gnappi
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I have a fishing bow with a rail mount for night fishing snake heads and Tilapia. I currently have an Olight PL-2 1200 Lumen Valkyrie on it and it looked VERY similar to the Olight Baldr at 1350 lumens with the EXACT same battery arrangement but with a green laser to try out on skittish fish. Side by side testing revealed that not only is the Baldr substantially dimmer than the Valkyrie, the Baldr has a far narrower lit field, is decidedly yellowish in color AND the Baldr does not accommodate rechargeable 16340/RCR123A cells making it an expensive light to feed with batteries.
The Baldr went back. I can only guess that nowadays the flashlight makers are playing around with the light output claims. They wrote me back and did not address the dim output compared to the claims only saying the LED color bin is different.
Real pic attached with the exact same fully charged pair of Nitecore batteries and CR123 not rechargeable in the Baldr (I swapped them several times with correct new 16340 and CR123 batteries to make sure) Valkyrie left, Baldr right.
It pays to have a light to compare against because specs can be deceiving.
The Baldr went back. I can only guess that nowadays the flashlight makers are playing around with the light output claims. They wrote me back and did not address the dim output compared to the claims only saying the LED color bin is different.
Real pic attached with the exact same fully charged pair of Nitecore batteries and CR123 not rechargeable in the Baldr (I swapped them several times with correct new 16340 and CR123 batteries to make sure) Valkyrie left, Baldr right.
It pays to have a light to compare against because specs can be deceiving.
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