3AA MagLed has "bluish" tint?

coppertrail · Jan 2, 2007

Picked up a second 3AA MagLED for work this evening. My first 3AA MagLED has a nice bright, white light. This one is not as bright, and has what I'd call a "Bluish" tint.

Would this be considered a defect?

PlayboyJoeShmoe · Jan 2, 2007

That's the Lottery at play. If you got it somewhere where returns aren't a hassle, and it isn't TOO far away; I'd go try again until I was happy!

I destroyed my blueish 3AA trying to get it apart (and lost the LED as well!).

coppertrail · Jan 2, 2007

That's what I'm going to do. Did a beamshot comparison on a white wall, and the difference among the output color is significant. The color of the new light is actually bluish green.

Looks like I picked a winner the first time around

etc · Jan 3, 2007

I saw lots of tints with these minimags.

Blue is not the worst,it's actually fairly nice and seems to be brighter than white -- in my case.

Yellow is nasty though.

Even the worst one is fairly nice however. 3AA - super nice light;

frasera · Jan 3, 2007

heh i have two now and it seems one is definetly has a bluish tint compared to the other. sort of like nicia white instead of real white.

frasera · Jan 4, 2007

kinda annoying having to exchange stuff packaged in blister packs. i guess they send it back to the factory for repackaging. too bad mag doesn't demand better quality control/consistent binning from luxeon.

coppertrail · Jan 4, 2007

I agree. This evening, I was browsing through the Surefire catalog and learned about the "LED Bins". Looks like this one came from the "Blue Bin".

frasera · Jan 4, 2007

i guess they figure most of their customers don't know or don't care. still, it would be nice if they simply marked on the packages what tint each comes with. but i guess with their accounting its cheaper to suffer a few returns. personally i like white, but not blue, warmer is slightly better, i don't like nichia white

TORCH_BOY · Jan 4, 2007

I had the same experience when I went to buy my 2AA MagLed, The first one
had a very Bluish violet tint and was only half as bright as it should have been, It went staight back, the replacement one was much brighter and has a nice white tint.

Gimpy00Wang · Jan 4, 2007

My 3AA 3W Mag looks pretty nice when alone. When I compare it to my B60GT, FF3, and other "nice" lights, it looks a little green, but only when compared to those nicer lights. Not bad for $15 at the Depot though.

- Chris

coppertrail · Jan 4, 2007

Even if I knew nothing about LED flashlights, I would have immediately realized that my original MagLED was much better (color and brightness). I was shocked at the difference. Having recently purchased a Surefire L4, I have an appreciation for high quality LEDs. I am going to return it and leave it at that. If I see them at Home Depot for $15.98, I might "play the lottery" again.

frasera · Jan 5, 2007

played the lottery again, a sickly green

i wonder how many more times i have to lose. gonna be fun explaining this to the return clerk if they start to wonder lol

partipilo · Jan 6, 2007

I just picked up a 3AA MagLED. Its tint is very very similar (almost exact) to my 2AA MagLED. It is basically perfectly white. Definietly brighter. probably 2x as bright as the 2AA. Just my observations, heh, it is called the luxeon lottery for a reason

PlayboyJoeShmoe · Jan 6, 2007

And we have a winner! WTG partipilo!

Strangely enough the Lottery was sort of getting better odds before these showed up!

Oh well, half the fun is in the acquisition of our lights!

frasera · Jan 7, 2007

partipilo said:
I just picked up a 3AA MagLED. Its tint is very very similar (almost exact) to my 2AA MagLED. It is basically perfectly white. Definietly brighter. probably 2x as bright as the 2AA. Just my observations, heh, it is called the luxeon lottery for a reason

yea i have one that is perfectly white too, that is a good comfortable natural looking white light.

its the only one we should really accept paying for. sickly green and bluish is just not right.

coppertrail · Jan 7, 2007

These lights use the Luxeon I Emitter?

PlayboyJoeShmoe · Jan 7, 2007

Supposed to be LUXIIIs...

Don't know how to say for sure!

TORCH_BOY · Jan 7, 2007

Just Got my 3AA MagLed the other day, this one is very white and nice and bright, slightly whiter than my 2AA MagLed

coppertrail · Jan 7, 2007

Returned mine this afternoon. The associate asked if there was a reason I was returning it. I said it had a cr@p LED in it. He laughed and promptly issued me a refund

I might try my luck at the 3AA MagLED lottery again if I find them again on sale @ Home Depot.

PlayboyJoeShmoe · Jan 7, 2007

It ain't a terrible deal at the regular Walmart price ya know.

I know Lowes isn't the place to get one!

Good luck on the lottery! I haven't actually WON yet, but I've gotten close enough most times lately...

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