Does this one work well?
Ive been considering one for checking my automotive ACâs. Well, thats the excuse really but it would need to do that well for the excuse to work.
I have never tried it with the refrigerant dyes, but it works much better than 380 nm on bank notes. The output on two cells is much higher than with one cell.
Cheers for that. It seems to be a consistent view of the KD with 2x 18650s. Im just not sure how well the 365 does 390nm dyes (the range of the dyes is supposed to be around 390nm). I read 365nm will do better fluorescing dies requiring 390nm than a 380 will do fluorescing dies requiring 365nm. But I dont know how well that translates to being the 365nm is great for the job of AC investigative light at 390-400 or whatever it is.
I have a 380 nm drop-in that came as a package deal in a SKY RAY S-R5 host. I is better on many common items, but puts out a lot of visible light. Performs better when wearing orange or yellow glasses to block much of the visible light.
I have a L2m with KD 365nm UV drop-in and two 18350 cells. It works quite well, and indeed does have much higher output on two cells.
It performs much better on all objects than a 375nm 12-LED light I got a couple years ago, but I suspect itâs not actually 375nm. Way too much visible light, and even with yellow glasses it doesnât fluoresce a lot of items which are very bright under a 365nm light.
In any case, thatâs my only P60. The form factor is a bit weird, but itâs a great way to host odd drop-ins. Itâs also my only forward clicky, and I wouldnât really want a forward clicky on any other light. With UV though, itâs nice to just briefly flash the thing to see what stands out, without draining the batteries much. I get a run time of only an hour (maybe 80 minutes), so I donât want to leave it on for long.