DarkBeam Vs. UV Beast
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- In this video we will compare a few Black UV Lights.. 1. Rayovac 395nm, 2. Dark Beam 365nm Long Wave, 3. UV Beast 365nm Long Wave.
I made this video to help you see the comparison between the lights and what that look like against the same minerals. We hope you enjoy.
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Good information 👍❤🎉🎉🎉
@@SawMeshac I have a new comparison since uvBeast upgraded their mini lights.
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Great stuff. Wanted to throw some knowledge your way as far as terminology. The "after-glow effect" is called phosphorescence. And when referring to "rocks that glow", the term is fluorescence...they fluoresce under UV light. Rock on!
Nice demo
I have the uv beast with the extra battery and the uv beast V2. Love the glow. You have some cool rocks! Thanks for sharing.
Nice to see the review it was great to get a clear and honest opinion about their pros and cons
@@freshimpactco.8698 of course man. Glad you enjoyed. Don’t forget to sub and turn on those notifications. Just gave a uvBeast 365nm mini away. Another giveaway (uvBeast 365nm 3V) mid July in one of my videos.
That travertine and the Grand Mesa agates are awesome. That was a really well done comparison video.
Thanks. Glad y’all enjoyed it
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Really cool video Kurt! I missed this one when it came out somehow. That's an awesome Christmas gift for your nephew, I bet he loved it! Thanks for showing us the difference between UV lights. The UV Beast is on my list of things to get. Now, I'll probably get that smaller one that worked pretty well too! Terrific rocks also, they worked wonderfully for this video. I love the ones that have phosphorescence.✨️ Thanks for another fantastic video and all the great content!✌️🤠🤘
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Good rock my friend
I carry a o light seeker 4 mini. Amazing for the size. Also is a regular flashlight as well.
私はジオパークのスタッフをしていますが、オーライトのUVライトは重宝しています。
私の在籍するビジターセンターには北海道石が展示してあるので、可視光も紫外線光も必要なんです。
Seeker4miniは紫外線だけでなく、ホワイト光も非常に明るい。
バッテリーも十分使用出来ますが、夜中強い光を照らす使用には適しません。
Seeker4の方が良いかもしれません。
Seeker4にはUVが搭載されていたかわかりません。
How does the dark beam do at a distance?
@@Dat808boii check out my recent video comparing the uvBeast mini vs the DarkBeam at sunset. (Time stamp 15:57 shows distance)
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Ty just ordered the UV beast mini. I used your link hope you got it.
Awesome, and thank you. You will be very pleased. If you leave a review if you could just mention RHA from TH-cam recommended it. It would help my sponsorship out. 😁 thanks for watching
Thank for bringing up the over heat element that shuts off, I purchased one because I found some great stuff in the field, after about 30 mins it started to shut off, I was mad because I was in the field. I purchased 2 more because I thought it was damaged, and I figure I would have 2 incase I needed an extra one, now I have 3 uv beasts... Lol they are good though, very powerful. Also have the beam one, very easy to cary around, the beast is very bulky. Like them both very much. I have found lots of stuff but no idea what they are. Might make videos about that
Yeah man I’m glad my video helped. The lights produce a lot of power and with constant use for a decent period it just triggers a auto shut off to cool down then they will turn back on if you don’t hit the button to turn off. They are very good lights. If you need help identifying you can send me some photos on Facebook Messenger or send me a email: rock_hounding_adventures@yahoo.com if I recognize anything I will let you know. Thanks for watching and have a great week.
Amazing video!!
Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks for the information. Most of what I found was pet urine detection. I wish you would've included the price on the beast as well but easy enough to look it up.
Great video. Its good because some people dont know the difference. that dark beam isnt bad. I had a dark beam but it was smaller then that one and it wasnt bad for what it was. I think i got two of them for like $12. There is no comparison between tbe uv beast and any other 365nm light thats not a yooperlight! Its a beast! Not fair! lol! But you get what you pay for. You really do. Thanks Kurt!
