like it, but after using it outdoors, I have found out that the tint in many situations is nice. The grass and leaves looks green instead of bluish as with the WC tint.

Mine does not have a green tint at all.

 

[srvctec]

Mine has a nice ever so slightly warm white tint to it. Love this light so far!!

 

[BabyDoc]

I am sorry if I am a bit off topic here, but has anyone, who has bought their LD01 SS from Fenix-Store.Com had trouble with their LDO1 SS doing mode shifting? I just want to be sure they have a good batch before I order mine.

As long as the tint isn't purple, I will be happy. If it is, I might as well be using my E01 which sits in a drawer.

 

[srvctec]

I am sorry if I am a bit off topic here, but has anyone, who has bought their LD01 SS from Fenix-Store.Com had trouble with their LDO1 SS doing mode shifting? I just want to be sure they have a good batch before I order mine.

As long as the tint isn't purple, I will be happy. If it is, I might as well be using my E01 which sits in a drawer.

I haven't- been using it quite often since yesterday- in all modes loaded with a fresh Energizer lithium.

 

[Gliderguy]

I recently bought a total of a DOZEN new LD01 SS models for Christmas presents, and visually checked each one. (yes, you caught me, I wanted to win the tint lottery for the one that I was keeping) I got two different batches, the first with serial numbers ending between 1200 and 1500, and the second batch with serial numbers ending between 2000 and 2750. Most of the low serial numbers (with one exception) had some green tint, but only one that I would call objectionable. This first batch also had one good "warm" white example that was the "runner up" for best of the bunch. The higher serial number batch was more warm to cool white with just two examples showing a trace of green compared to a rebel emitter based light. (the second batch also held my keeper, which had a somewhat cool white sample that seemed to be the brightest of the bunch by just barely a noticeable amount.) I was impressed that the brightness had only just a noticeable range between different units, and I think that color temperature and lack of green was the biggest factor that made some units appear brighter.

 

[Sgt. LED]

I have been using mine alot this week at work, ran through 3 alkies so far playing with it.
Patient had a few big seizures just last night and I was checking her pupils when another whopper hit her. She knocked the SS LD01 across the room. It killed the clear sanded chapstick diffuser I put on it but otherwise the light is fine. That's why I wanted the SS one, toughness!

The tint is a hair warm and I am happy but after the tossing the med and low modes seem to have more of a whine to them. I think I just noticed them because I was doing a post flight checklist on it. It now is back to being quiet somehow.......... Maybe the adreneline perked my ears up?

Good little light that can be disinfected with all the highgrade hospital stuff regularly!

 

[Gliderguy]

In regards to the inductor whine, I can hear mine if I set it to medium and lightly press the bezel up to a window , the glass really amplifies the whine. Sounds like the frequency is close to, but a bit lower than, 1 kHz. I think that is really about the only weak spot on these lights, the inductors are relatively heavy and if they are not glued down as well as soldered to the board they can pop off the board with a hard enough impact.

 

[bill_n_opus]

I am sorry if I am a bit off topic here, but has anyone, who has bought their LD01 SS from Fenix-Store.Com had trouble with their LDO1 SS doing mode shifting? I just want to be sure they have a good batch before I order mine.

As long as the tint isn't purple, I will be happy. If it is, I might as well be using my E01 which sits in a drawer.

No trouble during "shifting" ... however, the regular mode looks fine, the low looks like it's too high and turbo is nice but not "spectacular" given the perceived brightness difference as per advertised lumens, taking into consideration visual perception and logarithmic scaling etc, etc.

Anyways, i've been carrying it around all over the place and I love this little light. Of course, if you tell a non-flashaholic how much it costs they will look at you like you're absolutely crazy ... but such is our hobby.

 

[AA6TZ]

No Green Tint *or* Jumping Problems

I am sorry if I am a bit off topic here, but has anyone, who has bought their LD01 SS from Fenix-Store.Com had trouble with their LDO1 SS doing mode shifting? I just want to be sure they have a good batch before I order mine.

As long as the tint isn't purple, I will be happy. If it is, I might as well be using my E01 which sits in a drawer.

BabyDoc -- I purchased (2) LD01 SS's from Fenix-Store.com and have had no problems whatsoever with "jumping" (shifting) or greenish-tinted beam discoloration.

I disassembled both lights when they first arrived, applied some DeOxit_R5 (via Q-tip) to their anodes and cathodes ("+" and "-" battery terminals) and did the same with the AAA Duracell alkaline battery. I allowed a couple of minutes or so to elapse, then wiped the DeOxit off with a clean Q-tip and used a clean tee-shirt to wipe the stuff off of the battery. Next, I substituted ProGold for the DeOxit, however this time I applied only a very slight film to the aformentioend contacts then left it on. Put both LD01's both back together -- and they've worked flawlessly ever since.

Cheers! :thumbsup:

-Clive

 

[spgrk]

Got mine today. I am very sensitive to greenish tints and this light doesn't have one. If there is a tint at all I would say it is slightly creamy.

 

[AA6TZ]

Got mine today. I am very sensitive to greenish tints and this light doesn't have one. If there is a tint at all I would say it is slightly creamy.

spgrk -- Exactly! It's a great hue . . . and a great light. Hope you enjoy your LD01 SS for many years to come.

