Here’s is my full review on the Wuben G5. Im really interested in what you guys think of this light so let me know!
Oof. That’s depressing.
I can tell you from (thankfully former) firsthand experience working at a shop that made $$$ POS equipment (point-of-sale, 'though The Other Kind, too), that “specifications” are often just made up, and never tested.
I was charged with going through all their documentation/manuals on their products, and “harmonising” them. Ie, to put in all the specs of max/min temperature, humidity, etc. That included IPxx ratings.
I asked to see results of the tests they had done so I could make sure they’re all correct. Got told that they just take the specs of their competitors’ products and copy them. I literally went slack-jawed when I realised they were serious.
The owner, an “engineer” himself (who had zero clue that a “DB9” connector is actually a DE9 instead… some “engineer”) just mumbled some gibberish about “specs being on the parts, not the whole product”.
And apparently, this was Standard Practice, to literally just make up specs to sound good.
Not saying that Wuben specifically does this, but a lot of mfrs just throw together lights and copy specs, just like the brazillions of lights that boldly advertised “XML-T6”, not even having a clue that it’s actually “XM-L T6” and that that LED was already obsolescent, and the cheap Latticebright they stuck in there probably outspecced the XM-L T6 by then.
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Wow thats crazy… I certainly hope wuben isn’t doing that but thats why I like to do the testing that I do to confirm Manufacturers aren’t blatantly lieing to the consumer. Thanks for the info man!