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6 July 2014, 03:12 AM | #1 |
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Lume time
How long should the lumination supposed to last on the dial. Not life of the lume but after it's been "charged"? 4 hours? 2 hours? Anyone have an idea?
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Is Chromalight just a fancy word for the Luminova blue green? After being outside in proper sunlight mine will typically be readable all night...
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In all honesty, in my experience it lasts about as long as the typical movie. And I've got to put it closer to my eyes to read it at around the 2 hour mark. That's good enough for me considering I can always give it a quick recharge with my cell phone. YMMV, but if I really needed all night lume I'd find something with trit tubes.
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Mine lasts all night... but in a weird way. It never really blazes bright but emits a low lit light all night long. At least that has been my experience. I wonder if different people's eyes work differently?
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All night long
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The newer lume materials last longer than the older material. And if you have a Rolex older than 1998, the Tritium would be very weak by now.
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Chemically, aside from the pigments isn't it essentially the same active ingredients in both?
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That's glowtastic.
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I agree. I meant SL vs older first gen LumiNova. Also vs other early lume materials - SL is touted at ten times higher brightness than previous zinc sulfide–based materials.
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