Just got this "NoviGear" light in the mail today, shown here with its elegant original packaging (there was some newspaper packed around it in the plain cardboard box but I had already thrown that out):
I bought it not for its stellar led output, but for its size. It has a cool little 3AAA triangular battery holder that will replicate the directdrive power source in the original LGI (3 x 1.5 = 4.5V) yet this light is only 4.5 inches long:
Its size and shape remind me a little of a "personal vibrator" (or whatever you call'em), with the six leds packed perfectly concentrically in the head:
and the pushbutton switch integrated smoothly into the rounded shape of the tailcap:
So I stick three AAA batteries inside -- the carrier is a bit balky, loose contact somewhere as it can be turned on and off by just tapping the light, nothing a little solder won't fix -- and fire her up. I then stumble backward a few steps, awed by the sun-like output (hee hee):
and then set out to do a comparison test with a couple of other small lights I had laying around, in this case an Arc-SLS and a Pal Light:
Beamshots do not really tell the whole story though, as the NoviGear emits a broad and diffused light which was actually more useful than the Pal's:
The light meter told the rest of the story:
Arc-SLS: 242 lux
Pal Light: 112 lux
NoviGear: 39 lux
Now to take it apart and explore the insides of the head for heatsink real estate...
I bought it not for its stellar led output, but for its size. It has a cool little 3AAA triangular battery holder that will replicate the directdrive power source in the original LGI (3 x 1.5 = 4.5V) yet this light is only 4.5 inches long:
Its size and shape remind me a little of a "personal vibrator" (or whatever you call'em), with the six leds packed perfectly concentrically in the head:
and the pushbutton switch integrated smoothly into the rounded shape of the tailcap:
So I stick three AAA batteries inside -- the carrier is a bit balky, loose contact somewhere as it can be turned on and off by just tapping the light, nothing a little solder won't fix -- and fire her up. I then stumble backward a few steps, awed by the sun-like output (hee hee):
and then set out to do a comparison test with a couple of other small lights I had laying around, in this case an Arc-SLS and a Pal Light:
Beamshots do not really tell the whole story though, as the NoviGear emits a broad and diffused light which was actually more useful than the Pal's:
The light meter told the rest of the story:
Arc-SLS: 242 lux
Pal Light: 112 lux
NoviGear: 39 lux
Now to take it apart and explore the insides of the head for heatsink real estate...
