BuddTX
Flashlight Enthusiast
OK, here is my question. Why does STREAMLIGHT COMPROMISE on Flashlight design? Using Resistors instead of better heat sinking? Not using Regulation.
Streamlight is a FLASHLIGHT company. That is their main business. And, they make some VERY VERY good lights, some of their lights, like the Stinger Series and XL-20 and XL-35 are workhorse lights that are used by untold thousands of LEO professionals. They set the standard, and it appears that nobody is even in the running to knock them from their throne.
Here are some questions that I have:
2L Twintask - 2, 123a batteries, and a Bright Xenon Bulb or 3 LED's. Why didn't they put 6 or 10 or more LED's in that light? They have the power source! Nothing is wrong with 3 LED's, but why not put in more, and have your choice of high or low LED output?
2D and 3C TwinTask - the 2D has MORE LED's than the 3C.(10 vs 6), yet the 3C has more power (4.5 volts vs 3 volts) It seems to me that a 3D would have been a better choice than the 2D.
TL-3 - 5 watt Luxeon Star LED with 3, 123a batteries. They are using a simple resistor not regulation or direct drive on this 104.95 light? I want to be treated better if I am paying over a hundred bucks for a light. I want every last ounce of light that I can get out of the light.
3AA Luxeon Task Light - there is a resistor in the light. Can't they heat sink it better so it can withstand the heat and they would not have to heat sink it? And while there have been lots of reports about nice white color, there have been reports of "Luxeon Lottery Green" leds also.
I think that these are all GOOD LIGHTS, and several of them are on my "want to buy" list, but I would like for them to be as bright as can be, and I feel that Streamlight is not ringing out every last lumen it can in these lights, or not a well thought out design.
Anyone have any thoughts or inside information?
Streamlight is a FLASHLIGHT company. That is their main business. And, they make some VERY VERY good lights, some of their lights, like the Stinger Series and XL-20 and XL-35 are workhorse lights that are used by untold thousands of LEO professionals. They set the standard, and it appears that nobody is even in the running to knock them from their throne.
Here are some questions that I have:
2L Twintask - 2, 123a batteries, and a Bright Xenon Bulb or 3 LED's. Why didn't they put 6 or 10 or more LED's in that light? They have the power source! Nothing is wrong with 3 LED's, but why not put in more, and have your choice of high or low LED output?
2D and 3C TwinTask - the 2D has MORE LED's than the 3C.(10 vs 6), yet the 3C has more power (4.5 volts vs 3 volts) It seems to me that a 3D would have been a better choice than the 2D.
TL-3 - 5 watt Luxeon Star LED with 3, 123a batteries. They are using a simple resistor not regulation or direct drive on this 104.95 light? I want to be treated better if I am paying over a hundred bucks for a light. I want every last ounce of light that I can get out of the light.
3AA Luxeon Task Light - there is a resistor in the light. Can't they heat sink it better so it can withstand the heat and they would not have to heat sink it? And while there have been lots of reports about nice white color, there have been reports of "Luxeon Lottery Green" leds also.
I think that these are all GOOD LIGHTS, and several of them are on my "want to buy" list, but I would like for them to be as bright as can be, and I feel that Streamlight is not ringing out every last lumen it can in these lights, or not a well thought out design.
Anyone have any thoughts or inside information?