Amps at the cell is like 4X the LED, roughly, maybe little more. Should be doing over 5A because stock, the U21 was like 1300 lumens, so in the 1-1.5A range, think it was spec'd at 1.3A at the LED. Wonder if he had it on true turbo... I've made that mistake before.
Since these boost drivers are a bit more finicky, don't think you can crank them up much, plus it's a huge pull of amps for a single cell - 2.5A at the LED is at least 10A from the cell. Good reason to convert the driver over and go with a conventional single cell LED, like the XPL. I got just over 1,700 lumens on a dedomed XPL in this light.
Thank you for the review so far, the amp draw is very low, I have a X1 with a boost driver it pulls 7,34A on a rested King Kong 4000 mAh ICR26650 at the tail for 1,47A at the LED. I think it should be pulling at least 5A to get 1A at the LED.
Ouch. I really hope giorgoskok’s results aren’t the norm then. Guess I’ll find out tomorrow night when mine arrives. I don’t know how to measure that, but at that much of a difference, I’m sure eyes will tell me when sitting side by side with my U21 (that I was hoping to be able to send back if this could replace it).
2.22Amp, well, it’s even lower than some Xp-G2 flashlight
2.22*4V~9W, with 80% effective, i think the power of led is around 7W, Doubt it is over 1000 lumen