Kitchen Panda
Enlightened
I was very disappointed to check out the current offerings from Fenix and see what had happened to the LD02. Now it's got a UV light in it as well as white. This was NOT what I was clamoring for. An LD02, in my opinion, is about the ideal every day carry pocket light. It's small, its really bright, it weighs little, and if I'm so reckless as to leave the house without a spare battery for it, I can find replacement AAAs at any gas bar or convenience store. I *never* need a UV light...I have one, but I don't need it, at least not in my pocket every day. If I need a pee detecting light, I'll buy a pee-detecting light.
The new LD02 is heavier, longer, and dimmer than the original. None of this improves it's utility, from my point of view. It's like putting a sun roof on a Kenworth, or BlueTooth on a toaster - it does nothing to improve the basic functionality of an essential tool.
Oh well, they might have spoiled the brightness and size, but at least they made it butt-ugly, as well. Two-tone finish is another bad idea, again, my estimation.
Someone else makes a light that has the same feature set as the original LD02 - someone else will be getting my money.
Oh, and I'm also unhappy about momentary light level outputs being advertised as the rated output of a lgiht. This is the way Sears marketed air compressors, and we all know what happened to Sears.
Bill
The new LD02 is heavier, longer, and dimmer than the original. None of this improves it's utility, from my point of view. It's like putting a sun roof on a Kenworth, or BlueTooth on a toaster - it does nothing to improve the basic functionality of an essential tool.
Oh well, they might have spoiled the brightness and size, but at least they made it butt-ugly, as well. Two-tone finish is another bad idea, again, my estimation.
Someone else makes a light that has the same feature set as the original LD02 - someone else will be getting my money.
Oh, and I'm also unhappy about momentary light level outputs being advertised as the rated output of a lgiht. This is the way Sears marketed air compressors, and we all know what happened to Sears.
Bill