okay so today what I'm doing is reviewing ultraviolet or black lights
that are commonly used to detect pet stains and they make claims about being
able to detect rodents and everything else we're comparing three of them we're
comparing the taotronics 51 LED light here we also have the ESCO light which
was shown with it but this is the back of the box the taotronics unit and
information of course for that company this box was the most complete kit and
here's how it comes their instruction pack we have a flashlight itself they
include three double A batteries by Duracell and they also include the blue
blocker lenses there on that they're just like lightweight plastic safety
glasses so we're gonna compair these three lights together and of course as I said
before they have instructions on the back this is an aluminum case all of
these flashlights that I'm gonna show you today have aluminum cases which
means you cannot use magnetic bars and things like that to stowe and have your light
ready to go there are 51 LEDs on the front of this light and you're gonna see
some surprises here I bought all of these on Amazon and we're making the
comparison and I will also upload this as part of my review there this is marked
right on the side of the flashlights body 51 UV LED flashlight and it's made
in China to keep the test kind of even across the board I'm using the Amazon
basics rechargeable batteries AA's on the big flashlights and triple A's on
the smaller Peedar and this is how it goes together and it's aluminum threads
there is a little weather seal o-ring there too and they have a lanyard so
that you can hook this around your hand and it is big enough to go around your
hand so this is what it looks like pretty simple pretty straightforward
nice broad beam and we're going to continue with the comparison this is the
ESCO light and now you're gonna see that there is almost no difference between these
51 UV LED flashlights tada the ESCO light looks exactly like the other one
same aluminum casing same markings although the company
ESCA light logo is different but in every other respect these flashlights
are identical so let's continue with this test
same thing they both hold three double A batteries exact same markings exact same
casting exact same knurling around the handles and the same physical dimensions
and again we're gonna put the amazonbasics
double-a rechargeable batteries in here and the on/off switch also seems nicely
sealed off to the weather I wouldn't put these under water but I
don't think they would be disturbed being out in the light rain or and snowfall
something like that we're also going to give this a practical test too so here
again side by side exact same lights just different company logos on them and
the lanyards on the back even the lanyards are identical so here they are
both on and you can see that the light output is basically exactly the same and
I'm also gonna put a pattern on the wall behind them you can also compare the old
Peedar which is this is actually the first version of the PeeDar and they have a
newer version out now which has more LEDs on it here they are from the back and
look in the background that is the ultraviolet or blacklight that they are
casting on a grey backdrop and the pattern is identical the light intensity
is identical in the color spectrum is identical and I'm testing it out here on
a spider unlike their claims about scorpions which I understand they detect
very well this isn't gonna make a spider stand out so that you can see it from
across the room I thought I'd check it out anyway here
it is under normal light and it's going on its happy way now we're going to show
the dimensions of the length of them they are both under six inches and face
is a little over two inches and here's the PeeDar unit up close it is three and
three-quarters inches in length so this is kind of a pocket one also the PeeDar
wrist strap really won't go around your wrist so it's more for clipping onto
something and again those glasses which I consider to be optional I don't think
the glasses help that much here they are all three side by side all their
batteries are charged and we're gonna do an operational test also so since they
are identical the two on the left the only issue is of course how much you
want to pay for it of course the larger TaoTronics one does include batteries
in the glasses so it's kind of evened out here we're looking at indoor/outdoor
carpet on the basement floor at the foot of the basement steps this is kind of
startling and you'll see that it shows this is probably pet urine here that
probably ran down to the bottom of the steps and marked his territory and ran
away you would never know that these stains were there if you did not have
this unit now I also have a space in the basement where we set out traps there
are mouse droppings here so I thought it would take a look we are using first
using the PeeDar and now of course we're using the taotronics 51 LED version
there is a marked difference in their ability to show the urine from mice we
do know that it's an active spot and they have droppings there and we
generally trap them out when you look at even peanut butter under this light
peanut butter looks light yellow here we are back in the indoor/outdoor carpet
and these stains are kind of shocking to be honest my wife was not happy when she
saw that now here under normal light same indoor/outdoor carpet same location
where the stains were shown with the flashlights the ultraviolet lights and
look it looks clean you would never know that those things were there so these
are definitely useful in finding stains in the carpet left by your pets
particularly dogs cat not so much mice kind of marginal but definitely for dogs
and it also did work in bathrooms to see if there was any splatter on the walls
and things like that we won't show that but it definitely worked for that too so
they're all great and here's my culprit there you go
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