Luff
Enlightened
Hmmmm ... it almost seems heretical to bring this up, so before I do, let it be known that I greatly respect both dat2zip and lambda for their wondrous contributions to the forum and its members!
Lambda's Ill Pill Kit or dat2zip's MADMAX-ADJ 1674?
Apples-to-apples this may not be, but if we could keep as many extraneous variables controlled as possible, how would these two chip kits compare in a head-to-head standoff?
Questions about them just keep rattling around in my brainpan (there's not much else up there to interfere) and it seems this might be a good place for anyone with both drivers/LS combinations to chime in and share their opinions and/or empirical data.
Since dat2zip's offering can vary output, we shouldn't consider that function here (although it sounds like a great feature) ... and we should assume each driver/LS pair is properly heatsinked and driven to maximum output.
In all fairness, we probably shouldn't give weight to the variance in pricing or the construction (DIY) differences between the kits, either (although those are important considerations when buying, maybe those things are better left to our matchless reviewers to deal with).
The flashlight housing ... MiniMag, Brinkman, custom ... likewise isn't worth getting into as long as its understood it has to provide sufficient cooling.
What really intrigues me is:
• How do the chips compare when driving a Luxeon from two, new, alkaline AA's?
• Which produces the brighter initial light?
• Which chipset stays brighter, longer?
• Which has the longest total run time (if you can't read newspaper by it at 2 ft., it's dead)?
Anyone know the answers?
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-Mark
Lambda's Ill Pill Kit or dat2zip's MADMAX-ADJ 1674?
Apples-to-apples this may not be, but if we could keep as many extraneous variables controlled as possible, how would these two chip kits compare in a head-to-head standoff?
Questions about them just keep rattling around in my brainpan (there's not much else up there to interfere) and it seems this might be a good place for anyone with both drivers/LS combinations to chime in and share their opinions and/or empirical data.
Since dat2zip's offering can vary output, we shouldn't consider that function here (although it sounds like a great feature) ... and we should assume each driver/LS pair is properly heatsinked and driven to maximum output.
In all fairness, we probably shouldn't give weight to the variance in pricing or the construction (DIY) differences between the kits, either (although those are important considerations when buying, maybe those things are better left to our matchless reviewers to deal with).
The flashlight housing ... MiniMag, Brinkman, custom ... likewise isn't worth getting into as long as its understood it has to provide sufficient cooling.
What really intrigues me is:
• How do the chips compare when driving a Luxeon from two, new, alkaline AA's?
• Which produces the brighter initial light?
• Which chipset stays brighter, longer?
• Which has the longest total run time (if you can't read newspaper by it at 2 ft., it's dead)?
Anyone know the answers?
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-Mark