Thought I’d write a review of the Jaxman E3 UV light that turned up today as I’ve not seen one anywhere else.
My first review, so will not be up to a great standard. Forgive me.
This is my first UV light, bought for tracking Rodent Pee and Luminesent Powder, and i don’t have any 18650’s or supporting equipment, so on BLF recommendation, went this way to keep prices down.
Anyway:
Rear button Clicky, a Single AA form UV light (Speced 365nm) with Visible light filter. Ordered via AliExpress.
I’ve not pulled the pill yet, need a proper extractor, but not sure i can be fussed at the moment.
General:
Seems reasonably built, O-Rings provided at lens, Front section, and Button Section. No obvious greasing though.
O-Ring in front of the lens is UV reactive in Green.
Visible Output is pretty low, but enough to slowly, carefully wander around a pitch black loft looking for UV reactive stuff.
UV reaction is blinding on white. However, i’ve not been successful in finding Rodent Pee, which has really surprised me as i’ve managed to catch 12 mice so far, so seriously expected some reaction. Loads of other Green, Blue and Red reactive stuff found - spiders, algae/moss, bug shells, white cabling etc, but no mouse pee.
I’ve tried it on a recyclable AA, and a lithium AA, seems a minor difference, so assuming direct drive, but not sure until i pull the pill out.
In the second action shot, you can see the green cast given by the UV reactive o-ring - At close enough range, this can be enough to swamp any reactions.
LED details - unknown, haven’t pulled the pill, and can’t see with the visible filter in place!
Onto the pics - Apologies, I can’t find my SLR, so the photo’s aren’t great.
“action shots”
and
Torch in question:
In Pieces:
Thread detail:
Tail detail - Central spring!
Throw/Flood at ~50cm from a white netting curtain.
If you there is any questions about it, or anything you want me to try out, let me know and i’ll try and do it.