charliek
Enlightened
Ran across a PT Impact XL at Ramsey Outdoor store- and with a bit of a financial faux-pas, I blew my budget and got one (flashaholic in action). Got it home, and in a dark room..... Not happy.
The 1W Luxeon LED is nowhere NEAR the brightness of the Brookstone 1W luxeon I had purchased last week.... it's brighter than my 2AA CMG reactor.... but with double the battery power I'd expect it to be. The beam is not smooth- a strange star pattern surrounds the central spot, and a strange dark ring is about 7/8 of the way to the edges of the aurora. The 1W led looks very much like an "Everled".
One thing in it's favor- the beam has a very true white color.
I'm pissed... thinking of bringing the darn thing back. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
The 1W Luxeon LED is nowhere NEAR the brightness of the Brookstone 1W luxeon I had purchased last week.... it's brighter than my 2AA CMG reactor.... but with double the battery power I'd expect it to be. The beam is not smooth- a strange star pattern surrounds the central spot, and a strange dark ring is about 7/8 of the way to the edges of the aurora. The 1W led looks very much like an "Everled".
One thing in it's favor- the beam has a very true white color.
I'm pissed... thinking of bringing the darn thing back. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif