After you arrived at the springs did you place the light on moon mode and put it about 1 foot under water on a ledge to give the springs and eerie glow?
Nope, the water was too murky for that to work. However, I did swim around a bit with the light on a ~20lm level underwater, and I heard a few people remark about it. “Whoa, is that an underwater flashlight?!”
Really, it’s not remarkable. They sell waterproof flashlights at walmart. The interesting things about this light were traits that nobody seemed to notice, like the nice Nichia 219B tint.
hmmmm, dunno but a friend of mine has her watch
died because of using it in the hot spring. (rated at
50 m or so). the glass might not expand as
much as the metal and water might come in.
maybe the spring there is not that hot?
I’ve never had any trouble with water leaking into a watch, either… even cheap ones, and even in really hot water. However, I’ve had water damage the watch band several times… and I assume the water would eventually dry out and crack the light’s o-rings in the same manner, but this would take repeated exposure over a period of months.
There is a “freezer” test described in other thread by one of the members to test if the flashlight is waterproof:
- Take out the battery and unscrew tailcap to let air in
- Put the flashlight in freezer for few minutes
close the tailcap, take it out and put it in warm water 40…50C
The air inside will expand and if there is a leak you will see bubles going out of the flashlight. This way you can know for sure if your flashlight is waterproof in hot spring. And even if its not the expanding air won’t let water in unless you leave there for too long.
I like the drop it in a flooded farm row trick lol Then turn it on and see if it still works. I see they advertize these lights as weapons in a lot of sales. If you banged it around while it was hot- I wonder if the led would jump off the pcb xd I was just thinking about that cause that wouldn’t be a weapon- it would be like 60 dollars and you still get shot!
But no, seriously, light + water = win. Haven’t you ever taken a candle-lit bath? Marvelled at the way a fountain looks under a strobe light? Reflected light off the waves from just above the surface to amplify them up onto a wall like a giant watery sunset? Watched the source-reflective water droplets dance around the floor like a thousand little spheres of ball lightning?