jblackwood
Enlightened
I've recently acquired a DEFT and with that, my collection of LED throwers has hit a wall. Don't get me wrong, I still love throwers and I'll keep my eye out for reflector-based design improvements, but my attention shifted back to my floodier, quad die lights.
I've got a couple of low powered flood lights like the Zebra H30, LS20, and a Fenix E01, as well as a Lummi Wee (Ti). I consider these all flood since they have no real hotspot. I also consider my Dereelight with MC-E pill and Orange Peel reflector my "shotgun" light. When I go out walking, I always carried two DBS's, one for flood and one for throw. I realize that Gene's work is above reproach, but can anyone who has both a DBS and Gene's P60 MC-E drop in shed some light on a comparison between the two? I've put my Dereelight drop-in into a P60 host and I didn't like the results when compared to the DBS's much bigger head, not to mention the smaller host (ok it's not THAT much smaller) did get hot pretty quickly. I'm sure Gene's optics will spread out the beam more than a reflector would (that's one concern) but how about the heat?
Lastly, my biggest reason for titling my thread as I did is because Dereelights were my first real purchase in the flashlight world. Sure I had M@gs that I'd let alkalines leak into once (or twice), but they introduced me into the hobby. Their biggest selling point was upgradability. When I first purchased them, the R2 pills were just coming out. Then Warm pills became the fad. I have three set ups that cater to most my needs (remember the DEFT?) and they're all Dereelight. They don't come out with "new" models often because they don't need to, just put out another pill! Someone was bashing them on another thread and I thought it'd be nice to have a Dereelight owner thread where we can share our great experiences with this light.
I've got a couple of low powered flood lights like the Zebra H30, LS20, and a Fenix E01, as well as a Lummi Wee (Ti). I consider these all flood since they have no real hotspot. I also consider my Dereelight with MC-E pill and Orange Peel reflector my "shotgun" light. When I go out walking, I always carried two DBS's, one for flood and one for throw. I realize that Gene's work is above reproach, but can anyone who has both a DBS and Gene's P60 MC-E drop in shed some light on a comparison between the two? I've put my Dereelight drop-in into a P60 host and I didn't like the results when compared to the DBS's much bigger head, not to mention the smaller host (ok it's not THAT much smaller) did get hot pretty quickly. I'm sure Gene's optics will spread out the beam more than a reflector would (that's one concern) but how about the heat?
Lastly, my biggest reason for titling my thread as I did is because Dereelights were my first real purchase in the flashlight world. Sure I had M@gs that I'd let alkalines leak into once (or twice), but they introduced me into the hobby. Their biggest selling point was upgradability. When I first purchased them, the R2 pills were just coming out. Then Warm pills became the fad. I have three set ups that cater to most my needs (remember the DEFT?) and they're all Dereelight. They don't come out with "new" models often because they don't need to, just put out another pill! Someone was bashing them on another thread and I thought it'd be nice to have a Dereelight owner thread where we can share our great experiences with this light.
