Due to a large volume of L1P's I had on-hand for gifts this season, I had the luxury of doing side-by-side comparisons between 8 different lights. It was very interesting to note the differences--some subtle, some quite profound--between the various models.
The lottery was definitely in effect here; tints fell on either side of pure white, but mostly ranged from the slightly greenish/yellow color to the slightly purple/blueish color. This was by no means terrible or unacceptable, just very interesting to see the lottery in effect side-by-side like this. I had two lights that fell (luckily) near dead-white, with beautiful color rendition. One is now my EDC, the other is a backup. The rest were given away as gifts.
Which brings me to my original reason for posting. Aside from the variations in beam color hue, I noticed another interesting effect between lights that I wonder if anyone else has noticed: variations in spill beam signature. On one light, for example, the hotspot transitioned smoothly to the corona, with a couple of noticeably bright outer rings in the periphery and spill beam (usable actually for wider viewing in a darkened room at some distance). On the other hand, a few of the lights had similar hot spots with a more defined corona and zero rings or spill.
I am assuming this effect is due in part to miniscule variations in LED placement depth within the reflector, but would like to hear comments on the subject from the more established here.
Kind Regards,
-Kip
The lottery was definitely in effect here; tints fell on either side of pure white, but mostly ranged from the slightly greenish/yellow color to the slightly purple/blueish color. This was by no means terrible or unacceptable, just very interesting to see the lottery in effect side-by-side like this. I had two lights that fell (luckily) near dead-white, with beautiful color rendition. One is now my EDC, the other is a backup. The rest were given away as gifts.
Which brings me to my original reason for posting. Aside from the variations in beam color hue, I noticed another interesting effect between lights that I wonder if anyone else has noticed: variations in spill beam signature. On one light, for example, the hotspot transitioned smoothly to the corona, with a couple of noticeably bright outer rings in the periphery and spill beam (usable actually for wider viewing in a darkened room at some distance). On the other hand, a few of the lights had similar hot spots with a more defined corona and zero rings or spill.
I am assuming this effect is due in part to miniscule variations in LED placement depth within the reflector, but would like to hear comments on the subject from the more established here.
Kind Regards,
-Kip