QuadLux, Four Luxeon Star Terrain Burner

I finally did a quad Luxeon Star 3D flashlight. I've been thinking of doing one for a while. The ultimate Luxeon Star Flashlight! Bright light, and long battery life. Inexpensive D cell batteries.



StarLux Brightness measurements from 1 meter:

1 Luxeon Star: 560 Lux
3 Luxeon Stars: 1,270 Lux
4 Luxeon Stars: 1,480 Lux

This thing is bright!

Wayne J.
www.elektrolumens.com

Dang it, Wayne! You're evil! (in a good way)

Did you use one or multi regulators? It looks real nice.

Originally posted by FalconFX:
Dang it, Wayne! You're evil! (in a good way)

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Wayne J.

Originally posted by sunspot:
Did you use one or multi regulators? It looks real nice.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">This is direct drive, no regulators or resistors. 3 D cells.

By the way, it is up on eBay.

QuadLux on eBay

Wayne J.

Way to go Wayne!

That's one very bright light!

Fantastic torch!
Are they 1 or 5W Luxeons?

I assume the 1, 3, 4 Luxeon comparison is just to show relative brightness? Or is it switchable?

Originally posted by Wits' End:
I assume the 1, 3, 4 Luxeon comparison is just to show relative brightness? Or is it switchable?

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">This is the light comparison of the three different versions of this flashlight I have done.

Switchable? Not a bad idea. But if I have a flashlight with 4 Luxeon Stars in it, I want to use all 4!

Wayne J.
www.elektrolumens.com

Can You light a Cigarette or start a Campfire with that light?? (He-He) Can't wait till Mine arrive's!!
Wayne.... Keep up the GREAT work!!!

...Dan...

what's holding the optics up?

Wayne - Could you give us a beam shot comparison to something common like a 3DMag, or a Surge.

Also how long can you run this light for? Does it get to hot to run for a long time? What kind of runtime can you get on the 3Dcells?

Are you going to make more, or is the one on EBay the only one?

Thanks -

Originally posted by KartRacer31:
Wayne - Could you give us a beam shot comparison to something common like a 3DMag, or a Surge.

Also how long can you run this light for? Does it get to hot to run for a long time? What kind of runtime can you get on the 3Dcells?

Are you going to make more, or is the one on EBay the only one?

Thanks -

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Sheesh, questons, questions, questions.

I presume this to be equivalent in brightness to a white 5 watt? I cannot compare because I don't have a Lambertian 5W (yet).

I'll try to do some comparison beam shots sometime soon.

Runtime? I need to check the eBay auction, and see what I put there, so I don't contradict myself.

Make more? Possibly?

Wayne J.
www.elektrolumens.com

I managed to do a current check, and also a light measurement.

Using alkalines (not really fresh), I measure 1300mA. I measure 1,480 lux.

Using nimh rechargables, I measure 2,650mA, and 2,222 lux. Umm, this thing is BRIGHT!

Using the rechargables, it does start getting warm. I will leave it on for a while to see if it stays at an acceptable temperature. Alkalines are fine, no heating up at all.

QuadStar appears much bluer in photo than it actualy is. It is actually very white.

Beamshot of QuadStar and Surge, Surge on spot setting.



Here the Surge is on wide:



Wayne J.
www.elektrolumens.com

Wayne - Thanks for posting the shots. But spot and wide on the surge? You had me going crazy for a minute. I thought I must have bought an old model or something. Mine has no focus adjustment. Then I realized you must have just been unscrewing the head a little to achieve this. --

Originally posted by KartRacer31:
Wayne - Thanks for posting the shots. But spot and wide on the surge? You had me going crazy for a minute. I thought I must have bought an old model or something. Mine has no focus adjustment. Then I realized you must have just been unscrewing the head a little to achieve this. --

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">My Surge is focusable. Aren't they all? The Surge is a great flashlight. For it's size, it is extremely bright. On a wide beam, the surge is not as good as the QuadStar. On a tight focused beam, the Surge is brighter and throws farther.

These comparisons were done with the alkaline batteries in the QuadStar.

Wayne J.
www.elektrolumens.com

Just got my QuadLux today. To say it's merely bright is a disgrace to the light. This thing is the brightest white LED flashlight I own right now (only thing brighter being the 5W Cyan Blaster). That tells you how much light this thing is producing. And with NiMHs, as compared to alkalines, it seems to produce even more lumens...

In addition to being extremely bright, it is also very white, with a very faint green outer corona that's barely noticeable, if at all. The only thing I have that's whiter than this is Lambda's Cyclops.

Great job on aligning the beams, Wayne! They're perfectly centered, and they're of equal brightness as well; minimal fading. I'm going to WriteRight the top lens, as it could scratch sometime, but other than that, it's another great light that I get the opportunity to own.

I'll post some snapshots of it going against other lights later, and it'll show you just how bright this guy is...

Great job Wayne!

Does that mean I will be getting the QuadLux I ordered soon??????? (anticipation) :0)

...Dan...

Originally posted by freeze12:
Does that mean I will be getting the QuadLux I ordered soon??????? (anticipation) :0)

...Dan...

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Dan, it's on the way. I do not always get around to emailing when I send stuff. I'll email you with the tracking number.

Wayne J.
www.elektrolumens.com

Wayne... Thank's!! can You tell I am excited to play with the light as I already have the Ni-Cad's charged & ready to blast the Neighbor's Cat with it instead on the Laser. (drive's the Cat nut's!)

...Dan...