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Voltax utility light $4 (900 Lumens! ?)

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[Dollarama] Voltax utility light $4 (900 Lumens! ?)

Was looking for a small LED light for some close up photography, found these nice lights at Dollarama! Super bright and has the batteries... Saw spots for a minute in store lol... Has a stand, hook and a magnet for multiple ways of placement.

Looks like it's a rebrand of the I-zoom :

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Thanks, OP.
The 900 lumens claim is unrealistic, but it does put out a very useful amount of light.
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Thanks. I got the CAT portable work lights from Costco for the same purpose but those were only 500 Lumens and needed 4xAA but they claim to have a longer reach of 25m.

Be interested to see how bright they are in comparison in the real world, but these are probably more defused with the multiple leds, which could be good or bad.
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The 3 "AAA"s kill it for me and safety warning at 1:30 mark of video, so keep away from kids.
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Got a lux meter at work, tempted to test it out...
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900 lumens is a lie
3AAA batteries could only sustain it for a few minutes even assuming the voltage sag doesn't kill the output
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For OP purpose, i am more interested about the light quality if more than one is used. i.e. colour temperature consistency.
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I saw this last weekend but didn't pick it up. It's very bright..
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dasiuyan wrote: For OP purpose, i am more interested about the light quality if more than one is used. i.e. colour temperature consistency.
Its a very cheap light, the CRI is going to suck and the chips are probably whatever was cheap that day from the supplier.
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Just bought two at the store in St Jacobs. Definitely cheap and bright. Should be great in the vehicle as way to brighten things under the hood if stopped at the side of the road. Just a couple of units left in the cheap tools aisle.
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cbrute wrote: Just bought two at the store in St Jacobs. Definitely cheap and bright. Should be great in the vehicle as way to brighten things under the hood if stopped at the side of the road. Just a couple of units left in the cheap tools aisle.
For your purpose, may be a good idea to remove the batteries. Just in case, it drains while it's off. No point of having flashlight with dead battery when you need it.
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Might as well get one of these for my car.
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Quentin5 wrote: Its a very cheap light, the CRI is going to suck and the chips are probably whatever was cheap that day from the supplier.
I agree, LED lights often have pretty bad CRI even if they are sold as photography lights. I've never seen a cheep LED panel with good quality light. However these aren't $250 panels so it could be fun to buy a couple to mess around with. Just don't be surprised when you can't get the colours right.
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From a utility purpose, they'll do the job. As a light to make people look good in pictures - maybe not so much.
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OP mentioned he uses it for macro, these could be useful as Fill / Back light in a pinch with people and not Key for reasons you mentioned.
Frankie3s wrote: From a utility purpose, they'll do the job. As a light to make people look good in pictures - maybe not so much.
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hdom wrote: OP mentioned he uses it for macro, these could be useful as Fill / Back light in a pinch with people and not Key for reasons you mentioned.
Possibly, however I doubt that's what the manufacturer had in mind and more or less designed this for utility use only. Which for that purpose, works rather well.
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It is exactly the utility and small size that makes it appealing to photographer as well since a designed for photography small light could run upward of $100 which is probably why OP mentioned this could be an alternative and is appreciated. I do agree that it would likely work very as intended, just it can also be very useful for another things, too.
Frankie3s wrote: Possibly, however I doubt that's what the manufacturer had in mind and more or less designed this for utility use only. Which for that purpose, works rather well.
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The Dollarama on Welland Ave in St Catharines ON had two about 1pm. They only had one after I left. They were beside the light bulbs.

As already stated, very bright. Will be interesting to try it out tonight.
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JonnieKing wrote: I agree, LED lights often have pretty bad CRI even if they are sold as photography lights. I've never seen a cheep LED panel with good quality light. However these aren't $250 panels so it could be fun to buy a couple to mess around with. Just don't be surprised when you can't get the colours right.
Yeah they're ok I guess for photography, mostly taking pictures of small items... Got Luminar 2018 to tweak the photos...

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