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I just wanted to get people's impression of a new light that I just received, the Luna 7. Does anyone have this light?
This is a light that I "won" on ebay for about $50. It is made by whiteleds.com and retails for $80. It is a 7 led (with tiny reflectors around each led) conversion that is housed in a Rayovac Industrial 2D Swivel-Lite. The literature on the whiteleds site stated that it has a sophisticated step-up regulator that allows three different power settings. I was pretty excited and made sure that I would win the bid.
Well, I just got the light today and my bubble was burst. The light only has a switch for on and off. To change the power setting, you have to physically take out the led light unit from the flashlight body by grasping the leds themselves. Next you have to go under the curcuit board and manually set a jumper across a combination of four leads to get one of the three current settings (and light output levels). I cannot fathom a more difficult procedure to adjust power in a light.
The light probably cannot withstand disassembly to switch jumpers many times without breaking something.
In addition, the light output is very disappointing, especially for 7 leds being driven by a sophisticated curcuit. My Eternalight is much brighter. The 1 page xeroxed instruction manual stated that in the high output mode, it is drawing 200ma through the 7 leds and will last for about 20 hours.
I caution any led lover who is tempted by this unit on ebay (I saw more for auction) or from the whiteled website. I think that for $50, one can do much much better.
Craig, Brock or Chris, do you have experience with this unit?
This is a light that I "won" on ebay for about $50. It is made by whiteleds.com and retails for $80. It is a 7 led (with tiny reflectors around each led) conversion that is housed in a Rayovac Industrial 2D Swivel-Lite. The literature on the whiteleds site stated that it has a sophisticated step-up regulator that allows three different power settings. I was pretty excited and made sure that I would win the bid.
Well, I just got the light today and my bubble was burst. The light only has a switch for on and off. To change the power setting, you have to physically take out the led light unit from the flashlight body by grasping the leds themselves. Next you have to go under the curcuit board and manually set a jumper across a combination of four leads to get one of the three current settings (and light output levels). I cannot fathom a more difficult procedure to adjust power in a light.
The light probably cannot withstand disassembly to switch jumpers many times without breaking something.
In addition, the light output is very disappointing, especially for 7 leds being driven by a sophisticated curcuit. My Eternalight is much brighter. The 1 page xeroxed instruction manual stated that in the high output mode, it is drawing 200ma through the 7 leds and will last for about 20 hours.
I caution any led lover who is tempted by this unit on ebay (I saw more for auction) or from the whiteled website. I think that for $50, one can do much much better.
Craig, Brock or Chris, do you have experience with this unit?
