Thanks Rey, that’s good to hear. BTW, when is the light coming out?
It’s a great light and am glad to be able to review it here. I’ve done a lot of reviews on CPF, but have been on a bit of a break. This is my first review on BLF!
Thanks for the comments guys/gals, I appreciate it.
ToyKeeper, it’s about the same size as the Thrunite T10T but a lot heavier.
The glow material was originally purchased from Korea through eBay. The seller no longer sells it so I’m unsure as to where to get more. I use it for triple optic glow stickers (That I sell on CPF) and I put it in most of my lights where I can.
When is your better half’’s birthday? Buy a nice electronic kitchen scale with a 1 gram precision, like I have done.
And show the world that not all of your money is selfishly spend on your own hobby.
Nice Review Gunga, thanks for all your hard work! It’s a really thorough presentation of the light, with the pros and cons impartially stated. (I also enjoyed reading Dale’s review, with its many, precise close-up pictures.)
Brass material and more complex machining aside, I can’t help but compare the Pineapple’s modes and functionality with L3 Illumination L10C/11C. Having several of the latter already, I don’t think that I’ll spend my loot on the former… but if I was in the market for a brass AA light, this would certainly be a tempting choice, at a bargain price.
No argument there, though I thankfully have had no such issues. Also, the clicky switch on the L10C/L11C is not my favorite, and just from looking at the pictures in this review, it seems like the overall build quality of the L10C/L11C is not comparable to this light. I was just looking at emitter/tint quality, and output levels.
The glow material is a glow sticker I purchased from eBay (I got two colours). Unfortunately the seller no longer sells it so I’m unsure of where to get more It’s nice, seems fairly heat resistant and glows a long time.
I punch or cut the rings out myself and use it on most of my lights where possible (and sell it for triple optics).
I also bought some glow tape for more variety in colours, it’s vinyl and is more soft and does not glow as long.
I recently saw this light on Massdrop and wasn’t able to buy a couple before the quota was met. Luckily that allows me time to do some research. How is the light holding up? Are you polishing it or allowing patina to take over? I’d like to see some pictures of how it looks now.
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Pwm on max too? I didn’t detect any but that was a visual check. What frequencies did you measure?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=maukka;4998042]2 kHz on low, mid and high. The duty cycle on high is so high that it is more difficult to see it. With low and medium the light shuts off between pulses for such a long time that it is easy to see.
And also the noise is there afterall on mid and high if you put your ear right next to the light. Can’t hear it on low.[/QUOTE]