Muji New Lights (Mini mini review)

[Zeruel]

I was checking out stuff at my local Muji outlet when I saw what I presumed was a keychain pen at first. Then I noticed a battery packed beside an aluminum tube. Hoho... is that a keychain light I see? I grabbed it and prepare to walk off to the cashier, my peripheral vision caught another BIGGER tube. What, another one? HOHO... I bought both of them after I made sure there are no more bigger brothers lying around. (Please excuse poor images, I'm using my phone camera)

Here they are:


The little keychain light. It has very fine grooves (phone cam can't capture them) on the whole length of the body. Besides it is the holder for 4 x LR41 batteries. Notice the aspherical lens?


Disassembled showing the o-rings. To switch it on, twist the head loose.


The beam has more rings than Saturn

The big brother also has fine body grooves and the switch is the black rubber boot on the battery tube. 1 click for constant on and 2nd for strobe. It uses 2xC batteries.

The emitter seems to be held in place by these 2 separate plastic pieces.


The beam reveals a hot spot with no spill at all. I was hoping this sucker to be brighter for better throw, being aspherical and all. :sigh:

I would say these lights are for non-enthusiasts, but the quality of the bodies are excellent in their simplistic beauty (a trademark of Muji) regardless they are bare aluminum. Perhaps they might make good hosts for modding. :thinking:

 

[xcel730]

Pretty nice lights ... and your phone camera takes better pictures than my real camera. I'm not sure whether it's my camera or the person behind the camera's fault :devil:

 

[Zeruel]

Pretty nice lights ... and your phone camera takes better pictures than my real camera. I'm not sure whether it's my camera or the person behind the camera's fault :devil:

They look nicer in the real thing.
Thanks, I just quickly took the pics. Maybe the 5.1megapixel helps. :thinking:

 

[neoseikan]

I don't like Muji's lights because they are too expensive in local Muji stores, and have poor specs.
But they really have a very simple looking.

 

[Zeruel]

I don't like Muji's lights because they are too expensive in local Muji stores, and have poor specs.
But they really have a very simple looking.

I think being expensive is subjective in this case. These lights roughly convert to USD$12 and $24. To me, I bought them because of the design and its simplicity in form, and in turn, hope that it can be modified in the near future. Maybe that's wishful thinking on my part :shrug: I do agree the specs are shabby, like I said, for non-enthusiasts

 

[StarHalo]

$25 for an aluminum tube that already has an aspherical lens on it?! Hell yes it can be modified in the near future, that has R2 super-thrower written all over it..

 

[Zeruel]

$25 for an aluminum tube that already has an aspherical lens on it?! Hell yes it can be modified in the near future, that has R2 super-thrower written all over it..

:naughty:

 

[sORe-EyEz]

cool, i may just go check them out.

do they have an AA-sized light?

oh, is it at least splash-proof?

 

[Zeruel]

cool, i may just go check them out.

do they have an AA-sized light?

oh, is it at least splash-proof?

I got these from Bugis Muji, there're about 3 left for the C light. I almost missed them hiding amongst the rest of the stuff at the stationery section. I can't see any AA ones although I would have grabbed it if there is.

I'm sure they are splash proof, with o-rings and all. Don't expect much from the beams if you plan to get them. :shakehead Just plain bad. But the body grooves are top notch. :thumbsup:

 

[sORe-EyEz]

thanks for the quick reply Zeruel.

it'll be on my to-look-up list of lights available locally. don't think i'll be getting them as they do not fit in my collection of mostly AA or CR123 cell lights.

 

[Zeruel]

thanks for the quick reply Zeruel.

it'll be on my to-look-up list of lights available locally. don't think i'll be getting them as they do not fit in my collection of mostly AA or CR123 cell lights.

No probs
Let me know if you resisted buying them in the end :naughty: