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Newly Enlightened
As mentioned earlier, the streamlight batonlight uses the nichia white leds - high output, but a distinctively blue tint (lacking in red) - to try and fix this, I soldered 6 ea. of the HP high efficiency red surface mount LEDs underneath the white LEDs (3 groups of 2 in series since the reds don't like 4.5V !) - the added red light mixes well with the white thanks to the lexan cover and produces a more white beam instead of the bluish tint we've grown accustomed to. Current draw went from 195 mA up to 245 mA, so the battery life will drop accordingly - but the color output is much improved. The light output is a bit higher thanks to the 6 extra LEDs as well.
Now the white LED manufacturers need to integrate a small RED led inside to help balance it out!
Now the white LED manufacturers need to integrate a small RED led inside to help balance it out!