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Re: MuyShondt Aeon Question

Hello Kelmo,

No, and yes. Obviously the form factor is similar, but an "updated Ion" would entail similar characteristics in rather important areas. What makes a flashlight is the beam, and that, as someone quoted me here, makes this light something rather different from a design point of view and accordingly, has a different name.

The name is also Muyshondt, I don't know what prompted your and illum_the_nation's capitalized s.

illum_the_nation: I do not know with certainty what factory the LEDs I used came from, but they are R2 flux, WH Color bin XR-Es bought from Cree here in the United States. :shrug: I've been using Cree LEDs in some form or another for the better part of four years, I've built up relationships with my suppliers for quite a while and you can be assured the parts I've got are authentic, if that's what your worry was.

Regards,

Enrique
 
Re: MuyShondt Aeon Question

Endeavour said:
illum_the_nation: I do not know with certainty what factory the LEDs I used came from, but they are R2 flux, WH Color bin XR-Es bought from Cree here in the United States. :shrug: I've been using Cree LEDs in some form or another for the better part of four years, I've built up relationships with my suppliers for quite a while and you can be assured the parts I've got are authentic, if that's what your worry was.
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No worry, just surprised :grin2:
There has been previous threads concerning "silver bottomed" CREEs losing performance over time...that was the initial concern, but since the incident was somewhat regional and inconsistent in measurement it became sort of an interest, not a concern.
seery said:
CONGRATS on your black Aeon. :party: Now don't be shy . . . show us a pic!

Nothing special on the lanyard. Just a 550 ball that gets shortened up at night.
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see sig:)
but meh, I'll post anyway


I can't believe I'm carrying a $200 light using a lanyard for a $10 USB drive




Its basically a very very sophisticated P1-CE with a low mode that covers just about all the needs I have, the lights serves as a backup and retired my L0D-CE Q4 to the shelf until I'll be traveling where AAAs would be easier to find than CR2s

the two level circuit, if PWM, is certainly bursting as a very high frequency so much that my camera cannot detect it and the tint was perfect for photography. On high it puts out as much light as a KL4 running on 1xCR123A but half the heat and twice the runtime. Absolutely amazing :thumbsup:

The light was very well lubed, [a little too through in my opinion, Endeavour are you trying to make me look bad? :crackup: (j/k)] and a CR2 came with the light, it was waterproof and ready-to-use out of the box!
I wish they make Ramon noodles as such:shrug:

1st day having the light and I already made a scratch on it [@#$%?!]
The tolerance of the light was so tight that the keychain split ring cannot collapse back into the body of the light without being first positioned so that the single loop portion was in the hole.




I've made some efforts to get the ring back in place and in term banged up the ring a bit and shaved off the edge shown in the picture. I expect it will become smooth with use so I'm not worried as small tolerance is always better than a huge tolerance:thumbsup:

Most of my tasks can be done with the low mode, the high mode was plain ridiculous....for one thing its so small I can't twist the head with one hand and for another 20 minutes of straight use on high plus many minutes on low the CR2 only registered 80% on ZTS...you'd think at this output the CR2 battery should have died by then...simply unbelievable. Initially I was worried whether I should carry a spare CR2 with me but now I don't think I'll need it, especially for a backup light :twothumbs:
 
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Endeavour said:
Hello Kelmo,

No, and yes. Obviously the form factor is similar, but an "updated Ion" would entail similar characteristics in rather important areas. What makes a flashlight is the beam, and that, as someone quoted me here, makes this light something rather different from a design point of view and accordingly, has a different name.

The name is also Muyshondt, I don't know what prompted your and illum_the_nation's capitalized s...

Regards,

Enrique
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Spelling corrected! I had a spanish class flashback. My mind was saying "Many Shondts!" When I first purchased the light I did not know that the Aeon was the next evolutionary step. Its good to know I bought into a great pedigree!

I love my Ion. I really prefer flood for my small pocketable LED lights.

Maybe someday I will be able to justify an Aeon.

kelmo
 
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My B-Day is Friday and I treated myself to a Aeon. Good Grief!!! I've only had my Ion for 2 weeks and now this. Lighthound usually gets me my purchases in 2 days so maybe it will be there for my celebration!
 
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kelmo said:
My B-Day is Friday and I treated myself to a Aeon. Good Grief!!! I've only had my Ion for 2 weeks and now this. Lighthound usually gets me my purchases in 2 days so maybe it will be there for my celebration!
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Congratulations!! That's one heck of a B-Day gift...
 
I'm with Seery on this one -- the Aeon is with me always:


"The Muyshondt Aeon is hands down the best EDC light available. Small, extremely well made, great beam, and amazing runtimes."

