Kwirky
Aug 14th, 2008, 02:25 AM
For the rest of the month, Photon Light are offering free shipping (Canada included).
http://www.photonlight.com/
If you're not sure about their products, here's a review (http://www.dansdata.com/pfree.htm) of their Photon Freedom Micro and Micro-Light II, quote:
Compared with the flea market/eBay knockoff lights, Photons are expensive. Heck, compared with the knockoff lights, tea bags are expensive.
Some teeny-tiny gadgets are made to be lost, but keyring lights are made to be attached to your, um, keyring. If you lose that, it probably won't matter too much more to you that you also lost a $20 light rather than a $1 one.
And, in absolute terms, for a keyring light that'll work when you need it and lets you easily replace the batteries, the Photon II's a better deal than its clones.
The Freedom Micro's the real bargain, though. More accessories, a bunch of fancy modes, and the ability to easily use the light at battery-and-night-vision-saving low brightness when you're not trying to impress people, all for only five bucks extra.
It'll probably be a while before the cheapo-lights have LEDs as bright as the new Nichia whites. The knockoffs use off-brand LEDs, and none of their manufacturers have ripped off Nichia's new developments yet.
So there's that, too.
[affiliate reference redacted]
Feel free to hunt around for a better deal if you like, though (beware of people unloading stock of the old dimmer white models). I don't mind. Any way you can get hold of one of these great little things is fine with me.
Highly recommended.
http://www.photonlight.com/
If you're not sure about their products, here's a review (http://www.dansdata.com/pfree.htm) of their Photon Freedom Micro and Micro-Light II, quote:
Compared with the flea market/eBay knockoff lights, Photons are expensive. Heck, compared with the knockoff lights, tea bags are expensive.
Some teeny-tiny gadgets are made to be lost, but keyring lights are made to be attached to your, um, keyring. If you lose that, it probably won't matter too much more to you that you also lost a $20 light rather than a $1 one.
And, in absolute terms, for a keyring light that'll work when you need it and lets you easily replace the batteries, the Photon II's a better deal than its clones.
The Freedom Micro's the real bargain, though. More accessories, a bunch of fancy modes, and the ability to easily use the light at battery-and-night-vision-saving low brightness when you're not trying to impress people, all for only five bucks extra.
It'll probably be a while before the cheapo-lights have LEDs as bright as the new Nichia whites. The knockoffs use off-brand LEDs, and none of their manufacturers have ripped off Nichia's new developments yet.
So there's that, too.
[affiliate reference redacted]
Feel free to hunt around for a better deal if you like, though (beware of people unloading stock of the old dimmer white models). I don't mind. Any way you can get hold of one of these great little things is fine with me.
Highly recommended.