[Texascavers] Lumens ?

2010-09-16 Thread John P Brooks
I have a question for you engineers.   The Sten light power brightness summary :   http://www.stenlight.com/fact-sheet.htm   States that on TURBO setting with no limiting the LUMEN output is 140 lumens...and at the top of the chart it says the units are LUMENS 2 ( squared).   What does that

Re: [Texascavers] Lumens ?

2010-09-16 Thread Keith Goggin
is really 10 times brighter (wonder how long that one lasts?). Keith From: John P Brooks jpbrook...@sbcglobal.net To: Texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Thu, September 16, 2010 1:19:20 PM Subject: [Texascavers] Lumens ? I have a question for you engineers. The Sten

Re: [Texascavers] Lumens ?

2010-09-16 Thread Charles Goldsmith
John, I've never used the Sten, but I recently picked up one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Fenix-Level-225-Lumen-Headlamp and love it. It doesn't have a diffuser on this light, so it has quite the beam on it, but they do make a decent diffuser that will snap onto the light which works well for

Re: [Texascavers] Lumens ?

2010-09-16 Thread zachrbroussard
- Aggie Speleological Society - Original Message - From: John P Brooks jpbrook...@sbcglobal.net To: Texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 1:19:20 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [Texascavers] Lumens ? I have a question for you engineers. The Sten light

Re: [Texascavers] Lumens ?

2010-09-16 Thread Diana Tomchick
If you really want a kick-a** light, get a Scurion 1300 lamp head. They claim to be 1300 lumens on the high setting. They make Sten lights look like wussy Maglites. http://www.scurion.ch/jm/ You can buy a bike holder as an option, or an orienteering head strap. They're also more waterproof

Re: [Texascavers] Lumens ?

2010-09-16 Thread Joe Datri
I have the Scurion K, which puts out 1200 lumens on the high setting. Its the best thing ever, and blows away the sten. Sten users I have caved with nicknamed it the Scary - on I use a cell phone screen protector on the glass face, this way I don't scratch the glass. -Joe On Thu, Sep 16, 2010