Hows this for a UV?

Is it a good deal?

If not, any suggestions on a UV light ...I will be using it for night time insect hunting.


http://www.unitednuclear.com/powerbeam.htm

Take a look here:

http://www.lighthound.com/sales/multi-led_flashlights.htm

12 led UV for 6,99 and it has a review right here on cpf. https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/102649

I'd get one of these cheapies first, and if it's not up to the job, you can always upgrade to the $60 one....

or get a modded UV mag at http://www.xenopuselectronix.com/XeLED_UV.html

Go to the Shoppe and pick up an A19 with Cree UV led. Best there is.

A friend of mine picked one of those up. It appears to run direct drive off one of those 3xAAA battery carriers. I didn't see any circuitry inside that would suggest it is regulated, or that it has any kind of voltage step-up.

Hey! I think this is the same light, for about a quarter of the price:
http://www.goldengadgets.com/product_info.php?pName=ultra-violet-14-uv-led-blacklight-uv1403

I have one of the 8 LED lights from Dae's shop as seen here. I think this is probably the same as the one on the Lighthound page.
http://www.qualitychinagoods.com/ultra-violet-flashlight-p-343.html

It is not as bright as my friends, but then again it doesn't have as many LEDs in it, and it cost me a whole heck of a lot less. It works well enough for what I want, though. It finds the cat pee in the carpet, and makes the security stripe in most bills fluoresce. If I wanted a brighter one, I think I'd buy one of the cheapies like the one suggested above.

Here's another option. Get a 3 cell Mag, and drop in one of these:
http://www.goldengadgets.com/product_info.php?pName=32-uv-led-retrofit-bulb-for-your-maglite

If money were no object, I'd consider one of the Aleph19 with the Cree. They're expensive, though...

looseskr3wz said:

Is it a good deal?

If not, any suggestions on a UV light ...I will be using it for night time insect hunting.

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There are several good (albeit expensive) ones at www.uvflashlights.com. I got this one (PDF): http://www.xenopuselectronix.com/xeled/Datasheets/XeLED-3XUV-R.pdf

Yes, it's expensive but works much better than the fluorescent tube light I previously had. The less expensive non-regulated models on this web site are probably pretty good also, but I don't know how they compare with the United Nuclear model.

Supposedly there's a Jil-Lite CR2 modified with a Cree UV emitter that's pretty good, if you want a small package. Don't know where to buy them.

I have the Inova X5 in UV and it works great for me. I too use it to check out insects and hunt for scorpions around the house, thankfully I have'nt seen any. It's amazing what you will see in your carpet indoors with a UV.