Re: Replacing the optic and emitter in a new KL1 b
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thesurefire said:
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xpitxbullx said:
The stock lens is thicker than a UCL. You will have to find a way to make it fit snug.
Jeff
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I know this may not be up to standards, but I've been knowen to use sticky tact under a reflector or optic to make it fit correctly /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
As for bins, I'm pretty sure I've seen S binned L1's, but they are uncommon. I suspect somewhere around 95% are T bin, and the very rare few are U binned.
Cheapo, Flood is highly supeior the throw for using a light. It it utterly worthless to set a light down and try to fix something in the dark if it has a needle beam, not only can you not see what you are doing, but it will blind you as well. Look at an L4 for example, its a flood beam and is very very useful close up, but it will still throw pretty well out to about 40-50 feet, due to sheer brightness. I find it rare in real use that I ever need to see anything more then about 30 feet away, unless its a 'I wonder what that is' situation, but if that happens I'm usally at home and have easy accsess to spotlights /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif
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totally disagree, throw is not the end all nor is flood.
A light that does both is going to be versatile, and usable
in far many application's. i can't imagine paying money for a light that only give's 30 ft throw. Especially if your outside.
A KL-1 is a great light as is Q-III or L4 floodish light's, many people use a light in different way's, and
none is wrong, but i would think to most user's, a light that has a great balance between flood and throw is going to be used the most.
I love a tight beam (not a laser, not a X-1 type beam)
so the KL-1 does fine for me,It's beam DOES open up into a decent beam lighting up what your gonna be walking to with out having to pan back and forth and a HDS does even better because it has the throw of of a KL-1 and the a nice usable flood. Too many good light's out there to not have best of both. VDG