In a recent thread an oft lauded niche brand was represented as being immune to pwm, due to the brands superior design/parts/ build and inherently immune to the evil step down (the phenomena apparently is a deliberate manufacturing ploy to misrepresent certain makers lights) due the brands inability to achieve outputs over very low levels relative to the performance of the major players (such as Fenix) manufacturing very high quality-performance and rugged-reliable products.
I do need help in understanding the two issues. I own a light which allegedly is plagued by pwm yet I don't see it-the Mrs. does not see it nor does anyone else who uses the light, whats up with that
With regard to step down; it is stated that with certain lights (those with wacky extreme output levels?) are designed to reach the claimed output for only a brief period of time then reduce in performance to a mere fraction of claimed printed output levels. Additionally, the claim is made that the output reduction is -clearly- shown in charts/graphs- which I am unable to find.
The pwm thing I would very much like to understand, the step down not so much as my interest in lights much over 6k lumens is very very limited though I would like to get some info on the issue.
I do need help in understanding the two issues. I own a light which allegedly is plagued by pwm yet I don't see it-the Mrs. does not see it nor does anyone else who uses the light, whats up with that
With regard to step down; it is stated that with certain lights (those with wacky extreme output levels?) are designed to reach the claimed output for only a brief period of time then reduce in performance to a mere fraction of claimed printed output levels. Additionally, the claim is made that the output reduction is -clearly- shown in charts/graphs- which I am unable to find.
The pwm thing I would very much like to understand, the step down not so much as my interest in lights much over 6k lumens is very very limited though I would like to get some info on the issue.