-Clive

 

[Jedi Knife]

I must have got a bad one- the one I received had a yellow greenish tint compared to most other of my better LED lights. Even my Dorcy Luxeon had a whiter tint to it. It was greenish yellow to the point of looking like an incandescent instead of an LED. :ironic:

 

[coyote]

i had thought mine was nice and white... until i started doing side-by-side comparisons with all my other favorite lights. then it really looked green.

if you like a particular light i suggest you don't do comparisons. that just reveals flaws and make you dislike what you had originally thought to be wonderful.

 

[faucon]

My LD01 is a fairly neutral white. My LD0, however, is the greenest light I have ever seen---like moss. I wonder where the quality control is---don't manufacturers double-check for extreme examples of objectionable tint and remove the offending LEDs from their stock? I guess they don't!

 

[srvctec]

Re: No Green Tint *or* Jumping Problems

I disassembled both lights when they first arrived, applied some DeOxit_R5 (via Q-tip) to their anodes and cathodes ("+" and "-" battery terminals) and did the same with the AAA Duracell alkaline battery. I allowed a couple of minutes or so to elapse, then wiped the DeOxit off with a clean Q-tip and used a clean tee-shirt to wipe the stuff off of the battery. Next, I substituted ProGold for the DeOxit, however this time I applied only a very slight film to the aformentioend contacts then left it on. Put both LD01's both back together -- and they've worked flawlessly ever since.

Cheers! :thumbsup:

-Clive

This is the exact same thing I do to every light I get when it's new and follow up with the same treatment in a few months if the light is my EDC and heavily used.

 

[AA6TZ]

Re: No Green Tint *or* Jumping Problems

This is the exact same thing I do to every light I get when it's new and follow up with the same treatment in a few months if the light is my EDC and heavily used.

srvctec -- That's great to hear! Caig products have remained right at the top, at least from my experience working on a variety of stuff over the years. I've used their usual family of products for the majority of maintenance/refurb work and used to use Preservit (now known as DeOxit_Shield) for preserving (duh!) such things as automobile fuses (especially in densely-packed fuse boxes located within engine compartments) and for a variety of Hammond Organ (B-3) applications.

BTW -- It seems like several of the flashlight manufacturers have lately become a wee bit sparing with the amount of thread/o-ring lubricant they apply to their new offerings. As a result, in addition to performing the premliminary DeOxit regimen to a new torch, I've found it sometimes necessary to apply a bit more Nyogel 760G to bring things up-to-snuff.

Okay -- To sum it all up and put it into plain English . . .
Cheers!

-Clive

 

[Jedi Knife]

i had thought mine was nice and white... until i started doing side-by-side comparisons with all my other favorite lights. then it really looked green.

if you like a particular light i suggest you don't do comparisons. that just reveals flaws and make you dislike what you had originally thought to be wonderful.

Wow where do I start with this? I can't count how many pics of side by side comparisons of lights here on this website- if you spend enough time here I'm sure you will run across several yourself. To begin with, I didn't compare this light to any others until I first noticed that the beam looked greenish yellow. Only after that did I compare this light to several of my other good lights. As much as I wanted this light to be right, I'm just not into ignoring flaws, especially ones as obvious as the tint of the light.

 

[kaichu dento]

Wow where do I start with this? I can't count how many pics of side by side comparisons of lights here on this website- if you spend enough time here I'm sure you will run across several yourself. To begin with, I didn't compare this light to any others until I first noticed that the beam looked greenish yellow. Only after that did I compare this light to several of my other good lights. As much as I wanted this light to be right, I'm just not into ignoring flaws, especially ones as obvious as the tint of the light.

Tint is the only reason I retired my first L0D and replaced it with an older Rebel80 version and a P4 modded one. The Rebel is so warm that it made it impossible for me to even want to use the Q4 but I am really hooked on the wide, neutral beam of my P4. Now if I could only find someone who could mod these like they do with larger lights and give me a real low setting....

 

[Jarl]

Tint is the only reason I retired my first L0D and replaced it with an older Rebel80 version and a P4 modded one. The Rebel is so warm that it made it impossible for me to even want to use the Q4 but I am really hooked on the wide, neutral beam of my P4. Now if I could only find someone who could mod these like they do with larger lights and give me a real low setting....

Whatever you do, don't compare your rebels to a 5A cree.... I had to give away a rebel modded RC-G2 with the "perfect" tint because it turned green after I put it up against a 5A >.<

 

[jblackwood]

I don't mean to make excuses, but the truth is that we can't be sure on this sort of thing due to the subjectivity, you know? I mean, I'd hate to castigate Fenix for something that might just be a subjective preference. I find that my SS LD01 is very creamy white--I love it--but that "cream" tends to mean "yellowish" and perhaps someone would pick that up as yellow-green, you know? I mean, poor fit, off-centered die, faulty circuits: these are things that should invoke shame. But the subtle interpretation of the color of the beam? Well, I just want to be careful. I wonder if he could try to send it back for another? 4sevens seems dedicated to happy customers and, so long as the light was in perfect condition, I don't see why a swap wouldn't be allowed.

I am VERY interested in what seems to be one of the NEXT BIG THINGS: the color of the light. The amazing thread on the McG Sundrop really is exciting to me. However, until we have easy ways to measure the color index, it strikes me that there will be more subjectivity in this than in other areas such as brightness or beam shape. Thoughts?

I like the Megan Fox test of tint (as featured on that thread). I hereby dub it the MFTFT . . . that doesn't flow, does it? How about the Fox tint test, then?
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