Any Jil Lite Stern experience to share?

coors

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Hi,
I'm interested in hearing of your thoughts about your Jil Lite Stern. I've read the only review that I could find, on another flashlight review site, by Ernsanada (hope I spelled that right), but am wanting to learn more. I see that the new Jil Lite dealer over a CPF-Marketplace carries them in both cool and warm tint versions, as well as choice of smooth or orange peel reflectors. After reading the review and studying the beamshots taken with both kinds of reflectors, I'm opting to go for the wider, artifact free, lower lux OP reflector. However, I also read on the marketplace sales thread that a new SMO reflector is now offered, which is artifact free also. Would like to know if the new SMO reflector is the way to go, instead. Any shared experience is greatly
appreciated!

Here's the link to the Jil Lite Stern review: http://www.light-reviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=584

Here's a link to the Jil Lite Stern sales thread on marketplace: http://www.cpfmarketplace.com/mp/showthread.php?t=235806
 
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I'd grab a Stern right now, but the price seems high for what the light is. How do others feel? I know this is of course subjective.
 

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Looks like a terrible beam pattern using the SMO reflector, how much are they selling for?
 

coors

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Here's the image, provided by the new Jil Lite dealer, that shows the difference between the Stern's old smooth reflector (left) and the new smooth reflector (right.) Ernasada's review's SMO beamshots were captured using the old smooth reflector.
 
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Stern Warm White

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Stern Cool White

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1. JilLite Stern
2. Princetontec Tec40
3. JilLite Qohelet SE
4. JilLite Stern

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Princetontec Tec40 - Stern Warm White - Stern Cool White

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Warm white - Cool white

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Cool white - Warm white

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Warm white (OP reflector) - Cool white (SMO reflector -old version)
 

iso9009

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Stern Warm white -OP reflector
Tv(shutter speed) :1, Av(aperture value): 2.8 ,Iso speed:400

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Stern Cool white -OP reflector
Tv(shutter speed) :1, Av(aperture value): 2.8 ,Iso speed:400

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Stern Warm white -SMO reflector( Old version)
Tv(shutter speed) :1, Av(aperture value): 2.8 ,Iso speed:400

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Stern Cool white -SMO reflector(Old version)
Tv(shutter speed) :1, Av(aperture value): 2.8 ,Iso speed:400

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Warm OP reflector - Cool OP reflector
Warm SMO reflector - Cool SMO reflector

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Stern Warm white -OP reflector
Tv(shutter speed) :1, Av(aperture value): 2.8 ,Iso speed:400

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Stern Cool white -OP reflector
Tv(shutter speed) :1, Av(aperture value): 2.8 ,Iso speed:400

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Stern Warm white -SMO reflector( Old version)
Tv(shutter speed) :1, Av(aperture value): 2.8 ,Iso speed:400

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Stern Cool white -SMO reflector(Old version)
Tv(shutter speed) :1, Av(aperture value): 2.8 ,Iso speed:400

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Warm OP reflector - Cool OP reflector
Warm SMO reflector - Cool SMO reflector
 

coors

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iso9009, if a pic is worth 1000 words, then your images are worth at least 18,000...so much information to glean from viewing these! Thank you for sharing!!! I would still like to see the new SMO reflector thrown into this mix, for a complete comparison to study:)
 
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