Robocop
Moderator, *Mammoth Killer*
Purely as a person who understands the better made luxeons I for one was dissapointed with Mags entry into the LED market......from a CPF member point of view I quickly grew dissapointed with the lack of heatsinking and the loss of output when the lights grew hotter. Of course this comes from a person who is a little spoiled on high dollar lights or even low cost lights with better heatsinking.
So after reading a recent thread here where some WalMarts are discounting their Mag Luxeon stock I am wondering how Mag has done with this new product. I have read where many here were a little dissapointed however what about the general public that Mag has done very well with in the past?....I have not really noticed much of my Local WalMarts or other suppliers running low on their inventory and recently asked one of the night managers how they were selling.....he mentioned that they do not move nearly as fast as the incandescent versions.
Does anyone else care to guess as to how well the new Luxeons from Mag are doing with the average consumer? I am wondering if they are not selling very well what is the reason.....the average person would most likely not know about heat issues nor the circuit cutting back the output so if they are not doing well why?.....Could it be the average consumer does not understand the cost difference and just is not willing to pay the difference between the incandescant versions?
Maybe it is my imagination but it just does not seem that these new versions have caught on yet with the public....I can say I have never seen anyone other than a fellow flashaholic owning one yet where I always see people from all walks of life with the incandescant versions.
So whats your take on this....is Mag doing well with the Luxeons and if not what will there next move be?
So after reading a recent thread here where some WalMarts are discounting their Mag Luxeon stock I am wondering how Mag has done with this new product. I have read where many here were a little dissapointed however what about the general public that Mag has done very well with in the past?....I have not really noticed much of my Local WalMarts or other suppliers running low on their inventory and recently asked one of the night managers how they were selling.....he mentioned that they do not move nearly as fast as the incandescent versions.
Does anyone else care to guess as to how well the new Luxeons from Mag are doing with the average consumer? I am wondering if they are not selling very well what is the reason.....the average person would most likely not know about heat issues nor the circuit cutting back the output so if they are not doing well why?.....Could it be the average consumer does not understand the cost difference and just is not willing to pay the difference between the incandescant versions?
Maybe it is my imagination but it just does not seem that these new versions have caught on yet with the public....I can say I have never seen anyone other than a fellow flashaholic owning one yet where I always see people from all walks of life with the incandescant versions.
So whats your take on this....is Mag doing well with the Luxeons and if not what will there next move be?