{"id":1751,"date":"2009-11-22T21:47:44","date_gmt":"2009-11-22T20:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2009-11-22T22:02:09","modified_gmt":"2009-11-22T21:02:09","slug":"light2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/?p=1751","title":{"rendered":"Light2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another lighting issue has come my way, browsing through a Hong Kong based hardware webshop which ships in US$ and with no shipping cost. I just browsed and bought some stuff with good luck and high hopes for those cheap junk.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine my second surprise this week regarding LED lighting.<\/p>\n<p>See here the usual pocket LED light, which by now always had the same level of quality from everywhere I&#8217;ve looked. It does well in extreme darkness, but that&#8217;s about it.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\".\/pics\/led1.jpg\" alt=\"normal pocket LED\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See here the one I chose from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealextreme.com\/details.dx\/sku.1993\">that store<\/a>. I actually chose it for the penlite battery function (easier, since I want to use rechargeables), and the holster could&#8217;ve been handy.<br \/>\nBut now the comparing picture.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\".\/pics\/led2.jpg\" alt=\"Cree LED\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, this is the only pocket light that&#8217;s worthy of the name torch, I tell ya. The company brand is Cree, and they call this UltraFire, which I say is quite fitting. Unluckily, I have to wait another month for the next order to ship, since my sister decided she was the rightful owner of this one somehow.<br \/>\nFor a mere 7.50 euro, it&#8217;s really no question if I should by more.<\/p>\n<p>A misfire though, is this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dealextreme.com\/details.dx\/sku.1045\">pocket knife<\/a> from the same webshop.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\".\/pics\/knife.jpg\" alt=\"pocket knife\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s only sufficient for light duty though, until I replace my missing previous beloved Victorinox. But hey, it&#8217;s a mere 2.70 euro (about 1\/10th the price of the Victorinox)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another lighting issue has come my way, browsing through a Hong Kong based hardware webshop which ships in US$ and with no shipping cost. I just browsed and bought some stuff with good luck and high hopes for those cheap junk. Imagine my second surprise this week regarding LED lighting. See here the usual pocket [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kimputer.is-a-geek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}