brightnorm
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UK 2L - a great "winter light"
We went out walking this evening for about 1 1/2 hours. It was in the +20's F with a very brisk wind, and because my parka impeded easy access to my belt carried lights I moved my 2L to my right parka pocket and started to experiment with it.
I practised taking it out of the pocket, turning it on and off one-handed, returning it to the pocket, then repeating this several times. Even though I was wearing warmly lined leather gloves of medium thickness, I was able to do this easily using one hand. Then I kept the light on constantly for approximately an additional hour and twenty minutes with virtually no apparent dimming. The lithium batteries shrugged off the cold and the 3 hr + runtime of the light took the long burn in stride while providing the equivalent of an ordinary 3 D cell light. All this in a four and one quarter inch, two and one half ounce (with batteries) package; and yes, the beam was fine, if not exactly faceted reflector-perfect.
By the way, in a side by side burn test with the Tec 40 (repeated 3x with different batteries) although the Tec 40 was brighter for the first 1/2 hr or so, the 2L soon pulled ahead and remained brighter until the 3rd hour, when it gradually fell behind as the lithiums began their decline.
This is one H*LL of a light! Yes, you have to be a little fussy in selecting the lamp assemblies, but this light is like the American Express card, especially in Winter: "Don't leave home without it"!
All the best in the coming year,
Brightnorm
We went out walking this evening for about 1 1/2 hours. It was in the +20's F with a very brisk wind, and because my parka impeded easy access to my belt carried lights I moved my 2L to my right parka pocket and started to experiment with it.
I practised taking it out of the pocket, turning it on and off one-handed, returning it to the pocket, then repeating this several times. Even though I was wearing warmly lined leather gloves of medium thickness, I was able to do this easily using one hand. Then I kept the light on constantly for approximately an additional hour and twenty minutes with virtually no apparent dimming. The lithium batteries shrugged off the cold and the 3 hr + runtime of the light took the long burn in stride while providing the equivalent of an ordinary 3 D cell light. All this in a four and one quarter inch, two and one half ounce (with batteries) package; and yes, the beam was fine, if not exactly faceted reflector-perfect.
By the way, in a side by side burn test with the Tec 40 (repeated 3x with different batteries) although the Tec 40 was brighter for the first 1/2 hr or so, the 2L soon pulled ahead and remained brighter until the 3rd hour, when it gradually fell behind as the lithiums began their decline.
This is one H*LL of a light! Yes, you have to be a little fussy in selecting the lamp assemblies, but this light is like the American Express card, especially in Winter: "Don't leave home without it"!
All the best in the coming year,
Brightnorm