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my first review thread, constructive/destructive criticisms welcome 
The light bar came in today, fast shipping as usual :thanks: and cheers to 4sevens
opened the package [a heavy duty cardboard box] and found a slightly smaller paper box with a divider between.
The contents:
The light bar
AC adapter [12V 1000ma] with green indicator light
2 x 90 degree cabinet mounts and hardware
Instruction manual
Remote control
A desktop tripod
AC adapters under the table, the only thing not pictured. I took my workbench apart to install it, I'm not taking it out just for a pic :shakehead:
The light bar consists of a clamshell design secured by 4 screws on the corners from the rear. Dimensions [LxHxW] is approx 11-1/8" x 7/8" x 1-5/8" The case material is metal and seems fairly sturdy. Directly on top are three buttons sitting flush with the case, marked with + , 「power」 , - and a little 3mm blue LED that flashes every time you change the level of brightness and stays on as an indicator light whenever there's power to it. On the bottom is a tripod hole and both sides have identical sockets, the middle being where the cabinet hardware is secured and underneath are female power sockets.
Note: this is for indoor use only; there are no seals to be found on the light bar. In fact, the rear of the light bar are slots cut out of the plastic showing a metal heat sink underneath.
The LED is of unknown origin and quality. From the frosted cover the LED's are sitting on an elevated, transparent square and a dome resembling that of a 5mm LED. All the LEDs have relatively the same tint by the naked eye
On initial startup, the default mode [I guess it might be just mine] starts up on high. the light bar has about 30 levels of brightness, on the brightest level and have the light sitting 5 feet on top of my desk I was about to read font 8 script with no problems, and on the lowest setting I can navigate through my cluttered room with ease, but a little vision fatigue is apparent from multiple light sources casting multiple shadows. One flickering or two during startup and brightness switching was observed, but for each level of brightness selected no flickering was observed.
The fit and finish of the lightbar is above satisfactory, no machining marks have been found and only thing that caught my eye was one string of metal shaving on the tripod mount below the lightbar
The adapter appears to be an auto switching power supply shape and weighs basically the same as the adapter for the DSD charger. Rated 100-240V AC to 12V, 1A DC
The remote control is approximately 8.5cm x 4cm x 6/10cm, quite small and easy to carry. It comes in a small plastic bag with a resealable cover which you would have to remove and pull out the battery tag to use the remote control. There's two power buttons on the remote, a green "on" and a red "power symbol"…apparently you press green for on and red for off
The signal sensitivity for the remote is awesome, I can activate the light by bouncing the signal off the wall, through heavy overcoats, etc….
If you turn the light bar off then on again, it retains your selected power level
The desktop tripod was probably the only part of the whole package that didn't meet my lenient quality standards. The fit and finish are satisfactory, except its rather light compared to a canon tripod I have used before
The good thing though, the pin is held up buy a ball joint and the plastic color above it is shaped like a C giving the lightbar room for 90 degree rotations.
Overall I'm very happy about this light, its an interesting concept to an area light, its basically a more inexpensive version of Mcgizmo's CREEbar, and not one of those fixed brightness LED cluster bars that burn out a few every time you hit the switch
EDIT: yes, the tripods legs are telescopic, all three on mine were pretty snug about pushing and pulling in and out a few times and they loosened up. they extend about twice the height shown in the collapsed picture, and with a larger leg span the light actually becomes relatively stable! :thumbsup:
The light bar came in today, fast shipping as usual :thanks: and cheers to 4sevens
opened the package [a heavy duty cardboard box] and found a slightly smaller paper box with a divider between.
The contents:
The light bar
AC adapter [12V 1000ma] with green indicator light
2 x 90 degree cabinet mounts and hardware
Instruction manual
Remote control
A desktop tripod
AC adapters under the table, the only thing not pictured. I took my workbench apart to install it, I'm not taking it out just for a pic :shakehead:
The light bar consists of a clamshell design secured by 4 screws on the corners from the rear. Dimensions [LxHxW] is approx 11-1/8" x 7/8" x 1-5/8" The case material is metal and seems fairly sturdy. Directly on top are three buttons sitting flush with the case, marked with + , 「power」 , - and a little 3mm blue LED that flashes every time you change the level of brightness and stays on as an indicator light whenever there's power to it. On the bottom is a tripod hole and both sides have identical sockets, the middle being where the cabinet hardware is secured and underneath are female power sockets.
Note: this is for indoor use only; there are no seals to be found on the light bar. In fact, the rear of the light bar are slots cut out of the plastic showing a metal heat sink underneath.
The LED is of unknown origin and quality. From the frosted cover the LED's are sitting on an elevated, transparent square and a dome resembling that of a 5mm LED. All the LEDs have relatively the same tint by the naked eye
On initial startup, the default mode [I guess it might be just mine] starts up on high. the light bar has about 30 levels of brightness, on the brightest level and have the light sitting 5 feet on top of my desk I was about to read font 8 script with no problems, and on the lowest setting I can navigate through my cluttered room with ease, but a little vision fatigue is apparent from multiple light sources casting multiple shadows. One flickering or two during startup and brightness switching was observed, but for each level of brightness selected no flickering was observed.
The fit and finish of the lightbar is above satisfactory, no machining marks have been found and only thing that caught my eye was one string of metal shaving on the tripod mount below the lightbar
The adapter appears to be an auto switching power supply shape and weighs basically the same as the adapter for the DSD charger. Rated 100-240V AC to 12V, 1A DC
The remote control is approximately 8.5cm x 4cm x 6/10cm, quite small and easy to carry. It comes in a small plastic bag with a resealable cover which you would have to remove and pull out the battery tag to use the remote control. There's two power buttons on the remote, a green "on" and a red "power symbol"…apparently you press green for on and red for off
The signal sensitivity for the remote is awesome, I can activate the light by bouncing the signal off the wall, through heavy overcoats, etc….
If you turn the light bar off then on again, it retains your selected power level
The desktop tripod was probably the only part of the whole package that didn't meet my lenient quality standards. The fit and finish are satisfactory, except its rather light compared to a canon tripod I have used before
The good thing though, the pin is held up buy a ball joint and the plastic color above it is shaped like a C giving the lightbar room for 90 degree rotations.
Overall I'm very happy about this light, its an interesting concept to an area light, its basically a more inexpensive version of Mcgizmo's CREEbar, and not one of those fixed brightness LED cluster bars that burn out a few every time you hit the switch
EDIT: yes, the tripods legs are telescopic, all three on mine were pretty snug about pushing and pulling in and out a few times and they loosened up. they extend about twice the height shown in the collapsed picture, and with a larger leg span the light actually becomes relatively stable! :thumbsup:
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