PS. I just wanna be sure I’m not being TRULY ABSURD here which would truly be against my general historical nature.
PSS*. “Enquiring Minds” cuz my wife has been reading The National Enquirer on-line for the past year. Lately I’ve noticed her IQ has dropped about 30 points. :student:
Very strange wide beam for an aspheric, judging by the pictures.
A lot of bladibla in the description too.
Highly unpractical looking light, especially the cooling, looks very fragile.
Other than that, it’s radical !
I would want to have the lens.
In all, it’s unique and (more or less) hand built.
I’m not gonna buy it though.
U cood play with it by yerself or with a partner. Or at minimum light up the entire SIDE of a mountain 1.22 miles away. I don’t think even Engleman does that kind of sh*t.
Note that it’s 8000 emitter lumens. Only 6000 out the front.
The light itself has a plastic body with what appears to be a PC heat sink on it. I wonder how durable or water resistant it is. Also that heat sink might get very hot. Be careful not to touch it.
On the upside, sustaining 6000 lumens is quite impressive. And because the body of the light is not made of metal, this light might be a lot lighter and easier to carry around than similar class lights from other manufacturers.
Yeah well it certainly made a reasonably skeptical impression on me. It appears their “compound optical system” conceivably gives a healthy run against wavier collars and laser LEDs - especially in the long down range flood aspects.
Patented or not? If not maybe sumone cood buy one for the team and reverse engineer it just like a good eastern country engineer wood.
Then again maybe Engleman isn’t impressed so why bother. Maybe just a relatively simple TIR hybrid. IDK.
Either way if performance specs reality true they got one heck of an Engleman-type working there fer shure.
PS. Of course I wood never advocate a BLFer to reverse engineer anything for profit unless legitimately legal.
Anyway, the main obstacles to building this yourself would be: need a large host to start. Then, a very large lens and precollimator. Next, focus it all properly. Finally, cool the LED. The price doesn’t seem unreasonable, though I have some design concerns.