Dorcy 45 Lumen Metal Gear Led Torch

[space cowboy]

Just got it last week.It is 45 lumens & the light is great on spot & spill. It has a Luxeon Led which is all white light. No blue spots at all. It is way too big for pocket EDC but, came with a nice nylon belt pouch. No dark rings at all. Just pure bright white light. Are all Luxeon's this way? 25 hours runtime on 3 AAA. Seems so far to be true. I really like it for outside use & the throw lights up the apple tree 50 yards away. The Dorcy part number is 41-4284. It is Metal Gear & built very rugged out of aluminum. The threads are smooth but,it is a tailcap clicky. So far, no problems. Sorry I cannot do pictures.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

This one?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Dorcy-45-Lumen-LED-Metal-Gear-Headlight/10828657

[cerbera147]

Think it might be this guy



http://www.dorcy.com/products.aspx?p=414284

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Think it might be this guy

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http://www.dorcy.com/products.aspx?p=414284

That's probably closer, yes

[Prof. Gadget]

  I bought a Dorcy 2 AA 45 lumen flashlight. It was a real piece of crap!!!! The threads on the focus was all  stripped. The lens wobbled on the light. I only used it less than a week

[space cowboy]

Thats the one thanks cerbera! The Metal Gear I have pictured is solid like a tank. Dorcy does make other lesser lights I would not touch much less buy.I think they will repair/replace a defective light. Dorcy Direct shipping was fast.. around 7 days. I like this Torch a lot! Other flashlight manufacturers also make good & crud lights IMHO. You do have to be careful when you select any light to keep from getting burned.

[NutSAK]

No dark rings at all. Just pure bright white light. Are all Luxeon's this way? 25 hours runtime on 3 AAA. Seems so far to be true.

Luxeons typically have a smooth beam, even with a smooth reflector.  The only high-flux emitter known to commonly shows artifacts in the beam is the Cree XR-E, and that shows up as a dark ring between the spot & spill.  This can be somewhat smoothed out with the use of a textured reflector, which also defocuses the spot slightly, reducing throw. 

Cree has remedied this more recently with the XP-E and XP-G emitters which are more current technology.  The current tech in emitters is much more efficient than a Luxeon, which can increase output, runtime, or both.  The Luxeon Rebel is competitive with the Cree XR-E and Seoul Semiconductor P4 in efficiency, but the Cree XP-E and XP-G emitters have surpassed Luxeon's current offerings.