Manzerick said:do you folks buy the claim?
Holy smokes! Is the forward voltage of a K2 6-7.4 volts at 1.5 A? :thinking: I don't think so. The 10 watts is not desipated by the LED alone, but rather the LED+resistor. This doesn't make a 10 watt light in my book, but sure enough - the whole light consumes 10 watts from the cells, and one might call it a 10 watt light. I may be wrong however, as I have never held a K2 in my hands, so please correct me on this.MattK said:It's a K2 driven at 1.5A so 6-7.4Vx1.5A = 9-11.1W.
Randy Shackleford said:pretty much a Golston with a K2 emitter.
Aren't most 5 watt luxeons rated at 100 lumens and above? I WAS thinking about getting this but i dunno...watching said:I would doubt it. The site claims 77 lumens output with 10 watt of power. If you are able to run the K2 led at 10 watt i would expect a lot more lumens.
AFAustin said:I noticed this light a few weeks ago and started this thread: http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=126803
I received mine from FifthUnit on Monday, but had problems---popped 2 RCR123As in and... nothing. Unscrewed the head to have a look and the lux star fell out! Very weak soldering, I'm afraid.
The good news is that Bonnie at FifthUnit C/S has been very helpful in setting up the return process, and I shipped the light back to them today. I'll post my experience with all this once it's come full circle.
In the meantime, all I can say is that the light is attractive, with apparently decent machining, and I'm looking forward to getting a good one back in a couple of weeks for a proper test.
Randy Shackleford said:why not re-solder? instead of two week replacement process?