2sparky
Newly Enlightened
WOW nice looking light flood and throw exellent!!
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On the plastic vs. metal reflector issue... a well-designed reflector with plastic supportive structure can be an EXCELLENT reflector, and many aluminum reflectors are mediocre at best. The choice of material among us enthusiasts, I believe, has historically centered around two things...
1. Many of us fashion things on a lathe, where aluminum is a natural choice... and some flashlight heads have integral reflectors (e.g., SureFire) in which the reflector is cut into the same piece of bar stock as the head itself... probably makes more economic sense for the manufacturer to do it this way.
2. We have largely taken our cue from the incandescent guys on reflectors... and they tended toward aluminum because plastic couldn't take the heat pumped out by a super hotwire bulb! oo:
In the LED world, though, we just don't generate enough heat to invalidate a plastic design, and given appropriate production equipment plastics can equal or exceed the reflective efficiency of an aluminum design, at a lower unit cost. There are also some things achievable in plastic that just aren't feasible in aluminum, such as having stepped feet on the underside of the reflector to facilitate centering, prevent twisting, and standardize the height at which the reflector sits above the emitter (for proper focus).
Also, to be fair, many plastic reflectors use plastic for the SUPPORTIVE STRUCTURE ONLY... the reflective surface itself is often a very thin polished aluminum layer with protective clearcoat to prevent oxidation.
Bottom line, there are good and bad reflectors in BOTH plastic AND aluminum... the material itself isn't enough to determine the quality!
First pictures of the newest monster...
The Milky Transgressor! 600+ lumen, 6 Rebels, Skull of Death, Titanium Bezel! Review will soon be posted!
Wowsa.
That's a nice one. Is the skull GITD?
First pictures of the newest monster...
The Milky Transgressor! 600+ lumen, 6 Rebels, Skull of Death (GITD around the skull), Titanium Bezel! Review will soon be posted!
Again my friend....I hate you.....:nana:
Is another week considered a reasonable timeframe? :laughing::candle:
Keith, I received your email, will reply in a moment.
2sparky and everyone else for that matter, I'd like to say I'll be in touch with you guys ASAP, too... and yes, a week is certainly reasonable for a polite reminder! I will readily admit that I'm not able to reply to everyone instantaneously, although somehow I have an irrational belief that I will in fact be able to do so. If you don't hear from me, please chalk it up to limited hours in the day, or my own forgetfulness, or some pressing matter that took priority, or even a spam blocker trapping your message... the intent is certainly there to get back to you though, there should never be a question of that.
Incidentally, here's a first peek at a light I just finished for Iocheretyanny, built into a host supplied by Cmacclel... I'll post a thread about it eventually but for now, a little eye candy...