When I have done longer throw tests, I’ve set up a point and shoot camera near the meter and video’d the test. Then it was easy to go back and see exactly what the meter was reading as I went through the modes and moved the light around.
Forget my noob question but I am looking for some suitable batteries for my (soon to arrive TN42), could someone give me some pointers? Looking through this thread it seems that I should look for button top batteries (instead of flat top batteries) with a capacity of 3000+mAh but I cannot figure out what the minimal maximal continuous discharge current should be (e.g. 15A).
Have you ever actually bought anything from GearBest so that you are speaking from your own experience, or would you just be repeating “something you heard”?
Shipping times have always been very good, to outright amazingly fast!
Pretty much ‘Free Shipping’ also, a couple of time I paid under a dollar for a “faster time”.
Never bought insurance, never paid for a tracking number.
The only issue I have ever had was with my very first order with GearBest.
I had a L6 arrive DOA, just the breaks of the game; not GearBest fault.
One short email/PM with customer service and I had a complete refund and $10 worth of points placed in my account, for my trouble they said; in less than 24 hours too!!!
The L6 was out of stock, so I just reordered in a few days when it was re-stocked.
Oh, and you happened to mention the TN 42 in your comment.
Just so happens I got my TN42 from GearBest. It took a whopping 4 days to get from China to Southwest Alabama.
Not to shabby as far as I am concerned. :+1:
Now I completely realize this may not be representative of everyone’s experience.
BUT, it sure is my experience that covers 22 orders in the last 10 months or so.
When ALL of your high output (big reflector) lights are measured so low, whon’t you think it might be due to the way you measure, the distance, or the light meter itself?
I bought an Extech 450HD because my LX1330B was……unreliable to say the least. Depending on battery voltage it would measure either to high or to low, or constantly dropping during testing.
The Extech is very reliable, although it measures around 10% lower then Djozz’ Gossen Mobilux.
Knowing that, I can compensate.
Just giving you my experience with throw measurements.
Yeah it is amazing to see how far the manufacturers have come. This light still puts them 200-300Kcd away from the DEFT-X. They still have a fair ways to go to catch up to my Victor Enthusiast though;) 1.3Mcd. But then I’m on the move again. Working on a new class of throwers.
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As I understand,most of us have the cheap HS1010A LCD Digital Light Meter.Have you compared your Extech meter with this cheapie?
I have two of them,one HS1010 plus a HS1010A one, and I see that they give the same reading for a light,which I think says something about their reliability.
Has anybody observed their NW TN42 to appear pretty warm? Is that sure evidence that the LED is being overdriven? Does that mean the CW will look NW instead?