I think I may get a dark beam for my self just to have but I totally agree, can’t beat the beast. As far as quality goes you definitely get what you pay for. Thanks for watching Lisa . 🤘
how are you liking the dark beast now? Any good for yooperlite?
@@alfredstevens8190 the Dark Beam is unfiltered and didnt last long. The uvBeast is filtered and strong as ever still works just like the very first time I took it out of the box. The uvBeast 365nm 3v would work amazing for Yooperlites.
uvBeast 364nm mini just got a upgrade from 3 LED lights to 5, and a stronger battery so if you have kids the 365nm mini is a perfect size and works well.
I use both uvBeast when I hunt creek beds at night find finding some really cool stuff.
Pros for the walmart light, it’s cheap, and that’s about all lol! Good unbiased comparisons. We’ll have to go out for a night hunt one day. You bring the beast, I’ll bring the convoy.😂
Lol sounds like a plan bro. I need to try out a convoy.
Afterglow is called phosphorescent
Thanks I appreciate the info
Having a decent blacklight flashlight on hand is worth it even if a bit expensive.
I decided to DIY my own as I like Convoy S2 flashlight, and paid a bit more for the Nichia NVSU233A UV LED for decent results, with a cheap Wood's glass filter, resulting in the clean 365nm light as far as my eyes can see (I apparently can actually see UV, to me, 365nm looks like a very harsh purple hue, as it should be for a 365nm source). Gonna try doing some rock hunting at some point now that I know I have a high quality blacklight flashlight.
Are those Aliexpress 365nm flashlights claiming 20w, 50w, 60W power any real?
I looked those up and I don’t believe they will compare at all. Those look super cheap and look like they will likely be a 395 led light with a lot of purple outputs with little power.
If you don’t want to pay the 79.99 for the 3v 365nm light. Check out uvBeast 365nm mini. It’s filter so it’s safe for your eyes and skin. Come with a lot of power for the size of the light, rechargeable, and will allow the most color to show depending on what your using it for. It’s also great cause it’s small enough to fit in your pocket and take it everywhere.
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How does lumenshooter compare to these?
@@AgentGodzillaRP1701 I looked up the brand. I know more information now compared to when I made this video. The DarkBeam light isn’t filtered so it isn’t safe for your eyes or skin.
Comparing the Uv Beast 3v 365nm to the Luminshooter 365 id say uvBeast is the better light.
UvBeast Flashlight material is made from a stronger material. Comes with a 2 rechargeable lithium batteries and comes with an extender to use 3. It provides more power for longer uses compared to the 1 battery from luminshooter.
Basically luminshooters highest power light is the as uvBeast 365nm mini.
@@RockHoundingAdventures Mmm, thanks. What about Alonefire?
So you’d do uv beast 365? I am very new to this and bought a uv beast 385 and it didn’t light up anything lol. I’m guessing I’m doing something wrong or have the wrong light. I’m in the Midwest and just want to generally hunt once in a while. Help!!
@@ElvisOnAShark so the 385 is definitely a good light but if your wanting it for Rockhounding I’d go with the 365nm. UvBeast has 2 options the regular size will have most power and comes with an extension to use a third battery. Which the batteries for the 385 are the same size and can be used between the two. The 365nm mini was just redesigned and now has 5 led bulbs instead of three. It has a larger battery for more power.
@@ElvisOnAShark if you check out this Rockhounding video and jump to 11:40 time stamp you can see the difference between the 365 and the 385.
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@@RockHoundingAdventures so I’m looking for 365 nm though?
