Tigerlight with UCL or UCLLDF

[Manila]

Hi, Tigerlight users

can you please advise which lens will be better for use on a Tigerlight?

Thank you!

 

[chr00t]

UCL is better more brighter and more distance. You wouldn't want use LDF because it will provide you smooth beamshot but short distance.

 

[Harrkev]

This is like asking what is a better tool: a screwdriver or a hammer. If your problem is a nail, use the hammer. If your problem is a screw, use the screwdriver.

LDF - smoother beam, less thro
UCL - Max throw, some beam artifacts.

I have plenty of lights for close-up work. I grab the Tigerlight when I want to throw a beam far away. I would go for the UCL. Your usage may differ, though.

 

[SilverFox]

Hello Manila,

My vote would be for the UCL lens.

Tom

 

[flashlightlens]

What they said.....

The LDF will really kill your throw. It WILL allow just about as much overall light through, but it will be in the form of a really smooth hotspot with a lot more spill. The LDF could almost be considered a flood converter.

 

[Charles M]

Somewhere I read about breakage problems using glass lenses in the Tigerlight. Is this an issue?

 

[js]

Charles M,

The breakage problem has been fixed, or very nearly so, as far as I can tell. I have one of the thicker UCL's in my TL and it's been fine. I haven't dropped it on concrete yet, though . . .

Manila,

Come on, you should know better than to ask a question like that . . . I would suggest that you (drum roll please)

BUY BOTH!

Seriously, why not grab both of them? They're not that expensive $8, $10, something like that. For a twenty spot you can have both of them flying to your door, and then you can install whichever one is best for your current mood/use.

FWIW.

 

[flashlightlens]

js - You were one of the testers for the 3mm lens, right? I don't have any of those in stock yet. I'm still trying to determine if they are going to work in everyone's TL.

 

[Charles M]

Sounds like, then, that I shouldn't put in my TL any of the new glass lenses that I just ordered from flashlightlens.com.

 

[flashlightlens]

Charles - You can use them. The design of the Tigerlight makes the lens a little less snug than other lights, which allows it to impact the inside of the head when it encounters a shock - like hitting concrete or somthing with no give. Try pushing on the lens in a TL sometime. You'll see that it pushes in rather easily. This is because the entire lamp assembly is resting on a rubber tube, that acts like a shock absorber. Unfortunately, what's good for the LA is bad for the glass lens. If you break one, let me know.