Thanks for any help anyone can give and sorry if this is the wrong forum or I am beating a dead horse.
Ok, I am legally blind, I see enough to get around, but I can not see well enough to read signs, small print, labels or license plates of cars. The bluish tint of white leds make the dots and dashes that make up words and sentences in most books and other printed material readable to me.
Right now I use a v2 6 chip at work for reading tech sheets for industrial equipment as a cold caller and either a dorcy 1aaa light or my cabelas 5 watt xpg on low to read my mail or college books. I like the cabelas cause of the square beam, but I like the bluish tint of the dorcy and v2 way more.
I got a 3 watt drop in from bog that is an led and its a bit too bright and concentrated to use to read unless you hold it 7 feet away from the book or attach it to the celling. THe cabelas xpg is a but too pale to use and the heat it generated concerns me to use 8 hours a day. I have seen folks make led lamps and some in ads, but I am not that experience in soldering and want to get a good universal light.
My two recent ideas for my lighting needs for a paper work desk job to work 8 hours a day was either an led head lamp or the mag5 thing, you know the 6 d cell mag light that uses 6 5 watt leds for a flood output that has no regards to battery life.
I use to wear a head lamp a few years ago in my apartment to read. I had one from the ccrane company that used a 2 led bulb and the energizer model. Its ok for indoors, but not that bright.
Thanks for any help here. I discover I over paid my rent and will not have to pay it for a few months, so I get to spend some money on a quality product. I dont mind the price, its ok of it uses batteries or not. That would be great in emergencies, but i would rig up a wall wart to power it full time, 8 hours a day. I can make a mount or arm, that is no problem.
THanks
Ok, I am legally blind, I see enough to get around, but I can not see well enough to read signs, small print, labels or license plates of cars. The bluish tint of white leds make the dots and dashes that make up words and sentences in most books and other printed material readable to me.
Right now I use a v2 6 chip at work for reading tech sheets for industrial equipment as a cold caller and either a dorcy 1aaa light or my cabelas 5 watt xpg on low to read my mail or college books. I like the cabelas cause of the square beam, but I like the bluish tint of the dorcy and v2 way more.
I got a 3 watt drop in from bog that is an led and its a bit too bright and concentrated to use to read unless you hold it 7 feet away from the book or attach it to the celling. THe cabelas xpg is a but too pale to use and the heat it generated concerns me to use 8 hours a day. I have seen folks make led lamps and some in ads, but I am not that experience in soldering and want to get a good universal light.
My two recent ideas for my lighting needs for a paper work desk job to work 8 hours a day was either an led head lamp or the mag5 thing, you know the 6 d cell mag light that uses 6 5 watt leds for a flood output that has no regards to battery life.
I use to wear a head lamp a few years ago in my apartment to read. I had one from the ccrane company that used a 2 led bulb and the energizer model. Its ok for indoors, but not that bright.
Thanks for any help here. I discover I over paid my rent and will not have to pay it for a few months, so I get to spend some money on a quality product. I dont mind the price, its ok of it uses batteries or not. That would be great in emergencies, but i would rig up a wall wart to power it full time, 8 hours a day. I can make a mount or arm, that is no problem.
THanks