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When you're 100 meters down at the
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bottom of the English Channel, it's
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normally pitch black. So, if you want to
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get decent quality video, you're going
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to need some decent quality video
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lights. Now, I've been really lucky over
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the last few months that I've had a pair
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of Leon Power video lights to test, and
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you're currently seeing some of the
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results. Bottom line is I'm super
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impressed. Not only do they chuck out a
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vast amount of light, but they're also
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super robust, and they have some really
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nifty little features that I like, and
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I'm particularly impressed with the way
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that you charge the batteries. Now, more
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of that later on, but I can't go any
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further before mentioning that, of
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course, these torches are particularly
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budget friendly. And if you're
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interested in buying them, then I've put
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a link in the uh in the description, and
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there's also a discount code in there to
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give you 10% off. Leon Power have got a
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a range of these things on their
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website. This one here with all those
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LEDs. That's the L24, which is the
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12,000 lumen one. But there's also this
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one, this little brother, which is the
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uh Cine L12, and that is a mere 8,000
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lumens. All the video that you're seeing
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at the moment has been illuminated with
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the Leon Power video lights. I've used a
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variety of um cameras to take it. So,
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there's some GoPro footage. There is
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some Insta 360 Ace Pro 2 footage and
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there's even a bit of uh footage from my
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Power Lens Fitas on the side of my
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helmet. But as I say, all taken using
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those Le and Power video lights. I've
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got two versions. This is the L12, which
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is 8,000 lumens from that big LED. You
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turn it on using the button on the top,
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and then you can get 4,000 or 2,000 if
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you want to cycle through them. The
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other button there does red flashing and
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blue. And you can see it's just going to
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go through it again. What you can do is
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you can mix those up if you want. So you
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can have uh white 4,000 lumens and blue
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should you wish. Not something that um
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I'm ever going to use, but um I think
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it's useful for people, you know, maybe
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doing videos at night and those kind of
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things. But yeah, you can mix mix it up
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like that. The other torch that I've got
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is this one here. As you can see, looks
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identical apart from those LEDs at the
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front. This is the L24.
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It kicks out a lot more lumens. So, you
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get 12,000 at high power, then 6,000 and
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3,000. Also does the same sort of thing
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with the red flashing and the red and
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the blue. Uh, and you can mix them up.
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So, exactly the same as as the other
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one. Battery life is 90 minutes for the
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L12 on full power and 70 minutes for the
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L24 on full power. This is how you
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access the batteries. you know, lots of
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threads, which is good for being
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waterproof. And what you'll find inside,
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this is something that I really like, is
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you got this uh sort of battery holder.
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Three three, you know, identical
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batteries go in there. And obviously,
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they're replaceable, but you can charge
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them all by just connecting in a USBC
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cable there. And when you're charging
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that, there's an LED on the top there
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that goes red and green when it's done.
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And then you just put it back in, as you
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can see, like that. And screw it t. One
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of the particularly nice things you can
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probably see is there's a power off
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thing on the side there. What this
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allows you to do is slightly unscrew the
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end cap. And once you do that, you can't
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turn it on. So, it's great if you're
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leaving the uh the batteries for a
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while. Obviously, what you need to do is
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uh is turn it uh fully closed before you
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use it. So, that's one little gotcha,
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but it's a nice feature. Obviously,
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these are video lights, so you've got
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120 degree beam coming out of them.
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Designed for taking videos clearly, but
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I've used them for taking still photos
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for years and years as well. It's uh
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saves all the hassle that you get with
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It comes supplied in this lovely hard
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box, as a lot of stuff seems to be this
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these days. Inside you've got a load of
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stuff, and you know, once again, it's
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all pretty nice. So, there's the actual
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video light itself. That's the L24.
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There's a lanyard should you decide you
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want to attach it to yourself. Various
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bits and pieces for putting it together
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and also for charging it. You see
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there's a ball mount there. And then
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there's the instruction manual as well
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for those of you who need it. Both of
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them really nice, good quality, robust
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video lights that I'm pretty sure will
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meet the vast majority of uh of people's
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needs. So, if you're in the market for
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one of these things, I definitely advise
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you to have a look at them. And I'll
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just reiterate again, the link is in the
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uh description and there's that 10%
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voucher if you decide you want to buy