@@ElvisOnAShark correct. Here is the Amazon Affiliate link for it. amzn.to/3PMtYqk
@@RockHoundingAdventuresthanks so much
Conclusion 11:05
The main reason for the Darkbeam being inferior to the UVbeast, aside from obvious power output difference, is the fact that the Darkbeam doesn't have a filter. At 365nm, the energy of the photons is so high that practically everything fluoresces to some extent, including the LED's own package and the flashlight lens itself! Thus the light output contains a lot of visible and blue light. You can get a $3 ZWB2 filter to stick on the front of the light that will make it just as pure, if not as bright, as the UVbeast. Note that the 395nm cheap trash "UV" lights aren't ALL bad and you can make them a great deal more useful by simply coupling them with a pair of yellow tinted 'blue-blocking' glasses, which will notch out the vast majority of purple light reaching your eye, but still allow you to see the fluorescence such wavelengths can readily excite. See the video by Rhett Peterson of "448nm Blue Light Mineral Fluorescence" illustrating this with not even near-UV light but just a straight-up blue LED.
Unfortunately I think we will be waiting a very long time for cheap UVC LEDs. I've been waiting 3 years and the prices are not moving, just inflation! lol. I plan on buying now.
Yeah, the UV Beast is on the expensive side, but it's worth it. Now we need someone to come out with a relatively inexpensive short wave UV unit that actually works well.
Definitely worth the high price. I actually think Erik Rintamaki is working on having a inexpensive shortwave UV Light made.
Have you ever tried the Alonefire brand?
@@work4dough No, never have, but I'll take a look at them. Thanks.
Good demo of why not to get a 385nm wavelength light. Minerals have little response to that wavelenght, the difference between the dark beam and the UVBeast is in intensity, because the dark beam has only one Cree led and the UVBeast has 3 Cree leds, and more batteries. The demo would have been better if you had done it on a blacked out surface instead of a wood/laminate surface. To really see the response, your camera can not really do that good, as the photocell controlling the exposure will wash out with the higher intensity beam of the UVBeast. Our eyes are amazing and so much more sensitive to the actual colors revealed by LW or SW UV. All these lamps are in the LW category.
Informative response, thank you!
A question posed to a different creator asked the difference between a regular LED flashlight and a gem light. The creator's response was simply, "Brightness." 🤦🤦♀️🤦♂️
"Wavelength" would have been a much better one-word answer, LOL!
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I think the Dark Beam is unfiltered.
@@RockHoundingAdventures I know of no zoomable UV flashlights that are filtered. Not that it is impossible to do. But manufacturers are not doing it. There are some mechanical limitations in doing so with the type of lens they put in them. Similar issue to putting a neutral density filter on ultra-wide angle camera lens.
Dark Beam 365nm Long Wave, here I come
The UvBeast brand makes a mini version of the flash light shown that’s $40 that is pretty powerful and comes with a warranty
So worried about your hands under the UV 😮
The uv lights from UVBeast have filters that make them safe. The dark beam doesn’t have a filter. I appreciate your concern.
395 nm light is not that good. You should have got the 365 nm light.
@@user-YaXs-O-DigginIt all my lights are the uvBeast 365nm 3v lights.
I got mine from harbor frieght 😆 🤣
What’s the brand and how are you liking it?
@@RockHoundingAdventures Coast brand. I believe it was 9 or 10 bucks. I like it! I use it to highlight paint, dye, and carvings in artifacts! Works for me!
I'm going to tell you right now without watching it, you get what you pay for
It’s decent but Agreed.
Coming from people that never bought there own led chip or made there own battery before 😅
@@PLAYINSKILSSRThow do you know?
Why your hands are shaking?
Because I drank to many energy drinks when I was younger.
@@RockHoundingAdventures don't drink anymore, seems like the energies are overflowing
@@thedivinedots I drink water most the time, sometimes coffee in the morning and once every blue moon I’ll have a cider 🍺.
Try not to point that light to much on your hands
@@RoGameReview the uv beast is safe for your skin. It has a filter where the dark beam does not. If been needing to do a update video. Thanks for watching
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@@Brianbri-nq3cc umm thanks for ummm watching 😜🤣
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