Bagheera
Newly Enlightened
Hi,
I traded 6 Brand New translucent cased RED Inova Microlights with a friend in the US and the deal went A++++.
The question I have concerns the RED LED used in 5 of the 6 Inova Microlights.
I'll explain myself better;
Upon receiving the lights I tested the first one and it produced a good bright relatively smooth and concentrated red beam with only a faint center squarisch light fluctuation.
I was very happy with the light output of the light that used only a CR2032 3 Volt battery.
Then I tried the other 5 RED Microlights and they 1. produced markedly less 'light' and the beam was very unsmooth with 'rings' and even a large ring that hardly was RED at all.
I knew he had checked the CR2032 batteries but I exchanged the one present for an brand new one and still the same beam, even exchanging one CR2032 for 2 CR2016's and cranking up the voltage to 6 Volts didn't do hardly anything on the beam output and the ringy character.
Lateron I discovered that 5 of the RED leds were not glass clear like the one that produced the smooth and powerfull narrow red beam but they were slightly red/pink in color.
I tried contacting INOVA but found no address for them, only a website that is currently under redesign. I e-mailed to e-mail address given on the 'closed' website but nobody replies.
By the way the stainless clip has "Eddie Bauer" on it laser engraved for all 6 Inova Microlights.
My question, does anybody know how I can contact the Inova Microlight manufacturer by email and do I perhaps have 5 Red Inova Microlights from a "pre-run" and have they changed to the brighter smoother Red LED's after they discoverd that the others were complete rubbish.
I was planning on giving the 5 Red Inova Microlights to our Scouts but the light output quality is worse than that of cheap $1 red keychain led lights they sell in our local camping store carying their logo
Any help is welcome, best Scouting wishes from Holland,
Bagheera
I traded 6 Brand New translucent cased RED Inova Microlights with a friend in the US and the deal went A++++.
The question I have concerns the RED LED used in 5 of the 6 Inova Microlights.
I'll explain myself better;
Upon receiving the lights I tested the first one and it produced a good bright relatively smooth and concentrated red beam with only a faint center squarisch light fluctuation.
I was very happy with the light output of the light that used only a CR2032 3 Volt battery.
Then I tried the other 5 RED Microlights and they 1. produced markedly less 'light' and the beam was very unsmooth with 'rings' and even a large ring that hardly was RED at all.
I knew he had checked the CR2032 batteries but I exchanged the one present for an brand new one and still the same beam, even exchanging one CR2032 for 2 CR2016's and cranking up the voltage to 6 Volts didn't do hardly anything on the beam output and the ringy character.
Lateron I discovered that 5 of the RED leds were not glass clear like the one that produced the smooth and powerfull narrow red beam but they were slightly red/pink in color.
I tried contacting INOVA but found no address for them, only a website that is currently under redesign. I e-mailed to e-mail address given on the 'closed' website but nobody replies.
By the way the stainless clip has "Eddie Bauer" on it laser engraved for all 6 Inova Microlights.
My question, does anybody know how I can contact the Inova Microlight manufacturer by email and do I perhaps have 5 Red Inova Microlights from a "pre-run" and have they changed to the brighter smoother Red LED's after they discoverd that the others were complete rubbish.
I was planning on giving the 5 Red Inova Microlights to our Scouts but the light output quality is worse than that of cheap $1 red keychain led lights they sell in our local camping store carying their logo
Any help is welcome, best Scouting wishes from Holland,
Bagheera
