Walterk
Enlightened
FYI; A comparison between two lights I bought this year:
Ledlenser D14 dive light (black), and a 4AA Dive light from Ebay from China (yellow).
The clone resembles and mimics to some extent the original, mostly the formfactor and esthetics.
The fun part is, that the clone has a brighter and bigger hotspot.
I would consider buying the Ledlenser (55 Euro) again, I would not buy the clone (5 Euro) again, it is to sloppy for my liking.
Front/side
Original has stainless steel bezel, copy has plastic bezel.
Detail back-end
Sideview
The print is embossed on the original, lay up on the clone.
Detail bezel and switch
Original smooth movement, clone rough movement of switch.
Detail heatsink and TIR
The original heatsink has more mass, and looks like it is well-thought out, the Cree Led is bonded directly to it.
The clone has the star-mounted Led taped with plastic tape onto the thin shelled alu heatsink, without noticable thermal contact.
For both lights I don't see how they bring heat to the outside water or air.
Detail driverboard
The original has a fine printboard, well made, good contacts, proper batterybay with good contacts.
The clone has loose resistors and parts soldered together, poor contacts all over.
Frontview
The TIR looks different but well made on both.
In fact, on Eneloops, taken from charger on the same time, the clone has a wider and more intens beam.
Beamshot intensity close by
Beamshot outside at 6 meter
CIMG5704 by wk_cpf, on Flickr
Ledlenser D14 dive light (black), and a 4AA Dive light from Ebay from China (yellow).
The clone resembles and mimics to some extent the original, mostly the formfactor and esthetics.
The fun part is, that the clone has a brighter and bigger hotspot.
I would consider buying the Ledlenser (55 Euro) again, I would not buy the clone (5 Euro) again, it is to sloppy for my liking.
Front/side
Original has stainless steel bezel, copy has plastic bezel.
Detail back-end
Sideview
The print is embossed on the original, lay up on the clone.
Detail bezel and switch
Original smooth movement, clone rough movement of switch.
Detail heatsink and TIR
The original heatsink has more mass, and looks like it is well-thought out, the Cree Led is bonded directly to it.
The clone has the star-mounted Led taped with plastic tape onto the thin shelled alu heatsink, without noticable thermal contact.
For both lights I don't see how they bring heat to the outside water or air.
Detail driverboard
The original has a fine printboard, well made, good contacts, proper batterybay with good contacts.
The clone has loose resistors and parts soldered together, poor contacts all over.
Frontview
The TIR looks different but well made on both.
In fact, on Eneloops, taken from charger on the same time, the clone has a wider and more intens beam.
Beamshot intensity close by
Beamshot outside at 6 meter
CIMG5704 by wk_cpf, on Flickr