"Enrique has knocked it out of the park with his Aeon"
 
If I didn't think the Aeon was the very best keychain EDC currently available, I would have bought something else :) .
 
Is the low on the Aeon like the Ion?
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There are two major differences in the low ...

The Aeon is 10 lumens vs. the Ion at 3 lumens (as measured in my shop built IS - Enrique probably has more accurate numbers).

The Aeon, like the Nautilus, has a 'traditional' beam pattern, with a central hotspot & surrounding spillbeam. The Ion (like the McGizmo Mule or SunDrop) is all flood.
 
Very Cool, thanks for the info!

Wow, I guess I can sell my L2 now. All that output and runtime on a CR2 battery? My light is on its way from Texas.

The wait is killing me!
 
Regarding the runtime on high if it doesn't hit exactly 90 minutes, words from the creator himself here
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?p=2696423
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personally I am already dazzled by it after 30 minutes and bought plenty of spare CR2s hoping that I wouldn't go through them that fast, but so far using it at low its sipping juice with a very tiny straw:crazy:

Batteryjunction has titanium CR2s for $1.00 each, I buy the Sanyo/GE brand because they are individually prewrapped with cellophane for $2/each
http://www.batteryjunction.com/sanyo-celo-cr2.html
$2/each is still a steal compared to the $8/cell in stores

its a waterproof barrier and fits perfectly in the pill fobs that are used to hold cr123As
 
I really like the idea of the Aeon and have had an Ion since new (a couple years or so now). One thing that has always bothered me is it's battery rattle when off. I know a CPF member had offered a fix to it, but for some reason I passed on it. Anyway, I'm interested in the Aeon. It seems like a good evolution...and I favor the more traditional spot with flood beam. So after all my research I think my final question is: Is there battery rattle with a primary CR2? I currently have a bunch of Duracell CR2s from when Best Buy clearanced them out.

Thanks for your help!
Mike
 
Absolutely no rattle at all, I just picked mine up off the nearby table and checked. Endeavour added a "pad" to the bottom of the LE and when carrying, there are no rattles or noises....hope this helps.

jeffb
 
Hmmm... I've been thinking I need to downsize my keychain in the new year. This does sound like a great keychain light. The power source has a major conflict with my alter-ego, but at the same time it's integral to the overal design and appears to be utilized perfectly. Hmmm.... I just got an LD01-SS... Hmmm :thinking: :devil::candle::devil::candle::popcorn::caution: :shakehead :whistle::broke::D:thinking:
 
StandardBattery said:
Hmmm... I've been thinking I need to downsize my keychain in the new year. This does sound like a great keychain light. The power source has a major conflict with my alter-ego, but at the same time it's integral to the overal design and appears to be utilized perfectly. Hmmm.... I just got an LD01-SS... Hmmm :thinking: :devil::candle::devil::candle::popcorn::caution: :shakehead :whistle::broke::D:thinking:
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Not to hijack this post at all, but StandardBattery I too am carrying my LD01-SS (and I love it!) but I am VERY interested in the Aeon... can y'all compare and contrast these two beauties for me?
 
well...trying to compare a carrot and a turnip might be a tad difficult...:laughing:

Don't have an LD01, does own a couple L0D-CEs and neck-edcs those before I started with the aeon

L0D-CE Q4

  • Thinner than Aeon, a major plus if you plan to edc it on your keys
  • 5 modes over two [would could be good or bad depending on your use]
  • Ability to use Alkalines, though L92s the only option for a more realistic runtime on high [18 minutes versus ~1h22min]
  • Cheaper by about 50%, a major plus if your wallet bottomed out after black friday
  • Not very eye catching in black, which is good around people
  • PWM sucks, its not a light for supporting macro photography, I'm a hobby photographer at times when I'm free and my lights serve this uncommon duty
Aeon

