Finally, I got my L4 today. Boy, THIS is an impressive light./ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif I simply can't believe, that a light the size of the Mini Mag can produce such a "wall of light", as others have called it.
I was a bit afraid to get a "greenie", but mine is WHITE. The knurling is quite aggressive, but I like it. And my L4 has no donut hotspot at all, but a very smooth one with a very wide corona.
It's my first 5 watter, my only other LS is my Arc LSH-P. My L4 seems to be even whiter and way brighter than my poor LSH-P, although I read somewhere they should have about the same lux reading. It was a little unfair to compare the 5W to the 1W LED, so I grabbed my old SF 8NX Commander, which is supposed to produce 110 lumens. Either I have a crappy 8NX or a very bright L4. And, yes, the 8NX was fully charged and the L4 had fresh batts. When I did the bounce of ceiling test, both lights seemed to produce the same amount of light. Can this be true, or are my eyes fooling me due the higher color temp of the L4?/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thinking.gif Don't have a light meter, so this test was very subjective.
Outdoor test was the next one: I was expecting due to other posts, that the L4 has about the same throw as the LSH-P, as it should have the same lux reading. But...my L4 throws significantly farther and illuminates a wide area, so it's excellent for walks at night IMHO because I don't have a "tunnel vision", which I had when I used my 8NX for nightly walks.
Sure, it eats batts four times faster than my LSH, but I have the Pila batt as well for guilt free lumens. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Now, I'm going to EDC three lights: the Arc AAA LE, the Arc LSH-P and my new L4. Three lights for different purposes, they don't replace each other.
My next light will be the Tigerlight (should arrive soon, I hope) without pepper spray for throw applications. Next one on my wish list is the Arc4.
Did I mention, I love my new L4? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
A bright new year to you all! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink2.gif
I was a bit afraid to get a "greenie", but mine is WHITE. The knurling is quite aggressive, but I like it. And my L4 has no donut hotspot at all, but a very smooth one with a very wide corona.
It's my first 5 watter, my only other LS is my Arc LSH-P. My L4 seems to be even whiter and way brighter than my poor LSH-P, although I read somewhere they should have about the same lux reading. It was a little unfair to compare the 5W to the 1W LED, so I grabbed my old SF 8NX Commander, which is supposed to produce 110 lumens. Either I have a crappy 8NX or a very bright L4. And, yes, the 8NX was fully charged and the L4 had fresh batts. When I did the bounce of ceiling test, both lights seemed to produce the same amount of light. Can this be true, or are my eyes fooling me due the higher color temp of the L4?/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thinking.gif Don't have a light meter, so this test was very subjective.
Outdoor test was the next one: I was expecting due to other posts, that the L4 has about the same throw as the LSH-P, as it should have the same lux reading. But...my L4 throws significantly farther and illuminates a wide area, so it's excellent for walks at night IMHO because I don't have a "tunnel vision", which I had when I used my 8NX for nightly walks.
Sure, it eats batts four times faster than my LSH, but I have the Pila batt as well for guilt free lumens. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Now, I'm going to EDC three lights: the Arc AAA LE, the Arc LSH-P and my new L4. Three lights for different purposes, they don't replace each other.
My next light will be the Tigerlight (should arrive soon, I hope) without pepper spray for throw applications. Next one on my wish list is the Arc4.
Did I mention, I love my new L4? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
A bright new year to you all! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink2.gif