HitecDrftr
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Here are the contenders side by side..
To start, I took a picture of the ambient light conditions.
Seems like all the neighbors to my left have their spots and floods on tonight. Oh well.
Next, both lights were were aimed squarely at my shed door. The Husky went first.
As reported previously, the Husky has an insane amount of throw, with a tight hot spot at 66 feet away (shed door.) The spill lights up the neighbor's fence, shed, and house as well. While the hot spot was a bright white the spill actually had a bluish tinge to it.
I measured the actual distance to the far end of the fence tonight at 164 feet. The distance from the center of my shed door to the third visible fence post to the right is ~36 feet) Nice spill distance!
Next, it was the Daylite 160's turn.
The "hot spot" was much less pronounced for the Daylite. Instead, the entire front of the shed was illuminated fairly uniformly. The spill directly behind the shed was observed to be much brighter, but side to side spill was wider for the Husky.
If you have read about the image analysis testing I perform indoors in a previous post, the following are the results between these two lights. The Husky's quoted lumens would appear to be real, as it spanked the Daylite in this test:
http://home.comcast.net/~rasanford1/Flashlights/Daylite V Husky 200.doc
Conclusions:While the Husky IS butt ugly, it is indeed an awesome light for $26 after tax. It comes with super heavy duty Everreadys, (which I substituted with my preferred Duracells for this test) and a three year warranty. It could easily double as a club, if the attacker could get close enough after withstanding a blast from its awesome throw, but it's too large and bulky for my every day preference.
The Daylite (purchased for about $38 after shipping) comes with 2 CR123A cells and a lifetime guarantee. It's a much smaller, lighter, and nicer looking (IMO) torch that holds its own by providing a nice white uniform source up close and at a distance.
The mass market is looking good for the future of LED lights! Maybe the expensive, high end providers will take note and bring their prices more in line with actual component costs, and lower their inflated margins.
Hitec
To start, I took a picture of the ambient light conditions.
Seems like all the neighbors to my left have their spots and floods on tonight. Oh well.
Next, both lights were were aimed squarely at my shed door. The Husky went first.
As reported previously, the Husky has an insane amount of throw, with a tight hot spot at 66 feet away (shed door.) The spill lights up the neighbor's fence, shed, and house as well. While the hot spot was a bright white the spill actually had a bluish tinge to it.
I measured the actual distance to the far end of the fence tonight at 164 feet. The distance from the center of my shed door to the third visible fence post to the right is ~36 feet) Nice spill distance!
Next, it was the Daylite 160's turn.
The "hot spot" was much less pronounced for the Daylite. Instead, the entire front of the shed was illuminated fairly uniformly. The spill directly behind the shed was observed to be much brighter, but side to side spill was wider for the Husky.
If you have read about the image analysis testing I perform indoors in a previous post, the following are the results between these two lights. The Husky's quoted lumens would appear to be real, as it spanked the Daylite in this test:
http://home.comcast.net/~rasanford1/Flashlights/Daylite V Husky 200.doc
Conclusions:While the Husky IS butt ugly, it is indeed an awesome light for $26 after tax. It comes with super heavy duty Everreadys, (which I substituted with my preferred Duracells for this test) and a three year warranty. It could easily double as a club, if the attacker could get close enough after withstanding a blast from its awesome throw, but it's too large and bulky for my every day preference.
The Daylite (purchased for about $38 after shipping) comes with 2 CR123A cells and a lifetime guarantee. It's a much smaller, lighter, and nicer looking (IMO) torch that holds its own by providing a nice white uniform source up close and at a distance.
The mass market is looking good for the future of LED lights! Maybe the expensive, high end providers will take note and bring their prices more in line with actual component costs, and lower their inflated margins.
Hitec
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