KenB,
I wanted to check before I addressed what you said. The 3 manufacturers I have never been disappointed with are those who make Arc, Pal, and Eternalight. I found it difficult to take what you said...yet...you always have a good insight into things
SO..
I wrote to Tom and asked about your challenge. Here is the reply. I hope this lends some clarity.
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Yes, we are using S rank lamps in the Elites. Yes, they are coming with Lithium batteries (BTW, that's 4.8 volts at the load not 5.1). However, we don't drive them directly, we never have, they are controlled.
The statement about brightness is more of a gaurantee than an improvement. People who bought our lights in December were treated to S rank units because that was all we were getting and we had to use those. But there is no gaurantee there any unit you buy will have S rank lamps. We've built the additional cost of S rank lamps into the Elites to gaurantee that those are the lamps that will go with that unit.
So, the brightness difference comes down to this between an ErgoXRay and an EliteXRay : S rank LEDS, Lithium batteries. The problem here is that when word got out that there were 8 lamps, everyone thought this unit was about an increase in brightness. That's not what it is about.
It has an "improved" brightness but this is nothing we plan on putting in the forefront of any marketing efforts, it's just a footnote. The one thing this guy is forgetting here is efficiency.
How much light you get out is not the issue. How much light you get out for how much energy you put in is the issue, at least for us. There is some trade secret information missing here. Do you know what it is? I'll give you a clue........
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And so it went....
It looks like the problem with brightness was my fault for mixing up Candles and LED's in the original post...since corrected.
KenBar/Wolfman
