MICRO 1W FOCUSABLE LED FLASHLIGHT

Micro 1W Focusable LED Flashlight, retail $39.95 (http://www.ledtronics.com...)
Manufactured by LEDTronics (www.LEDTronics.com)
Last updated 07-15-11




The Micro 1W Focusable LED Flashlight is a super bright, small handheld LED flashlight in a metal body. It has a bright 1 watt white LED behind a positive (magnifying) lens - the bezel (head) can be moved in and out to allow for focusing the flashlight's beam as you see fit.

It feeds from 3 AAA cells held in a side-by-side carriage in the flashlight's barrel, and is turned on & off with a rubberised pushbutton on the end of the tailcap.


SIZE



Use this flashlight much you'd use many others: press the rubberised button on the tailcap firmly until it clicks and then release it to turn it on.
Do the same thing to turn this flashlight back off.


Now comes the interesting part.
The beam width is adjustable simply by grasping the barrel with one hand, and the bezel (head) with the other.
Pull them apart to cause the beam width to narrow; and push them together to widen the beam.


This flashlight comes with a nylon belt holster; the flashlight fits this holster bezel-up (head-up); a flap with hook-and-loop fastener folds over the top to help prevent loss of the flashlight while you're running or when you get yourself in a pickle (jammed in a narrow doorway, for instance).
This holster is designed to fit belts up to ~1.8" wide; however since I don't own or use pants that require a belt, I cannot test this accessory in the manner in which it was intended to be used.



To change the batteries in your Micro 1W Focusable LED Flashlight, unscrew and remove the tailcap, dash it to the ground, and stomp on it with spiked golf shoes...O WAIT!!! YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.

Tip the black plastic battery carriage out of the barrel and into your hand. If necessary, remove and dispose of or recycle the used cells if they are present in this carriage.

Insert three new AAA cells into the carriage, one in each compartment. Orient each cell so the flat-end (-) negative faces a spring for it in its compartment.

Once the carriage is full, insert it into the flashlight's barrel, aiming it so the more "pointy" metal contact on one end goes in first. Screw the tailcap back on, and be done with it.
Aren't you glad you didn't stomp on that tailcap now?

Current usage measures 821mA on my DMM's 4A scale.



This flashlight appears at least fairly durable, and it is!!! When I performed that terrible smack test on it (ten whacks against the concrete floor of a patio: 5 smacks against the side of the bezel and 5 smacks against the side of the tailcap), only some rather minor damage was found. There is some minor gouging to the bare Metaldarktyrannomon - er - the bare Metalarukenimon - um that's not it either...the bare Metalmalomyotismon...er...uh...wait a sec here...THE BARE METAL (guess I've been watching too much Digimon again! Now I'm just making {vulgar term for poop} up!!! ) on the sides of the tailcap & bezel where it was struck.
No optical or electrical malfunctions were detected.

It is also waterproof and even submersible to shallow depths at minimum - it passed "The Suction Test" both on the back of the barrel and on the tailcap even when clicking the switch button several times while continuing to suction it.

The light's beam is focusable from a fairly narrow spot to a wide spot; very little corona or spill beam is present despite the beam's level of focus.

The only thing that pisses me off (if only just a little) about this flashlight is that the beam focus assembly moves perhaps a bit ***TOO*** easily. Your desired beam width will become lost by the simple act of placing this flashlight in its included holster.



Beam photograph (narrow beam) on the test target at 12".
Measures 6,010,000mcd on a Meterman LM631 light meter.
The very narrow beam accounts in large part for this high value.



Beam photograph (wide beam) on the test target at 12".
Measures 402,000mcd on a Meterman LM631 light meter.
I intentionally left this photograph uncropped to allow you to see the entire beam.



Beam photograph (narrow beam) on a wall at ~10 feet.



Beam photograph (narrow beam) at ~8 feet; magnified to allow you to see the beam shape.


Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of the LED in this flashlight.


Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of the LED in this flashlight;
newer spectrometer software & settings used.

USB2000 spectrometer graciously donated by P.L.


ProMetric analysis
Beam cross-sectional analysis (narrow beam setting).


ProMetric analysis
Beam cross-sectional analysis (wide beam setting).

That darker spot at the left-center in the second analysis
that queered the test is a defect in the ProMetric's CCD imager.
Images made using the ProMetric System by Radiant Imaging.





YourTube video allowing you to see the beam width adjusting from spot to flood.
Those moving red spots are from a Laserpod that was operating in the vicinity, and may safely be ignored.

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TEST NOTES:
Test unit was sent by my contact at LEDTronics on 06-14-08 and was received on the afternoon of 06-16-08.

Product was made in the United States.
A product's country of origin really does matter to some people, which is why I published it on this web page.


UPDATE: 00-00-00



PROS:
Very bright
Reasonably durable
Waterproof and even submersible to shallow depths
Easily adjustable beam width adjustment


CONS:
Beam adjustment is possibly ***TOO*** easy


    MANUFACTURER: LEDTronics
    PRODUCT TYPE: Small handheld flashlight
    LAMP TYPE: 1-watt white LED (LED type TBA - I do not recognise the die configuration)
    No. OF LAMPS: 1
    BEAM TYPE: Variable focus from narrow spot to wide spot
    SWITCH TYPE: Pushbutton on/off on tailcap
    CASE MATERIAL: Anodized aluminum
    BEZEL: Metal; LED & optic protected by domed lens
    BATTERY: 3xAAA cells
    CURRENT CONSUMPTION: 821mA
    WATER- AND PEE-RESISTANT: Yes
    SUBMERSIBLE: Yes, to shallow depths at minimum
    ACCESSORIES: Batteries, belt holster, wrist lanyard
    WARRANTY: 1 year

    PRODUCT RATING:

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