Which color Photon Microlight to get ?

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Between the longer lasting colors - Red, Yellow, Orange, Green, for general purpose keychain use.
 
I'd go for green too.

Although I use the 'double battery' method to get more out of it.

Alastair
 
Orange is nice, you can recognize more colours and it is close to red in night-vision preservation.
 
The newest greens are shipping with a pair of 2016 (2X3 volts) so their battery life is around 20 hours. You can just replace the 2 2016's with a 2032 whenever they die, and you will have one of the "old" greens. They are the dimmest, but from what Ive seen of the 3 volt photons "dim" is a relative term. I like the green cuz I think its purty. Red is a very bright red, and I havent seen the other two in person.
 
I own several colors - it doesn't really matter because once you buy ONE you will want MORE! Many of my buddies and family members now own Photons.
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I like the orange one, and my wife likes the Turquise.

You honestly can't go wrong.
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Ray 'md2020'

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White is the only color for serious use. I gives true colors on objects and is the brightest for signaling. I'm in law enforcement and everyone I work with has them on key rings, zipper pulls,inside their vehicles, etc. I gave them to my family and friends as gifts. Every one likes the white. I get about one years use out of a set of battries and that is heavy use. Weldonk
 
Absolutely the White gets the nod. I have the green and the red but the white is the very best. Now that I've retired I am not really concerned about night vision and if I can't get it done in 12-14 hours of light I guess it isn't going to get done. On a daily basis I carry two whites so I have a back up. I thought about the red but don't want to worry about different batteries. I have a Covert on order from Photon and will tell you what I think when I get it.

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Hoah! (Its an Army thing!)
 
I just ordered some yellow ones from the company.

I chose this color because I felt it was the best balance between cost effectiveness (long burn-time & single battery), color retention and night-vision preservation.

However, I've been told by friends that this color is also the dimmest of the visible colors.

Did I make the correct choice?
Does any one have any experince with this color?
 
Photons are used for two primary purposes; for seeing, and being seen.

For seeing, white is king. It gives true color rendition, is very bright, and lasts a reasonable time. The problem with the wide angle's chromatic aberration (blurring of fine detail beyond 6 or 8 feet) has been largely corrected in the new narrow angle.

For being seen, red or orange are best. These are the ones I pin onto the kids for Haloween.

NONE of the colors will preserve your night vision. While it is true that red was considered best for this for many years, two things have been discovered. First, your retina is most sensitive to red light when there is a fair amount of light around, but NOT when the light is very dim. There is a shift in the sensitivity of the retina towards the blue end of the spectrum, and green light is the color to which the retina is most sensitive in a dark adapted eye.

Second, night vision is preserved only if the level of light is very low. So low, in fact, that only the rods in your retina will be used. This means you will be seeing in black and white if the level of light is low enough to preserve your night vision.

Another common question is whether any Photon color can be used in a darkroom. The answer is NO.

I have found yellow to be among the least useful of colors, but YMMV.

Here is the URL for the night vision info:
http://www.corvus.com/kniffen.htm

Hope this helps, Walt
 
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