dheim
Newly Enlightened
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- Sep 15, 2011
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introduction - premise
This is not a real review, i haven't got neither the equipment nor the knowledge base to do a proper one… but since I've found very little data on Led Lenser flashlights I decided to share some basic impression on the "serious" models I own: T7, P17, M1 and M14 (in the past I've bought quite a lot of their early "toy" lamps, and even their first tactical model, the V2 TL, but there's no point to discuss them here).
On CPF Led Lensers are not very popular, and I can perfectly understand why…
This is not a real review, i haven't got neither the equipment nor the knowledge base to do a proper one… but since I've found very little data on Led Lenser flashlights I decided to share some basic impression on the "serious" models I own: T7, P17, M1 and M14 (in the past I've bought quite a lot of their early "toy" lamps, and even their first tactical model, the V2 TL, but there's no point to discuss them here).
On CPF Led Lensers are not very popular, and I can perfectly understand why…
- a serious brand should provide their customers with some actual technical data, and LL doesn't. they don't even give the name of the LEDs thay use (Cree XR-E, by the way...)
- there's a lumen war going on, with new LED models and new ways to push them to the limits… LL is stuck around the 200 lm area and new models push the limit farther by 5 lm steps…
- LL just entered the path of light regulation, but every other brand is already years ahead
- The last really "new" technology LL researched was their patent variable focus that appeared at least 4 or 5 years ago. And they're still living on it.
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