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I have a small "fog chamber" that i've mainly used to test the supposed rust-resistance of knives, and in particular, the Spyderco Salt series, the Salts *ARE* truly rust-proof, not rust resistant, rust *PROOF*
the fog chamber is a 2.5 gallon aquarium with glass lid, inside the tank are two ultrasonic foggers, the fog created is *thick* and *warm*
my nastiest test was last year, when I took some rock salt and dissolved it in water to the hypersaturation point, the water could not hold any more NaCl, then fired up the foggers
total time to rust for a plain-jane "Stainless steel" knife? 30 minutes to spotting, actual rust in an hour, failure in 8 hours
total time to rust for a Salt series? two *weeks* without a single speck of rust, nada, nothing
(the posts are still there on the Spydie forums, I go by MacTech there too....)
anyway, the fog chamber has been sitting unused for almost a year, so I figured I'd get some use out of it again, but this time, I'll test *flashlights*
first victim is an Energizer Hard Case Professional 2AAA Cree "Inspection light", just a basic plain jane 2AA with an XR-E emitter in a smooth reflector (about 3/4" across)
I really don't like this light, it has a horribly artifacty beam, and the head is potted so I can't frost the reflector, to make it usable, I have to jam a SureFire F04 Beamshaper on it, at which point it becomes a rather nice little flooder
Eveready *claims* it puts out 30 lumens, maybe at the emitter, but all I can say is that my Arc AAA-P and Fenix L1P outperform it in both brightness and beam quality, yes, an "angry blue" Arc 5MM LED has a smoother beam pattern, and the L1P is much brighter
The test has been started at 9:00 PM EST, 12/12/07, this test will evaluate the battery runtime and water resistance of this light, and will end once the batteries have depleted, I figure fog to be a nasty test in that the water vapor particles are tiny and might be able to work their way past the o-rings
I will say this, the 2AAA Eveready does appear to be durable, it has an o-ring sealed tailcap, and head, the bezel both screws on and is secured by 3 phillips screws (#0 jewelers )
if it passes the fog test, I'll then try the "drop it from the second floor while it's on" test, then the "drop it down the stairs" test, but since the light has so little mass, it may have to be a "throw it down the stairs" test....
I think the next couple victims will be a 3AA MiniMagLED, maybe a Solitaire and/or stock incan 2AA MM, and maybe my Lighthound Cree equipped SF 6P.....
the fog chamber is a 2.5 gallon aquarium with glass lid, inside the tank are two ultrasonic foggers, the fog created is *thick* and *warm*
my nastiest test was last year, when I took some rock salt and dissolved it in water to the hypersaturation point, the water could not hold any more NaCl, then fired up the foggers
total time to rust for a plain-jane "Stainless steel" knife? 30 minutes to spotting, actual rust in an hour, failure in 8 hours
total time to rust for a Salt series? two *weeks* without a single speck of rust, nada, nothing
(the posts are still there on the Spydie forums, I go by MacTech there too....)
anyway, the fog chamber has been sitting unused for almost a year, so I figured I'd get some use out of it again, but this time, I'll test *flashlights*
first victim is an Energizer Hard Case Professional 2AAA Cree "Inspection light", just a basic plain jane 2AA with an XR-E emitter in a smooth reflector (about 3/4" across)
I really don't like this light, it has a horribly artifacty beam, and the head is potted so I can't frost the reflector, to make it usable, I have to jam a SureFire F04 Beamshaper on it, at which point it becomes a rather nice little flooder
Eveready *claims* it puts out 30 lumens, maybe at the emitter, but all I can say is that my Arc AAA-P and Fenix L1P outperform it in both brightness and beam quality, yes, an "angry blue" Arc 5MM LED has a smoother beam pattern, and the L1P is much brighter
The test has been started at 9:00 PM EST, 12/12/07, this test will evaluate the battery runtime and water resistance of this light, and will end once the batteries have depleted, I figure fog to be a nasty test in that the water vapor particles are tiny and might be able to work their way past the o-rings
I will say this, the 2AAA Eveready does appear to be durable, it has an o-ring sealed tailcap, and head, the bezel both screws on and is secured by 3 phillips screws (#0 jewelers )
if it passes the fog test, I'll then try the "drop it from the second floor while it's on" test, then the "drop it down the stairs" test, but since the light has so little mass, it may have to be a "throw it down the stairs" test....
I think the next couple victims will be a 3AA MiniMagLED, maybe a Solitaire and/or stock incan 2AA MM, and maybe my Lighthound Cree equipped SF 6P.....
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