I recently had bought a Led Lenser P 7.2 because pledged my brand image, product reviews and the design. At that time I was still an absolute novice Flashlight and had no overview of the current state of the art and the offer on the market. Because I was not really satisfied with the P 7.2 and an increasing number of vulnerabilities discovered, I started to make myself knowledgeable. So slowly I'm on the way to "flashie" as the Flashlight Nerds are called in scene jargon. After a long search I found the Fenix LD41 and am passionate about it. Why this is so, I try to present below, where I repeatedly instead comparisons to P 7.2 in order to explain the advantages of the LD41 can.
DESIGN / HOUSING
The LD41 is very good and grippy in the hand and has a hard-anodized aluminum housing. The processing is at a high level. On the other hand I like the flattened grip for purely aesthetic reasons not very good. By design, me talking to the P 7.2 more. Not for nothing Led Lenser wins again design awards such as the prestigious Red Dot Award.
POWER SUPPLY
A very important criterion for the decision in favor of the LD41 for me was being able to, operate with standard AA batteries, which are widely available. This was important to me than the significantly higher power density of lithium-ion batteries that are used in the meantime in most flashlights. Taking NiMH batteries in AA format (preferably those with low self-discharge as Eneloop), we nevertheless achieved a considerable operating time. The P 7.2 is powered by 4 AAA batteries or small battery pack. If you consider that a AA battery has more than twice the capacity of a AAA battery, is one in the LD41 good twice the capacity. The P 7.2 is smaller, but I feel it is not nearly as twice as handy as the LD41.
CONTROL / light modes
The LD41 (as actually the most modern flashlights) regulated which ensures a constant high luminous intensity for a long period. The P 7.2 is, however, unregulated, which is no longer really up to date. Just about this important drawback I had not then let me know. In practice, does this affect me so that the advertised number of lumens is just a few minutes. After the P is 7.2 already much weaker. I would never buy a flashlight unregulated.
The LD41 has 4 lighting levels, which are very beautiful staggered and cover many applications. There is also a strobe and SOS function. They are very nice and something to play with, but I do not need.
FOCUSING
Focusing is also a very important point. As a newcomer, I am then taken in by the full-bodied advertising claims of Led Lenser. "Wow," I thought, "focusing - because I can even and flexible control over what is to be illuminated at what distance." Now I know: Focusing annoying. For example, you can see during a nocturnal walk in the forest with a bundled adjustment indeed a 150 meters away, fir, then stumbles but a 2 meters in front of a lying root that has remained in the dark. Conversely, one can in broad light scattering a dog at 50 meters no longer recognize. To avoid such scenarios, one is constantly on focusing and defocusing.
Quite different is the LD41: It has, in contrast to P 7.2 creates a reflector, the same spot a crisp and a spacious spill (so called the deliberate halo around the spot). So you have close and distant at the same things in mind - just perfect. By the way: The LD41 has a pane of glass with anti-reflective coating, the P 7.2 only on a plastic lens.
WATER RESISTANCE
Not least because of the possibility of focusing the P 7.2 is not waterproof. Led Lenser not even guaranteed splash resistance. Much better the LD41: It is according to IPX8 waterproof (up to 30 minutes in up to 2 meters of water).
CONCLUSION
The company Led Lenser been demystified for me after a little more intense preoccupation with the subject flashlights. There's very much (very clever) marketing. With the LD41 I am really pleased and can recommend it without reservation.
