{"id":1416,"date":"2012-12-17T15:40:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T15:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2021-01-03T18:07:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T18:07:17","slug":"hexbright-one-flashlight-to-rule-them-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/funkboxing.com\/wordpress\/?p=1416","title":{"rendered":"Hexbright – One flashlight to rule them all"},"content":{"rendered":"

So here’s my review of the Hexbright<\/a> – Open Source Flashlight<\/p>\n

\u2022 It’s insanely bright. You really have no idea. Seriously impressive.
\n\u2022\u00a0Good and solid, yeah. Perfect fistful of flashlight but still goes in the pocket. It’s not a mace like a big maglight but you would not want to be cranked upside the head with this. You could drop it on a bare foot without fracturing anything, but you’d remember not to do it again.
\n\u2022\u00a0Battery life seems good. Haven’t stress tested but no complaints yet.
\n\u2022\u00a0Simple, rugged construction. Twist off end pulls all the guts out of the aluminum and you’ve got access to the board, battery and LED, no problem.
\n\u2022\u00a0Nice beam! The single LED and lens give a really unexpectedly beautiful spread. A little hot in the center but it is a flashlight…
\n\u2022\u00a0Color temperature – 5380K – just shy of daylight. Meter also showed a tiny green spike in high mode but not noticeable with the eye. Easily color corrected with a little gel.
\n\u2022 Programming – easy to get started (but to be fair I’m pretty experienced with Arduino). Just had to load the board file and I was off and running. Loaded a couple of examples and pretty soon I was adding code the factory firmware. This is where having a ‘programmable’ flashlight is really cool. So for instance I didn’t like the fact that I had do cycle from LOW-MED-HIGH to turn the light off. So I added some code to where a long press after LOW or MED will turn the light off. Lots more possibilities here.
\n\u2022 Overalll: It’s an amazing flashlight and it’s open-source! Get one!
\nImages<\/span>
\nCanon EOS 400D
\n1\/4 s | f\/4.0 | 28mm | ISO 400 | Daylight (5200K)
\nOFF | ULTRA-LOW | LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH<\/p>\n\n\t\t