Any info on the "UFO" camp lights?

Saw these two camp lights on BatteryJunction and I'm wondering if anyone has any practical experience using them/knowledge of them that they'd like to share.

UFO 24
UFO 48

Thanks!

Priestly

Those look nice.

it'd be nice to see some light-levels,

and run-time charts.



Can it use NiMH's ?

Looks like it would make a good tent light. I'd also love to see runtime charts.

I've been eye-balling them of eBay for awhile. The cheapest price I've seen is on DealExtreme for $6.87 with free shipping.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2516

They look useful for "car camping". I'd hate to backpack with one of those.

I bought the Fifthunit/DealExtreme version a couple months ago to have as an emergency light or possibly as a camp light. I have not used it for either purpose yet but from the initial "first light" tests I find the direct light from it very harsh and distracting - especially if the LEDs are in the line of sight which is unfortunately how it is designed to be used. It works OK with a ceiling bounce or basically any position that keeps the LEDs out of direct sight like putting it on top of a fridge or using the hanger in the opposite way than it was designed. I would not want to use it on a table, wall, or floor of a tent without a diffuser - an empty margarine or cottage cheese tub should do the trick.

A couple other observations on the DX version: On the plus side it has a couple magnets that will "just" hold it to the side of a fridge or side of a car. On the negative side, the build quality is low – but for around $7 shipped it was as expected.

Don_Redondo said:

I bought the Fifthunit/DealExtreme version a couple months ago to have as an emergency light or possibly as a camp light...

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Thanks, Don_Redondo! That was a lot of very useful information!

I find it nice for doing repair in my car, as it has very wide angle distribution and still bright.
Originally I bought it for macro photography work, but it will need a diffuser as the close up light is a bit uneven.
Color temperature is typical 5mm leds, but the brightness and angles remind me of the cut down MJLED.