JonSidneyB
Flashlight Enthusiast
I know that this is not an increadibly bright range. but sometimes a lot of light is just too much. If anyone can, list some lights that fall in this range so I can get an Idea of that 500-1500 LUX is like.
What falls in the range 500 - 1500 LUX
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PaulW
Flashlight Enthusiast
Interesting. Of all my lights, only one falls in this range -- the LGI Classic, at 609 lux.
My Arc LSH-P is 396, my LSH-S is 240, and my Arc AAA is tiny. Everything else is above 1500. Maybe the E2e is near the top of the 500-1500 range, but I can't measure mine. It's out being tuned up. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
My Arc LSH-P is 396, my LSH-S is 240, and my Arc AAA is tiny. Everything else is above 1500. Maybe the E2e is near the top of the 500-1500 range, but I can't measure mine. It's out being tuned up. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
JonSidneyB
Flashlight Enthusiast
ok...I know lux measurements are not everything. but going on that information alone, would a 500 lux be sufficent for utilitarian duties. Maybe looking under the hood of a car, looking for your other flashlights in a power failure. General duty stuff. Why I am asking this is....I am thinking about purchasing a light that is realativily cheap to run but puts out enough light to do mundane tasks around the house. It runs on 2 D-Cells and has an output of between 1500-500 lux after maybe 10 hours of use.
500Lux is more than enough to look under a car or work in low light conditions...
The Opalec is somewhere between 100-150 lux at the most, and it's more than enough for me to work under my car hood to change my headlamp bulbs the other day...
An Arc-LS, at around 300-400 lux, is way more than enough light to do anything...
Let alone something as bright as 1500 lux... So you can imagine if an SNII with 8,000 lux is used as a worklight...
I've used some of Wayne J's (Elektrolumens) 3D mods, and in particular, his early Starlux model with a really bright batwing, and it lasted over 100 hours with D batts, and still gave enough light to walk around the house with after 100 hours of operation...
The Opalec is somewhere between 100-150 lux at the most, and it's more than enough for me to work under my car hood to change my headlamp bulbs the other day...
An Arc-LS, at around 300-400 lux, is way more than enough light to do anything...
Let alone something as bright as 1500 lux... So you can imagine if an SNII with 8,000 lux is used as a worklight...
I've used some of Wayne J's (Elektrolumens) 3D mods, and in particular, his early Starlux model with a really bright batwing, and it lasted over 100 hours with D batts, and still gave enough light to walk around the house with after 100 hours of operation...
jtice
Flashaholic
Get a MiniMag, and slap a Opalec Newbeam in it.
Plenty of light, 10 hour runtime, WITHOUT DIMMING!
MiniMag= $10 Newbeam= $25 Total= $35 >>> Small, tough, water proof, runs off easy to get AA batteries, even white flooding light.
-- Im my opinion... a light running of C or D batteries is not a good backup light for small things like you mentioned.
Streamlight also makes a couple small NICE lights. example: the Propolymer 4AA 7 LED light. $20 - $26 155 hours before it dies completely. (but it will gradually get dimmer over time) , (the MiniMag Newbeam stays at max brightness till the end)
Plenty of light, 10 hour runtime, WITHOUT DIMMING!
MiniMag= $10 Newbeam= $25 Total= $35 >>> Small, tough, water proof, runs off easy to get AA batteries, even white flooding light.
-- Im my opinion... a light running of C or D batteries is not a good backup light for small things like you mentioned.
Streamlight also makes a couple small NICE lights. example: the Propolymer 4AA 7 LED light. $20 - $26 155 hours before it dies completely. (but it will gradually get dimmer over time) , (the MiniMag Newbeam stays at max brightness till the end)
JonSidneyB
Flashlight Enthusiast
jtice>Actually this would not be a backup light. I was thinking more of a Trunk light for some utilitarian duties.
The light I was thinking of was Lamda's Camplight. A twin D-Cell light, not the 6 AA version. That is putting out a utilitarian 1500-500 Lux during a long long runtime...
On my person is The Firefly prototype, an Arc-AAA, and an Surefire E-2. I like to conserve my 123 powered lights so when I am in my car, I have a Arc-ls in a slot in the driver door and a pair of Arc-LS's with 2 AA packs in easy reach of myself and a passenger for looking around inside the car.
For brighter needs, I have in the car an old 6z, 9z, and 12zm.
I also have single C cell and single D cell bodies that work with my older ARC-LS heads.
In my car I have lots of light options. I have expensive to run lights. I have cheaper to run lights. I have lights that I can run in the most common battery types....but I am running dim lights in Single C and Single D.
The light I was thinking of was Lamda's Camplight. A twin D-Cell light, not the 6 AA version. That is putting out a utilitarian 1500-500 Lux during a long long runtime...
On my person is The Firefly prototype, an Arc-AAA, and an Surefire E-2. I like to conserve my 123 powered lights so when I am in my car, I have a Arc-ls in a slot in the driver door and a pair of Arc-LS's with 2 AA packs in easy reach of myself and a passenger for looking around inside the car.
For brighter needs, I have in the car an old 6z, 9z, and 12zm.
I also have single C cell and single D cell bodies that work with my older ARC-LS heads.
In my car I have lots of light options. I have expensive to run lights. I have cheaper to run lights. I have lights that I can run in the most common battery types....but I am running dim lights in Single C and Single D.
JonSidneyB
Flashlight Enthusiast
jtice>don't forget, I am insane....LOL
I paid $600 for a pocket LS....
I do drive cross country alot and have been snowed in with out power for two weeks before.
I seem to like to be able to use single batteries that I find to run in single cell lights in order to keep my bigger lights fresh, hence the reason why I have custom single cell c and d holders.
I also like to have medium intensity relatively long life and high intensity lights in all battery configurations.
In some small out of the way places....you don't get a big battery selection.
Plus....D's should be able to beat AA's in the endurance fight all else being equal and if size does not matter. Size is not so important in a Trunk light.
I paid $600 for a pocket LS....
I do drive cross country alot and have been snowed in with out power for two weeks before.
I seem to like to be able to use single batteries that I find to run in single cell lights in order to keep my bigger lights fresh, hence the reason why I have custom single cell c and d holders.
I also like to have medium intensity relatively long life and high intensity lights in all battery configurations.
In some small out of the way places....you don't get a big battery selection.
Plus....D's should be able to beat AA's in the endurance fight all else being equal and if size does not matter. Size is not so important in a Trunk light.
This is a nice range. My Lambda Illuminator is just right for poking around the basement, under the hood, walking around at night. It's even useful outdoors at night. That depends a bit on the quality of the dark. The next best working light is my MM+Opalec Newbeam. Late at night, even the Illuminator is just too bright. My 5W Mag2D is freaking bright to the point that it is useless for anything up close. At 5-6000 lux, it really shines, pun intended, outdoors.
Wilkey
Wilkey
