Jerry and I used Luxeon in our adventures. Luxeon stars are limiting
because the star heatsink sometimes prevents use of a good parabolic
reflector e.g. the Everready lantern for less than $5.

A Luxeon III emitter, suitably mounted on a machined aluminum stud
projecting into the very inexpensive but quite good parabolic
reflector on the Everready lantern, blows the sox off of anything the
MagLite folks offer by quite a bit. It'll shine a raccoon at 100
meters with no problem.



On 16 Aug 2004 16:20:53 GMT, (GTO69RA4) wrote:

There are much better things on the market. Very high output Luxeon Star LED
drop-in conversion kits have been available for Mini Mags for few years. Much
brighter light than the original Mag bulb. And they're cheap for the class of
flashlight you get after the conversion. Lets you use the original AAs in
either alkaline or rechargable.

You can also get the Streamlight Jr. LED (better than a converted Mini Mag) for
around $30.

GTO(John)