Inova X5 blue tint

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Hi, I've just bought the Inova X5 and noticed a slight blue tint in the centre of the beam.

I understand that white LEDs are blue by nature, and that most other "white" LED lights are tinted blue to varying degrees more severely that the X5.

However, one of the main reasons for me to buy the X5 was the claimed "REALCOLOR(tm) night lighting". It was thus a little disappointing to see the blue in the hotspot, although the rest of the main beam was white.

I was wondering if anyone else has encountered the same. Is the tint to be expected, or is my X5 the exception?

Thanks for your advice.

 

[geepondy]

I think they are all that way. The LEDs are severely over driven which appears to be the reason why. My Inova is far bluer then my other LED lights.

 

[txwest]

My X5 is one of my most white LED's. My NightBuster 8X is the bluest. Maybe my X5 is white because I use my rundown 123's in it. (although, with new ones, it was white too) TX

 

[The_LED_Museum]

Blue tint in the center is normal for this flashlight, and is not an indication of any problem with it.

For standard sized LEDs, the Ledda 4x (an updated model) has by far the bluest tint of any white LED flashlight I've come across; the Expedition 6000 EX60 has the least. Most others (including the Inova 5X) are somewhere in between.

 

[**DONOTDELETE**]

My INOVA has 2 "white" LEDs, and 2 that have a slight purplish tint. The last 1 LED is kind of a hybrid between the pure "white" and purple. None of which are really "blue", though they're all white at quite a high temperature.