CMG Reactor any good?

lionken07 · Feb 24, 2003

I'm thinking about getting the Reactor as a backup light at home. How much brighter is it if compare with the Ultra?

Fusion · Feb 24, 2003

It should be much brighter because it uses a Luxeon Star rather than just a led. Also it is said to stay away from the Reactor and get the Reactor 3.

BuddTX · Feb 24, 2003

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I'm thinking about getting the Reactor as a backup light at home. How much brighter is it if compare with the Ultra?

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there have been a lot of people discussing the CMG Reactor on CPF over the past several months. Use the Search engine to read lots about what people have to say about it.

PocketLights.com · Feb 24, 2003

The CMG Reactor is much brighter than the CMG Infinity Ultra and is a good value for a Luxeon Star LED flashlight. If you buy a CMG Reactor, I suggest feeding it with Lithium AA batteries because the Lithium batteries produce more light. CMG also sells a CMG Reactor 3 which is brighter than the Reactor because it takes three AA batteries instead of two.

JohnK · Feb 24, 2003

The web site notes that Lithium AA's are not to be used with the reactor 3.

Any comments on the "whiteness" of the LS in these lights. I have heard so many horror stories about purple/green LS's.

cliff · Feb 24, 2003

I recently tested a CMG Infinity Ultra and a CMG Reactor III on an old light meter (about 45 years old) which measures light in some type of increment from 0 - 1600. The Ultra scored "100" and the Reactor III "800." Both had NIMH rechargeables which were pretty fresh.

The Reactor III is quite a bit brighter and will illuminate things pretty well out to about 25 yards. The Ultra seems to drop off at about 40 ft.

saunterer · Feb 26, 2003

I just bought one yesterday (cuz the CEO of the family said I could, yea!), put in fresh lithiums and it emits a very beautiful pea-green-puke color. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif

Now if I wasn't a CPFer and just a average consumer I might be impressed, but I'm surely not. This was my first LS purchase and after reading post/pics I know I got a greenie. I shot off an e-mail to CMG today asking for a replacement. Has anyone done this or had good luck?

Cosmic Superchunk · Feb 26, 2003

Can anyone post a pic of just how green the light is from a CMG Reactor?

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