UFO camping lights and the mic light

I ran across this thread on DVinfo.net recently about the "Mic Light" and the very similar "UFO Camping Light". It was implied in an earlier posting that the Flolight folks were simply reselling the same camp light for a good bit more money. Turns out they were refitting the units with LEDs of a more useable color temperature, and a higher quality. Having had experience with circuit board level work in the past, it seems pretty reasonable to me.

I have to admit that it's also tempting to get one of the cheapies just to play with. Although they are apparently too blue for indoor use, it would be nice to have a backup for when my batteries for the halogen light have bit the dust. Seems to me that with any LED based light, you would need a diffuser, or some other sort of softening control. Try looking into your LED flashlight for example. Even the single LED on my keychain light is blinding.