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    Gerber Tempo

    Gentlemen and occasional ladies - My Arc AAA being presently in sick bay, and not yet having made time to ship it back to its maker for repair or replacement, I was today in REI Atlanta, and purchased as a stopgap a Gerber Tempo (1 AAA, 1 5mm Nichia) for $10. I searched here and elsewhere for...
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    What light is most underappreciated?

    My apologies if this is too similar to other threads, but I am curious and haven't seen exactly this question posed: What lights do you think have been greatly underappreciated or underestimated? Answer not limited to inexpensive or costly lights, not limited to current or discontinued...
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    A Battery Conundrum

    Hi y'all - I am reposting this to the battery-related forum - no insights at the Peak one. In a nutshell, I have CMG IU and Peak Killimanjaro, two single AA powered, single 5mm LED lights with similar output, slightly different pattern. IU has about same brightness on new alkaline, new Battery...
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    Peak Killimanjaro Conundrum

    Hi y'all - Not sure whether to post this to the Peak or battery forum, but guess it belongs here. Maybe. Long-time fan of *old, original* CMG Infinity Ultra likes the HP Killimanjaro for it's build, snow-white LED, non-rattle spring, big central spot. Like IU, Killi has just the right amount...
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    General observations on headlamps.

    I've been kind of cool on headlamps for a while. Yeah, I had two and used them when I absolutely had to have my hands free. Way way back, I did a lot of caving and used a carbide lamp...but that's another story. Recently, I've re-thought the options and came to different conclusions. My...
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    A Candlepower Paradox

    Ready to enter the Twilight Zone, filled with enigmas? Here's one for you. Picture yourself (or rather, me...) in a typical wooded terrain in Georgia, or most any eastern US forest. Let's say you have with you something like a Surefire L2 (two levels of flood, one quite bright) and a...
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    Whazzup with runtimes?

    A general question, maybe too general: What effects runtimes for LED lights with similar output? Things that come to uninformed mind are: 1. Efficiency of LED. 2. Efficiency of voltage booster circuit. 3. Heat loss (related to above). 4. Battery's internal resistance. A case in point. I...
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    Field testing of red & white LEDs

    Some interesting (I hope!) observations. Recently received TLE-5 modules in red and white for MiniMag, also red Peak McKinley 7LED 123a and a brother in white. Took them and a snow white Peak 1xAA and an Inova T3 for a two-hour nightime run in the deep woods with the dogs. Conditions...
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    Colored LED Runtimes?

    Thanks to all who provided helpful suggestions to an earlier inquiry about a red LED flood. I am now 2/3 of my way toward redlight nirvana (not seeking a district of paid female companionship btw...): (1) Peak Matterhorn 1 LED 1xAAA for close-in unobtrusive, night-vision preserving reading, (2)...
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    Seek advice on a "red flood"

    Happy holidays, feliz navidad, froeliche Weinachten etc to all! Maybe some of you fine folks could help me find something I'm looking for. I often walk dogs in the woods after the sun is down. I have quite good night vision, and most of the time I am much better off without any added light...
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    Did Inova upgrade LEDs in X5?

    Was not impressed with what I'd read about X5 output, but couldn't resist playing with them at Target. Well, I checked about 20 of those with white LEDs (you know the little cutout with "Try It!" on the bottom?) and found something surprising. OK, it's projecting through the plastic packaging...

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