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i have seen pretty much no info on this headlamp on CPF... I would assume however though.. that since its unregulated (i assume since it says its not).. that its going to look just like the discharge graphs of the battery you put in it... depending on the current draw...
i think the concept of the Spot is awesome and I hope princeton tec is taking note. It is an excellent design but lacks the features that Princeton Tec puts in their headlamps (regulation, waterproof, etc)... a PT EOS w/ about 3x5mm red LED's would be almost a perfect headlamp.. or better yet just another lux 1 that is red somewhere in the bottom of the housing...
Nobody seems to want to buy the spot due to there being WAY cheaper and better options... Other notes that I have read on the spot from owners is that the tint on both the 'lux' and the 5mm's are pretty bad... the reflector beam of the main LED is 'weird' shaped and there is no waterproofing done in the housing.
http://www.backpackgeartest.org/reviews/Lighting/Headlamps - LED/Black Diamond Spot/Bill Jeffrey/
i think the concept of the Spot is awesome and I hope princeton tec is taking note. It is an excellent design but lacks the features that Princeton Tec puts in their headlamps (regulation, waterproof, etc)... a PT EOS w/ about 3x5mm red LED's would be almost a perfect headlamp.. or better yet just another lux 1 that is red somewhere in the bottom of the housing...
Nobody seems to want to buy the spot due to there being WAY cheaper and better options... Other notes that I have read on the spot from owners is that the tint on both the 'lux' and the 5mm's are pretty bad... the reflector beam of the main LED is 'weird' shaped and there is no waterproofing done in the housing.
http://www.backpackgeartest.org/reviews/Lighting/Headlamps - LED/Black Diamond Spot/Bill Jeffrey/
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not bad price!1200mk said:
it 'shouldn't' be brighter than the EOS w/ a McR-18 :naughty:
Can you see what bin your Lux is... is it a luxeon or a clone? The reason it can't really be any brighter is that since you can change the Luxeon on the EOS to whatever the current 'best' Luxeon is... They both SHOULD be the same... as far as the stock config goes... both of my EOS's both came with R-bins and have been both upgraded to S-bins...
if the spot was more water resistant I would probably buy one and put red led's in the 5mm spots... then use a SWOH in the reflector...
any pics / observations would be greatly liked
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what's the McR-18?jar3ds said:not bad price!
it 'shouldn't' be brighter than the EOS w/ a McR-18 :naughty:
Can you see what bin your Lux is... is it a luxeon or a clone? The reason it can't really be any brighter is that since you can change the Luxeon on the EOS to whatever the current 'best' Luxeon is... They both SHOULD be the same... as far as the stock config goes... both of my EOS's both came with R-bins and have been both upgraded to S-bins...
if the spot was more water resistant I would probably buy one and put red led's in the 5mm spots... then use a SWOH in the reflector...
any pics / observations would be greatly liked
What is a bin, luxeon, SWOH?
ill try to get some pics when i go night hiking this weekend.
McR-18: http://theledguy.chainreactionweb.com/product_info.php?cPath=48_50_64&products_id=661
its a reflector by McGizmo(Don).... a very nice reflector.... however you have to sand it down slightly to fit but once you do its an awesome beam!
SWOH: http://home.comcast.net/~theledguy/bin_codes/index.htm
its the brightest Lux1 you can buy...
S = 51.7-67.2 lumens @ 350ma (since the EOS is slightly lower we can assume ~45lumens, with some reflector/window loss ~35 Lumens... 35 Lumens for 4 hours ain't bad at full regulation
WO = warm white color, nice and pure white
H = the forward voltage is 3.03V - 3.27V which is the lowest Vf S-bin you can find... I do have a G bin VF but its a Q-bin in the Flux factor
will be looking forward to your pics! if you want to send me your light..... i'll do a runtime test on it for free
its a reflector by McGizmo(Don).... a very nice reflector.... however you have to sand it down slightly to fit but once you do its an awesome beam!
SWOH: http://home.comcast.net/~theledguy/bin_codes/index.htm
its the brightest Lux1 you can buy...
S = 51.7-67.2 lumens @ 350ma (since the EOS is slightly lower we can assume ~45lumens, with some reflector/window loss ~35 Lumens... 35 Lumens for 4 hours ain't bad at full regulation
WO = warm white color, nice and pure white
H = the forward voltage is 3.03V - 3.27V which is the lowest Vf S-bin you can find... I do have a G bin VF but its a Q-bin in the Flux factor
will be looking forward to your pics! if you want to send me your light..... i'll do a runtime test on it for free
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