I was building a lot of lights for the brothers R some years back when they built their own light box and calibrated it with a very large collection of name brand ANSI rated lights. They built me one to use as a benchmark in the building of their lights. I was using this P-Trap light box long before anyone here had a Sphere. When Maukka got his sphere and offered to build calibration lights it was in an effort to bring everyone together, a chance to be on the same page as it were. I was comfortable with my light box as it matched factory lights quite closely over the years, but people griped and complained and whined and moaned so to get compliant and find some peace and quiet I quiesced and addressed the modern times.
I am sure that now I will consistently be under the factory ANSI ratings, but I have come to realize that the masses at BLF believe far more in Maukka’s sphere than in MaxToch’s, or Nitecore’s, or Fenix’s, or… well, you get the picture. I was within accepted levels of deviation before, but slightly on the high side of that standard by the measurements of some companies, now I will be as much or more on the low side it seems. And so it goes… I have lowered my standards to be compliant with the masses, effectively insulting the level of work that two people I respect and admire did in the building and calibrating of my light box.