  • Artistically appealing, which could be hard to agree on based on an individual basis. Someone said its ugly:eek:
  • Sapphire window [by far the clearest window I've seen for any flashlight, not to mention how hard it is. It's more scratch resistant than the borosilicate window on my mag85]
  • two modes, low or high, with more than a half turn between and sufficient resistance when turning [it will not get turned on accidentally, you must twist the head very deliberately for it to work]
  • CR2 cell might be a turn down, but you should see how useful low mode is and how long it lasts. keeping in mind that a CR2 has about 800mah of juice, which is lower than an AAA battery. Just for the sake of argument, you used an L92 in your L0D-CE instead of an alkaline [instead of 5h30min to 50% on low you'd get 9 hours 5 mins] the CR2 on low yields 40 hours of light. yeah I know, you feel skeptical about this value. user Endeavor claimed 1.5 hours on high, two reviews drew 1h 22 min to 50%, none for low. I bought my Aeon in the 29th of September from lighthound and used it daily around work, in the house, midnight raid to the fridge, etc. heck, if I have to wake up early to go to work I used the light in the shower [because the 60W lamps are just too bright in the morning]. To this day I'm still using that Duracell CR123A it came with, and my ZTS still says its 40%!
  • The Aeon's high mode will fire up when the cell doesn't even click on the ZTS, the L0D-CE's circuit, being that its first mode is PWM based, is quite picky about dead batteries, if you could quickly switch modes to the high mode, it might still give you some light. DO NOT USE THE L0D-CE AS YOUR MAIN LIGHT, its awesome as a sidekick though
  • The brass decoration will tarnish very quickly, so your light will look very used just in the first few weeks if you keep it around you where sweat might get on it [say a neck lanyard]. its not like a Mcgizmo that you could EDC and use as you please and still be able to sell it as mint, which comes as proof of use:whistle:
Whether its best for you I cannot say, but it turned out better for me...the L0D-CE stays on the belt with a fenix clip...its my show-off light, but thats really about it as long as it runs on alkaline [L92s cost more than CR2s in terms of appreciable runtime according to the Aeon:nana:]
 
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Illum_the_nation said:
well...trying to compare a carrot and a turnip might be a tad difficult...:laughing:

Don't have an LD01, does own a couple L0D-CEs and neck-edcs those before I started with the aeon

L0D-CE Q4

  • Thinner than Aeon, a major plus if you plan to edc it on your keys
  • 5 modes over two [would could be good or bad depending on your use]
  • Ability to use Alkalines, though L92s the only option for a more realistic runtime on high [18 minutes versus ~1h22min]
  • Cheaper by about 50%, a major plus if your wallet bottomed out after black friday
  • Not very eye catching in black, which is good around people
  • PWM sucks, its not a light for supporting macro photography, I'm a hobby photographer at times when I'm free and my lights serve this uncommon duty
Aeon

  • Artistically appealing, which could be hard to agree on based on an individual basis. Someone said its ugly:eek:
  • Sapphire window [by far the clearest window I've seen for any flashlight, not to mention how hard it is. It's more scratch resistant than the borosilicate window on my mag85]
  • two modes, low or high, with more than a half turn between and sufficient resistance when turning [it will not get turned on accidentally, you must twist the head very deliberately for it to work]
  • CR2 cell might be a turn down, but you should see how useful low mode is and how long it lasts. keeping in mind that a CR2 has about 800mah of juice, which is lower than an AAA battery. Just for the sake of argument, you used an L92 in your L0D-CE instead of an alkaline [instead of 5h30min to 50% on low you'd get 9 hours 5 mins] the CR2 on low yields 40 hours of light. yeah I know, you feel skeptical about this value. user Endeavor claimed 1.5 hours on high, two reviews drew 1h 22 min to 50%, none for low. I bought my Aeon in the 29th of September from lighthound and used it daily around work, in the house, midnight raid to the fridge, etc. heck, if I have to wake up early to go to work I used the light in the shower [because the 60W lamps are just too bright in the morning]. To this day I'm still using that Duracell CR123A it came with, and my ZTS still says its 40%!
  • The Aeon's high mode will fire up when the cell doesn't even click on the ZTS, the L0D-CE's circuit, being that its first mode is PWM based, is quite picky about dead batteries, if you could quickly switch modes to the high mode, it might still give you some light. DO NOT USE THE L0D-CE AS YOUR MAIN LIGHT, its awesome as a sidekick though
  • The brass decoration will tarnish very quickly, so your light will look very used just in the first few weeks if you keep it around you where sweat might get on it [say a neck lanyard]. its not like a Mcgizmo that you could EDC and use as you please and still be able to sell it as mint, which comes as proof of use:whistle:
Whether its best for you I cannot say, but it turned out better for me...the L0D-CE stays on the belt with a fenix clip...its my show-off light, but thats really about it as long as it runs on alkaline [L92s cost more than CR2s in terms of appreciable runtime according to the Aeon:nana:]
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Thanks Illum. As a true flashaholic, I will have to have both! ;)
 
kraz said:
With the Mako coming out soon you better make that "I will have to have all three!" :nana:
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The pain!! There is just TOO MUCH good stuff out there right now! Also, one of the resellers for Muyshondt is having a sale on the Aeon right now... it is about twenty buckaroos cheaper than the next guy and thus I have already pulled trigger! If anyone is thinking about it, this price seems impossible/unbeatable!
 
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