SilverFox
Flashaholic
A while back I was using my Inretech Super 6. This is a great flood light and it works very well in low light situations. However, it looses its effectiveness if there is any ambient light.
I gave Scott a call to discuss the possibility of modifying it. I don't need quite as much flood and was hoping for a little more direction to the light output. I was also wondering if there was anything that could be done to improve the spectrum of the light.
Scott convinced me that it would be better to have him build me a light rather than trying to modify mine. At the time I thought he was just being lazy and perhaps needed some additional income, but after considering the idea, I began to see the wisdom in it. It did not take any convincing to realize that I "needed" one more light…
I use my lights a lot, so the design had to use rechargeable cells, and I wanted a light smaller than a 3 D Mag.
Scott mentioned that he had a FBOP TigerLight and had considered doing something with that. That sounded good to me. I was then directed to the Pinky that Scott had recently built. It has 5 Lux III LED's with a Red/Orange LED in the middle. This fills in the missing part of the white LED spectrum and gives more true to life colors when using the light.
I was all set for a TigerLight built similar to the Pinky.
It was about this time that the new Cree LED's were being tested and checked out. I talked to Scott about changing to the Cree LED's. Discussions then went back and forth about light quantity, beam shape, runtime and so on. The project got put on hold while the details were worked out.
Scott mentioned something about working out the details of the heat sink and wasn't quite sure how to "harden" the whole light for rough usage. I was running around with my EternaLight and Derringer trying to simulate the color of the beam. I told Scott that this gave me an idea of the beam, but it wasn't very "pretty." Scott assured me that his finished product would be much better. He was right!
It finally came time to build the light and Scott came up with a revision. He told me that he could get roughly the same output with 4 LED's and using 20 mm reflectors would most likely end up with a light with better throw. This sounded good to me, so that finalized the build.
I received the light a couple of days ago and have been getting the feel of it. I am very impressed. My color comparisons are being done in relation to a regulated TigerLight (think A2 beam, but better… ). In general, incandescent lights tend to warm up colors and LED lights tend to wash out colors. I can still see some of this, but the margin is greatly reduced. I have had several people mention that the Pink Panther is giving a very neutral rendition of colors and prefer it in side by side comparisons to the regulated TigerLight.
While all of this is nothing really new, seeing it first hand is very impressive.
The Pink Panther has 3 SSCP4 USWOH white LED's with IMS 20 mm smooth reflectors, and 1 LUX III G2G Red-Orange Khatod20 LED with an IMS 20 mm stippled reflector. The TigerLight premium battery pack is being used, and the light is charged on the stock TigerLight charger. Scott is rating it as an M615. I am not sure about total runtime, but so far it is gone 2 days and nights with intermittent use.
In daylight, on a white wall, the Red-Orange hue is visible. The closer you get to the wall, the more noticeable it is. Everything is reasonably blended once you get around 4 feet away. However, this is not an issue when using the light. You notice it is a little "different" when you first turn it on, but your eyes quickly adjust to the difference. It is similar to the adjustment you make when using an incandescent light.
I did a quick check on my light meter with partially discharged batteries and the Pink Panther was coming in at around 7000 lux.
Here is a picture Scott took of the light.
I have several projects lined up to use the Pink Panther with. I will try to get some additional pictures and perhaps some comparisons up later. After two days of getting to know this light, I believe it is going to be a welcome addition to my work lights.
Tom
I gave Scott a call to discuss the possibility of modifying it. I don't need quite as much flood and was hoping for a little more direction to the light output. I was also wondering if there was anything that could be done to improve the spectrum of the light.
Scott convinced me that it would be better to have him build me a light rather than trying to modify mine. At the time I thought he was just being lazy and perhaps needed some additional income, but after considering the idea, I began to see the wisdom in it. It did not take any convincing to realize that I "needed" one more light…
I use my lights a lot, so the design had to use rechargeable cells, and I wanted a light smaller than a 3 D Mag.
Scott mentioned that he had a FBOP TigerLight and had considered doing something with that. That sounded good to me. I was then directed to the Pinky that Scott had recently built. It has 5 Lux III LED's with a Red/Orange LED in the middle. This fills in the missing part of the white LED spectrum and gives more true to life colors when using the light.
I was all set for a TigerLight built similar to the Pinky.
It was about this time that the new Cree LED's were being tested and checked out. I talked to Scott about changing to the Cree LED's. Discussions then went back and forth about light quantity, beam shape, runtime and so on. The project got put on hold while the details were worked out.
Scott mentioned something about working out the details of the heat sink and wasn't quite sure how to "harden" the whole light for rough usage. I was running around with my EternaLight and Derringer trying to simulate the color of the beam. I told Scott that this gave me an idea of the beam, but it wasn't very "pretty." Scott assured me that his finished product would be much better. He was right!
It finally came time to build the light and Scott came up with a revision. He told me that he could get roughly the same output with 4 LED's and using 20 mm reflectors would most likely end up with a light with better throw. This sounded good to me, so that finalized the build.
I received the light a couple of days ago and have been getting the feel of it. I am very impressed. My color comparisons are being done in relation to a regulated TigerLight (think A2 beam, but better…
). In general, incandescent lights tend to warm up colors and LED lights tend to wash out colors. I can still see some of this, but the margin is greatly reduced. I have had several people mention that the Pink Panther is giving a very neutral rendition of colors and prefer it in side by side comparisons to the regulated TigerLight.While all of this is nothing really new, seeing it first hand is very impressive.
The Pink Panther has 3 SSCP4 USWOH white LED's with IMS 20 mm smooth reflectors, and 1 LUX III G2G Red-Orange Khatod20 LED with an IMS 20 mm stippled reflector. The TigerLight premium battery pack is being used, and the light is charged on the stock TigerLight charger. Scott is rating it as an M615. I am not sure about total runtime, but so far it is gone 2 days and nights with intermittent use.
In daylight, on a white wall, the Red-Orange hue is visible. The closer you get to the wall, the more noticeable it is. Everything is reasonably blended once you get around 4 feet away. However, this is not an issue when using the light. You notice it is a little "different" when you first turn it on, but your eyes quickly adjust to the difference. It is similar to the adjustment you make when using an incandescent light.
I did a quick check on my light meter with partially discharged batteries and the Pink Panther was coming in at around 7000 lux.
Here is a picture Scott took of the light.
I have several projects lined up to use the Pink Panther with. I will try to get some additional pictures and perhaps some comparisons up later. After two days of getting to know this light, I believe it is going to be a welcome addition to my work lights.
Tom
