Hi all,
what is the favorite pen shaped light according to your experiance. Actually, instead of favorite i should say best performing maybe :) For example i found 4sevens preon 2 (having 160 lumen) Maybe there are others. And from which supplier i can buy the light having international free shipment?
HIJACK
My son just started EMT school and one of the required items is a penlight . He was told to buy an incandescent penlight because LEDs were too bright .
I privately feel that the color rendition also plays a role....
END HIJACK
To the OP , " best performing " is different for everyone ... But we haven't had a good penlight discussion in a while so I'm quite interested to see the responses here .
The Preon II is awesome, I've played with 2 (bought as gifts). The only negative would be it doesn't tailstand and isn't available in neutral or warm tints anymore. The button felt great to me.
Edit: One of the ones I bought was the warm version for my brother-in-law who is a doctor.
Hi, Jack! :P I got a penlight from my hospital stay that is made for the singular purpose of checking pupil response and it is an LED light.
tbenedict, where did you buy from preon 2?
They call that stealing ..:P
OR
One very expensive penlight..
Preon 2 is available from 4sevens with a 8% discount. I have been looking at the Tank007 E06 for some time now... only single-mode but a lot cheaper.
i found also 4sevens but, i think they don't have paypal :( and as you said E06 looks like a good alternative :) thanks for suggestion...
Here are the payment options of 4Sevens. Scruffy Dog seems to like it and there is also a small video on youtube.
Thank you again Vetrex,
i just ordered one:
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/tank007-e06-ssc-w42180u-ha-iii-170-lumen-led-flashlight-2-aaa-22935
i'm really sorry for your lost :)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/170627508104?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Ordered a few to try. I like the styling. Will do emitter replacements for sure if the tint is not decent.
What's not to like? The logo perhaps. On the other hand it's not a bright one 30lumens if real are more than enough for my desired need. Runtime wise better. :)
Maybe i'll put in my spare osram warm whites. :)
which emitters are suitable to increase its brightness. Could you give some advice?
Decent ones, osrams, cree... but depends what current the driver privide to be somewhat worthy. I have a junk AA light and have put an osram instead of a generic one i gained perhaps 30% brighness but the tint and beam was much more pleasant.
Just saw the post above, both of the ones I got were directly from 4Sevens. Going Gear is another real good vendor.