Opalec Newbeam output????

[RAH]

I agree with Ikendu concerning the variability of the luxeon lights. Seems like a real crap shoot, if you search this forum on this topic.

 

[MSaxatilus]

Thank you everyone (especially Quickbeam) for your input. I placed an order for a Newbeam, and I'll let you know how I like it when in comes in.

I'm sure I'll also go with the Luxeon upgrade next!!! But its hard to pass up that constant output for 8-10 hours for me right now.

 

[BentHeadTX]

MSax,
Now that you have your sensible light... time to go for some of those nasty Luxeon monsters to nuke retinas with.

Be very careful when messing with Luxeons though, there are those modders on this forum that make some truely mind-blowing lights. From small mini- Long Gun Illuminators to Mega6 monsters. You have been warned!

(Stay away from the "Homemade and modified lights" part of CPF... it is worse than crack)

 

[BuddTX]

Originally posted by INRETECH:
Your statement

They are both favorites of mine. The InReTECH is MUCH brighter, and with a "denser" light than the InReTECH

Is a little confusing

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I read this many times and didn's see anything wrong with the statement then . . .

I see my mistake!

Here is what I intended to say:

They are both favorites of mine. The InReTECH is MUCH brighter, and with a "denser" light than the Opalec Newbeam. The Newbeam uses 3 5mm Nichia LED.

I will correct the original post.

I think that BOTH the InReTECH 2AA and the Opalec Newbeam are nice lights, and are both favorites of mine.

In Comparing the two, in my samples, the InReTECH 2AA is puts out a much brighter, denser light than the Newbeam.

In my opinion, anyone that is using a standard Mini-mag with a standard bulb, should replace it with a InReTECH 2AA. You would be much happier with the InReTECH than with the standard bulb. It is a VERY NICE BALANCE or COMBINATION of brightness and long run time.

The Opalec Newbeam has 3, 5MM Nichia LED's. The InReTECH uses a Luxeon Star. I believe that the Luxeon Star is rated at the approximate brightness of 18-20 Nichia 5mm LED's I don't recall where I read that.

However, There are applications for dimmer lights. The right tool for the job. An exagaratted example of this would be that you would not use a 2 mil CP spotlight to look for something in your car. You would not choose to use an ARC AAA as the only light to search for a missing child in the woods.

If I were reading a map in a cockpit or in the passanger side of a car, AND this was going to be my predetermined task, I might choose a dimmer light, like the Opalec over a brighter light. For any application where I might be looking at something ONLY at hand length, a dimmer light might be preferable.

Walking around the house at midnight, a dimmer light is preferable to a brighter light.

The Opalec, like all Nichia LED's, even though it is dimmer, does not put out a dingy yellow light, but a nice very white, slightly blue light.

BUT to keep a general purpose light in the toolbox, or in the desk, I would want a brighter light, but with a nice run time such as the InReTECH 2AA.

I am tryng to choose my words carefully. I just don't want to imply that the Opalec is a bad product. It is a very nice product. Any flashlight collector would want to have both of them.

However, for what people normally use the mini-mag for, the InReTech, in my opinion, a better choice, and for us Flashoholics making recommendations to NON Flashoholics, I think the NON Flashoholic would like the InReTECH better than the Newbeam.

That's my story, and I'm stuck with it!

 

[INRETECH]

Very well put

I consider a flashlight to be just another tool; like my toolbox - I have big screwdrivers and small screwdrivers for different applications

My friend has a 6M Candlepower flashlight (www.peakbeam.com) and it puts out a very nice 6 inch diameter beam for approx 2miles

Another friend of mine once used it to light up some trees on the other side of a Timothy lake one night; but its too much power to look for a dropped set of keys around the car

Run time plots:

www.inretech.com/batlife.htm