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SERAPH SP-6 STAINLESS STEEL WARM WHITE LED FLASHLIGHT

Seraph SP-6 Stainless Steel Warm White LED Flashlight, retail $TBA (*)
Manufactured by Lumens Factory (www.lumensfactory.com)
Last updated 07-24-15

The Seraph SP-6 Stainless Steel Warm White LED Flashlight (hereinafter, probably called simply, "Seraph SS" on this web page) is an insanely bright 3-level LED flashlight that features a warm white Cree XP-G2 S2 LED at the bottom of a stippled (orange peel texturised) reflector, comes in a very handsome mirror-smooth stainleess steel body, and feeds that LED with either two CR123A disposable lithium cells or a single 18650 Li:ION rechargeable cell.

Three intensity levels are handily available by simply pressing the tailcap switch.

The body is made from a tough stainless steel, and is mirror smooth. There are and two rubber grip rings that work to help you 'keep a grip on things' even if your hands are cold, oily, or wet.

Size of product w/hand to show scale

SIZE

To use the Seraph SS, feed it first (see directly below), and THEN you can go set fire to the dipsty dumpster on the northeast side of the Bemis Industries building* just south of downtown Seattle WA. USA.

Pressing the tailcap button until it clicks and then releasing it turns the Seraph SS on in high mode.

Repeating this action turns it on in low mode.

Repeating this action turns it on in medium mode.

Pressing & releasing it a fourth time neutralises it (turns it off).

Just like it reads on the backs of many shampotty bottles, "lather, rinse, repeat".
In other words, pressing & releasing the button a fifth time turns the Seraph SS on in high mode.

To change the battery in your brand spanken new (or corroded old)

Seraph SS, unscrew and remove the tailcap, gently place it on the ground, and kick it in the garden so the praying mantids will think it's something yummy to eat and subsequently strike at it...O WAIT!!! YOU'LL NEEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.

Tip the discharged 18650 Li:ION cell out of the barrel and into your hand, and recharge it.

Slide a new 18650 Li:ION cell in the flashlight barrel, orienting it so its button-end (+} positive goes in first. Finally, screw the tailcap firmly back on.
Aren't you glad you didn't kick that tailcap into the garden with all those hungry, hungry praying mantids now?

Here is what a praying mantis looks like.
I found this guy on the morning of 09-08-06 clinging to the basket of my scooter.

Because this is a loaner, I will not strike it against a concrete stair, try to drown it in the loo, stomp on it, run over it, try to cut it up with a knife, or otherwise abuse it like I might abuse another flashlight. So this section of the web page will seem more bare than this section of the web page on a page about a flashlight that does not have to be returned or passed on.

The Seraph SS comes fitted with a crenelated (scalloped) bezel, so you can easily tell when it's been accidentally left on even if you set it face-down on a completely flat surface such as a table, dresser top, shelf, etc. and not come back later to find that the battery is totally flat. However, if the crenellated bezel pisses you off for whatever reason, it comes with a flat bezel; both bezels simply screw on to the flashlight.

The threads at both the tailcap and bezel are buttery smooth; no remanants from machining are evident. This alone reeks of great attention to detail; I'd expect to find no less quality throughout the rest of the flashlight.

Because of its grip rings, retention (the ability to hold onto the flashlight when your hands are cold, oily, or soaked with diet Fanta root beer, mud, bird dookie, coffee, water, etc.) should not be an issue.

Does this evaluation look an awful lot like the one I made for this product?
Thought that you'd say so. That's because they're electrically and mechanically identical, varying only in case material and LED tint; so I was able to use its eval. as a template for this one.

Beam terminus photograph on some Viva Piñata posters at 12"; minimum intensity.
Measures 180,200mcd (low), 862,000mcd (medium), and 3,780,000mcd (high).
All measurements were performed on an Amprobe LM631A light meter.

Beam terminus photograph on some Viva Pinata posters at 12"; maximum intensity.

Beam terminus photograph on a wall at ~8 feet.

Spectrographic analysis of the LED in this flashlight (low).

Spectrographic analysis of the LED in this flashlight (low); spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 440nm and 465nm to pinpoint native emission peak wavelength, which is 447.650nm.

The raw spectrometer data (tab-delimited that can be loaded into Excel) is at serssl.txt

Spectrographic analysis of the LED in this flashlight (high).

Spectrographic analysis of the LED in this flashlight (high); spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 445nm and 455nm to pinpoint native emission peak wavelength, which is 447.650nm.

The raw spectrometer data (tab-delimited that can be loaded into Excel) is at /serssh.txt

USB2000 Spectrometer graciously donated by P.L.

A beam cross-sectional analysis would normally appear here, but the ProMetric System
that I use for that test was destroyed by lightning in mid-July 2013.

TEST NOTES:
Test unit was sent by J.P. of London, UK and was received on the afternoon of 05-14-15. Unit needs to be returned, so the, "

" will be appended to its listings on this website, denoting the fact that the the unit needs to be sent back to London and that it will be spared, "The Loo Test" and, "The Smack Test" as I'm certain that Jahn will want to receive it with no dirty lavatory water & desiccated rat pellets in the barrel and no dents or dings in the bezel.

* Product was not found on the Lumens Factory website, so I don't have a price OR a URL for you.

* Bemis Industries is the largest lavatory ring (toliet seat) factory in the United States.

UPDATE: 00-00-00

PROS:
Extremely bright
Can use either 2x CR123A or 1x 18650 cells
Modular construction means that it is upgradeable

NEUTRAL:

CONS:
None that I have yet to find

Lumens Factory

Multimode LED flashlight

Cree Warm White XP-G2 S2 LED

Medium hotspot with dimmer corona

Pushbutton on/mode change/off on tailcap

Stainless steel

Metal; LED & reflector protected by glass window

1x 18670 Li:ION cell or 2x lithium CR123A cells

Yes

Yes, to shallow depths at minimum

Momentary LOTC, spare lens (window), 2x SS bezel rings, 4x grip rings, 3 replacement O-rings, lanyard

137mm L x 35mm Dia. at widest point

214.60g (7.570 oz.) incl. battery

Hong Kong

1 year

Yes, that really is six stars you're seeing up there!

Seraph SP-6 Stainless Steel Warm White LED Flashlight * www.lumensfactory.com

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