For those comparing the Nukit Torches to the Aerolamp, please understand that they are designed for very different uses: the Torch is portable, battery operated and made to be safe for skin and eye at close range and for extended duration, where as the Aerolamp is clearly for (semi-) permanent use in larger areas and NOT up close to people’s faces.
These differences matter!
Also, for larger areas, there is another light from Nukit, the Lantern, with comparible output to the Aerolamp.
Lamp-Life : this is an unclear metric at this moment. Nukit estimates 2-4k hours and is cautious to not overstate the lifespan. For the other manufacturers I cannot be sure. Fact is that lamp manufacturers use a number where an x% of lamps can fail before they determine the life time. So if that x% is 50% , 500 of a total of 1000 lamps can fail during 14.000 lamp hours and the lifetime will still be rated as “14.000 hours”….. meanwhile, some lamps will fail after 500-1000-2000-4000 etc hours…
Not knocking the Lantern at all, but I have to correct you there—Lantern outputs ~30 mW, Aerolamp outputs 100 mW.
But yes, I’m excited for the V2 Torches! They could be a really great portable solution. Aerolamp can be used portably but I’d really prefer that people only do that if they’re going to put it 8+ feet up and not just leave it on a countertop...
It’s a fair point about nonparametric lamp failures. We aren’t really seeing many of them with the ushio bulb+ballast but you never know—this industry is young and there’s lots to learn
For those comparing the Nukit Torches to the Aerolamp, please understand that they are designed for very different uses: the Torch is portable, battery operated and made to be safe for skin and eye at close range and for extended duration, where as the Aerolamp is clearly for (semi-) permanent use in larger areas and NOT up close to people’s faces.
These differences matter!
Also, for larger areas, there is another light from Nukit, the Lantern, with comparible output to the Aerolamp.
Lamp-Life : this is an unclear metric at this moment. Nukit estimates 2-4k hours and is cautious to not overstate the lifespan. For the other manufacturers I cannot be sure. Fact is that lamp manufacturers use a number where an x% of lamps can fail before they determine the life time. So if that x% is 50% , 500 of a total of 1000 lamps can fail during 14.000 lamp hours and the lifetime will still be rated as “14.000 hours”….. meanwhile, some lamps will fail after 500-1000-2000-4000 etc hours…
Not knocking the Lantern at all, but I have to correct you there—Lantern outputs ~30 mW, Aerolamp outputs 100 mW.
But yes, I’m excited for the V2 Torches! They could be a really great portable solution. Aerolamp can be used portably but I’d really prefer that people only do that if they’re going to put it 8+ feet up and not just leave it on a countertop...
It’s a fair point about nonparametric lamp failures. We aren’t really seeing many of them with the ushio bulb+ballast but you never know—this industry is young and there’s lots to learn