Ken,
Like you, I like the modern flashlights for brilliance and compactness.
However, I also recall the originals. My dad had a 3 D-cell light from
as far back as I can remember.
However, the real "Shilleagh" is the Ray-O-Vac Sportsman that was owned
by my late father-in-law. This thing has 5 D-cells and weighs 2 1/4
pounds. I throws a hot beam as far as I can see it. (It is also a
corrosion magnet. :-( ).
http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Ray-O-Vac+Sportsman.tif.html
Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA
On 8/25/2015 10:53 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
A programmable flashlight?? I suppose you have to have a candle handy to
read the instructions when the lights go out ;)
It uses what they call the "Ten Tap" system. It's a little odd, but it
works. In the case of this flashlight, there are several selectable
programs. The three modes are High, Low and Strobe. The selectable
programs give you the combination of modes that you want. I have mine
set up so a single press of the button gives me low. Two presses
within a half second or so gives me high.
The clarity of light and color temperature from this light is very
good. As I tried out model and brand of light this one stood out as
being the best. There were some really high-end lights that were even
better, but they were over $250. I was quite impressed with the
forensic ones, though. One of them allowed you to change between three
UV wavelengths with a press of the button. Not that I'm really
interested in looking for cooties in the bed sheets, though.
I really would recommend trying out each flashlight and it is very
helpful to be able to do A/B comparison tests. One will spec out
better than another, but when you actually use them you'll see how the
beam patterns are different, the color temperature is different and
even the ergonomics of the light are different. This is why I ended up
with the model I did. At the low power setting (35 lumens), it gave
the effectiveness of lower cost lights in the 150-200 lumen range.
Effectiveness to MY human eyeball. If the quality of light is poor, it
takes a lot more of those lumens to make the eyeball happy. Most of
the lower-cost lights are so bluish that my eyes end up with the focus
shift problem. On high beam, this light is certainly "white".
Another issue that I saw with many of the lights is flickering. When
on a reduced output, the LEDs flicker a bit. It's a high-frequency
oscillator in the circuit and the LED lights actually strobe at a very
high frequency. I can see this with LED taillights and headlights on
cars and I see it with these flashlights. By increasing the phosphor
on the LED, Streamlight has managed to warm the light up more and also
smooth it out. These are things you normally wouldn't notice without a
direct comparison.
We've been buying some LED lights for the house to replace the CFs as
they croak. This flashlight produces a better light than ANY of the
house bulbs we've bought so far.
AG
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