PALight upgrade?

[Al]

Quote taken from this site:
http://www.pal-lights.com/

"Special Note: The PALights have recently been improved. There is no longer a distinction between "Pal Classics" and "Pal Golds". The lights we stock all have Stainless Steel bands. However, they have the improved LENs and updated chip style LED (white). The colored LED models are still 5mm type."

 

[geepondy]

I emailed them a couple of weeks ago asking if there were any improvements with a brighter LED then the ones they used a couple of years ago. They have not responded to my email.

 

[Brock]

Ohhhh, I like the older style ones that were chip rather then 5mm ones. If you take the shell off they are great room lights. In power outages (and sometimes for the heck of it) I set them up on a door jam above the door in the bright mode, they easily light up a room. I am glad to see them go back to this way, and I think they are brighter then the 5mm versions.

 

[Al]

Rec'd a reply from http://www.lightechnology.com/.

They are the manufacturer of the PALight. Their site is to be upgraded soon and will be http://www.palights.com

Gist of the reply was that they are the only legitimate mfg. site and look for some improvements and/or deals.

 

[geepondy]

Anyone bought one somewhat recently? I wonder if the beam has improved. The regular Pal beam tended to be a bit blotchy but usable and the beam from the PAL Gold was the worst LED beam I had ever seen. This is from my lights of two years ago.

 

[Unforgiven]

I bought a PALight about a month ago and it is the new version. It is the only one I own so I have nothing to compare it to, but overall it has a nice beem quality though narrow. As far as dark spots, it depends how the lens is set in the case. It can be adjusted slighty. (very slightly) If you are close up to to something you do see a dark ring but as you move away it closes up. Again how the lens is set in there determines how far away the dark spot dissapears.

 

[txwest]

A piece of WriteRite on the lens helps a lot. For an "around the house" light, it's much more useful to just take the lens out. TX

 

[jmm]

These are apearantly being sold under different names. Got one at a "hamfest" recently with "Eventors" laser etched on the stainless band. It appeared to be the latest model with a surface mount chip type white LED, white reflector and convex lens.

I removed the reflector and replaced the curved lens with flat polycarbonate. It now has a broad beam with NO hotspot. On the high setting, I wouln't call it bright, but it's not really dim either. I have lots of lights that have pronounced hotspots in their beam pattern, and few that don't. I'm liking this thing more all the time. The always on feature is a real hoot (there's an Arc AAA UV "lost" in my house right now that I might be able to find IF it had a similar feature

).

John

 

[The_LED_Museum]

If you have a PAL with the chip LED, try prying out the lens and then reinstalling it backwards.

 

[jmm]

Craig, I tried that, but had a hard time deciding which way I liked it best. I keep switching back and forth, so who knows how it's going to end up. Now if I had another one, so that I could set them up different ways and compare them at the same time... Note to self, always get at least two of everything from now on!

John

 

[pjenkins00]

John, that could be expensive, but you're destined to be broke hanging out here anyways

- Pete

 

[Al]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Craig, I tried that, but had a hard time deciding which way I liked it best. I keep switching back and forth, so who knows how it's going to end up. Now if I had another one, so that I could set them up different ways and compare them at the same time... Note to self, always get at least two of everything from now on! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Believe http://www.theledlight.com
sells the lenses separate as well as the Palights ... http://www.theledlight.com/palights.html