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(26 customer reviews) 50 of 57 people found the following review helpful
The best compact size LED flashlight.,
November 9, 2004 T. Wong "Misbehave" - See all my reviews
This review is from: Inova X1MT-WB X1 AA-Battery Powered Flashlight with 2-Watt LED, Black (Electronics)
Before going into my review of this flashlight, you first need to ask yourself what do you need this flashlight for. Do you just need a simple and reliable flashlight, doesn't matter what kind of technology it uses? Or you need a super bright flashlight? Or do you want a flashlight that can reach very far?
You will have to ask these question because LED flashlight is different from conventional flashlight. If you want a flashlight that can reach very far, stop reading this review and go get yourself a Mag-Lite with the Xenon bulb. Cause LED flashlight doesn't reach as far as a good conventional bulb flashlight. However, within the designated working distance (a.k.a focal point) of the LED flashlight, the brightness of a conventional flashlight is usually no match to the LED flashlight.
Now we have gotten this issue out of the way, lets get on with my review of this product.
The X1 is the best compact size LED flashlight that use conventional type of battery, one...Read more
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Impressive product,
January 31, 2006 Tony the Geek "Tony" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Inova X1MT-WB X1 AA-Battery Powered Flashlight with 2-Watt LED, Black (Electronics)
The primary advantage of using a flashlight with a LED bulb over incandescent is battery drain. The LED lights simply give you a lot more battery mileage. The disadvantage of LED bulbs is they don't provide the brightness of incandescent. Manufacturers have attempted to remedy the brightness drawback by packing absurd numbers of LED bulbs into their flashlights; there appears to be some sort of competition to see who can pack the most LED bulbs into a flashlight head! The obvious folly of this is that the more LEDs the flashlight contains, the faster the batteries will drain; which erases the primary advantage of buying a LED flashlight in the first place! No doubt some of the multi-LED flashlights currently on the market are bigger battery hogs than some incandescents.
Which brings us to the Inova X1. FINALLY someone has given us a LED flashlight that holds its own among incandescents. Featuring just one LED bulb, this thing produces a beam that's superior to any of the...Read more
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Updated model a disappointment, but still a good light.,
July 24, 2007 J. Dong - See all my reviews
This review is from: Inova X1MT-WB X1 AA-Battery Powered Flashlight with 2-Watt LED, Black (Electronics)
First off, this light has been through SEVERAL generations, all under the "X1" name. The original one had an optical lens, and created this ultra-bright circle (spotlight) that's about 2ft wide at 7 feet. That's it. It's like looking at the world through a hole of a hole punched paper. This is long gone now.
The second generation was in 2006-ish, when they switched from optics to a more traditional reflector. This version was very good -- the best flashlight in my opinion. The light was both intense and had great spread, and addressed a lot of the issues people had with not being able to see anything outside the little light spot. It got an amazing 10hrs of battery life; my personal tests showed around 8hrs then it started dimming.
However... as of May 07 Inova has switched LED's in this light. The new one (boasted as the 2.0W, it's a Luxeon LED of sorts) is about twice as bright as the old one, though our perception of brightness is on a logarithmic scale, so we...Read more
