Pellidon
Flashlight Enthusiast
I have searched and found no mention of these so am I first? My local Galyans sporting goods store had two new Brinkmann LED lights. Both are aluminum! One is a 2D Mag clone (with slightly larger diameter head and very stiff switch) that has three lensed LED's. The second is a single LED AAA that looks like someone JB welded a 2AA Mag head on a Solitaire body /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Imagestation is not allowing me to upload images for some reason.
Both are lensed lights. The 2D is the better of the breed. It has three decent brightness lights converging at about 36 inches for a smooth beam with decent lack of annoying dark and light rings in the fringes common to some lensed lights. The AAA is a stinker with the most ringy dim output to date for a single LED Brinkmann. I hope it is just a bad one. I reversed the lens cap as it is about 1/4 inch deep and got a better central beam. Next will be to remove the lens. The lens cap is integral to the switching so it will need to be replaced with a sleeve. It presses the reflector down to engage the switch. Sort of a reverse Mag switch action.
2D was $25 and AAA was $10. The 2D came with a snap on red and blue filter (why? Red is too dim and blue doesn't do much for me. IMO).
Hopefully I can figure out why I can't upload an image and fix that /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif.
Both are lensed lights. The 2D is the better of the breed. It has three decent brightness lights converging at about 36 inches for a smooth beam with decent lack of annoying dark and light rings in the fringes common to some lensed lights. The AAA is a stinker with the most ringy dim output to date for a single LED Brinkmann. I hope it is just a bad one. I reversed the lens cap as it is about 1/4 inch deep and got a better central beam. Next will be to remove the lens. The lens cap is integral to the switching so it will need to be replaced with a sleeve. It presses the reflector down to engage the switch. Sort of a reverse Mag switch action.
2D was $25 and AAA was $10. The 2D came with a snap on red and blue filter (why? Red is too dim and blue doesn't do much for me. IMO).
Hopefully I can figure out why I can't upload an image and fix that /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif.