Jewel addiction wrote:I was in Lech. with Dave, and yes the light did perform very very well, but I would never say that it "blinded" any Sten user. We compared the two lights side by side in the Keel Hall (a very large room) The "Manly light" haha, as I called it all week, was brighter, but not so much that it made a difference. I would be really interested in purchasing one of your lights if I could get just a couple modifications made to make it suited for my caving style.
And good work there; that climb looked crazy!
I'm glad Dave didn't actually blind anyone. The Sten puts out a very respectable 400ish lumens, and really, that more than bright enough most of the time. The Manley Light (I should just give in and start calling it that) is 2-2.5 times as bright. With the logarithmic scale of the eye, you can tell it's brighter, but not so much as to frighten you. If you put the flood module in and crank it up to 2000, it's pretty startling.
You cave faster and lighter than I do, which makes me think you want a smaller battery pack (doable!) for Jewel. Just let me know what you want; I'll see what I can do.
Kevin