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Enlightened
hi all,
I just joined that forum after lurking around for a couple days. first of all let me say I'm not a flashaholic (yet
) but a couple weeks ago one guy in our german watch forum: http://www.forum.khs-watch.com/wbb2/index.php came up with an off-topic thread about his new acquired fenix LED lamp.
I used to have my old mini maglite AA the last 10-15 years or so, and wasn't aware that technology had made such great improvemenet, especially with LED torches.
just about the same time a (also off-topic) LED torches thread came up in the watchuseek casio (g-shock) forum: http://forums.watchuseek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17
where I spent a lot of my internet time. one guy posted a link to this forum and that is how I finally made it over here
well, a couple weeks later - you guess it - I also bought a fenix, modell L2D which arrived last week. this lamp is truly awesome, I still can't believe that they managed to put out ( at least for my impression) such a tremendous amount of lightpower from such a little device.
however, only a day later after the fenix arrived, I found another LED in the net, equipped with a seoul p4 LED and even more impressive 240 lumens compared to the 135 lumens the fenix can provide. it is a no name brand, but that doesn't bother me, as long as the thing does what its supposed to do, but more about that later. here are some comparison pictures I took beween the fenix and my mini double AA maglite. both items have about the same size in lenght (147 mm) and both are loaded with fresh batteries.
the first pic shows the fenix in its weakest mode: 9 lumens
the second pic shows the fenix with 40 lumens:
this shot shows the fenix with 80 lumens:
and finally the maximum output with 135 lumens:
this is the first time I did such a comparison, so please be a little clement with me about the pictures quality .
well, I'm sure you are curious about that no name 240 lumens LED I mentioned above. to give you an idea of its size, here is a comparison photo along with my L2D:
the red arrow shows to the loop where you can hook a lanyard, keyring or whatever...
the flashlight measures 95mm in lenght and 27mm in diameter, it weights 100 grams including one CR 123 battery. it comes along with two CR 123 storage batteries and a recharger station. the quality of the surface is good but not as excellent as the fenix's. there are no different light modes you can choose, it can only be switched on/off, thats it. it sells over here for 99 euro (about 130 USD) which is not cheap, but considered the light output and the supplies its not too bad either. the CR 123 battery will allow the lamp to shine for about 30-40 minutes. okay enough of that, here is what this thing is capable of, compared to the fenix L2D in 135 lumens mode:
as you can see the no name clearly outshines the fenix (well its not too surprising with over 100 lumens more power isn't it ). however, due to the lack of different modes (who needs 240 lumens ALL the time ?) my first reaction was to send the lamp back. but then I had second thoughts and decided to keep it, it will (actually it has already) replace my old halogen bicyle lamp, because now for the first time I will be able to see where I ride my bike at night without to worry for tracks which I'm not familiar with. of course I also will use it from time to time as a "normal" flashlight, but that won't be its main purpose, since I have the fenix L2D for my EDC now.
regards, holger
I just joined that forum after lurking around for a couple days. first of all let me say I'm not a flashaholic (yet
) but a couple weeks ago one guy in our german watch forum: http://www.forum.khs-watch.com/wbb2/index.php came up with an off-topic thread about his new acquired fenix LED lamp.I used to have my old mini maglite AA the last 10-15 years or so, and wasn't aware that technology had made such great improvemenet, especially with LED torches.
just about the same time a (also off-topic) LED torches thread came up in the watchuseek casio (g-shock) forum: http://forums.watchuseek.com/forumdisplay.php?f=17
where I spent a lot of my internet time. one guy posted a link to this forum and that is how I finally made it over here
well, a couple weeks later - you guess it - I also bought a fenix, modell L2D which arrived last week. this lamp is truly awesome, I still can't believe that they managed to put out ( at least for my impression) such a tremendous amount of lightpower from such a little device.
however, only a day later after the fenix arrived, I found another LED in the net, equipped with a seoul p4 LED and even more impressive 240 lumens compared to the 135 lumens the fenix can provide. it is a no name brand, but that doesn't bother me, as long as the thing does what its supposed to do, but more about that later. here are some comparison pictures I took beween the fenix and my mini double AA maglite. both items have about the same size in lenght (147 mm) and both are loaded with fresh batteries.
the first pic shows the fenix in its weakest mode: 9 lumens
the second pic shows the fenix with 40 lumens:
this shot shows the fenix with 80 lumens:
and finally the maximum output with 135 lumens:
this is the first time I did such a comparison, so please be a little clement with me about the pictures quality
.well, I'm sure you are curious about that no name 240 lumens LED I mentioned above. to give you an idea of its size, here is a comparison photo along with my L2D:
the red arrow shows to the loop where you can hook a lanyard, keyring or whatever...
the flashlight measures 95mm in lenght and 27mm in diameter, it weights 100 grams including one CR 123 battery. it comes along with two CR 123 storage batteries and a recharger station. the quality of the surface is good but not as excellent as the fenix's. there are no different light modes you can choose, it can only be switched on/off, thats it. it sells over here for 99 euro (about 130 USD) which is not cheap, but considered the light output and the supplies its not too bad either. the CR 123 battery will allow the lamp to shine for about 30-40 minutes. okay enough of that, here is what this thing is capable of, compared to the fenix L2D in 135 lumens mode:
as you can see the no name clearly outshines the fenix (well its not too surprising with over 100 lumens more power isn't it
). however, due to the lack of different modes (who needs 240 lumens ALL the time ?) my first reaction was to send the lamp back. but then I had second thoughts and decided to keep it, it will (actually it has already) replace my old halogen bicyle lamp, because now for the first time I will be able to see where I ride my bike at night without to worry for tracks which I'm not familiar with. of course I also will use it from time to time as a "normal" flashlight, but that won't be its main purpose, since I have the fenix L2D for my EDC now.regards, holger
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