Ahah, I get it And now that I saw this, I remember reading that in a thread some time ago ! Hence recalling that info
Gerber Infinity Ultra is a guaranteed vampire - I have several as proof, and a few still in sealed pkgs.
Hum, this would be a nice solution! 100hr brightness would be amazing for this type of light!
If I understand correctly, they are not sold anymore, are they? The robustness and draining capacity would certainly be the more important things to have on it!
I have a Nitecore MT22A. I like it a lot. It gets lots of use. 3 modes, 1 lumen, 45 lumen, and 260 lument, 180 hours on low, 18 hours on mid, and 2 hours and 15 minutes on high. AA only, no 14500 for this light. Gave on to the neighbor kid. He uses it in his pool all the time. Thing just keeps on working. He has had it through the washer and dryer. It’s still working.
Is this a “robust” light? Meaning , with the plastic body, is it capable of taking “some beats”? Seems a good option, although different from a “vampire” light!!
If you want long run time, you’re probably better off buying a light that has the best efficiency, and not worrying too much about draining the last 1% out of your battery.
I did some run-time tests on the Zebralight SC52 and SC52w a few years ago. They’re 1xAA lights. On a standard Eneloop (1900mAh), using the brightest moonlight mode (0.3 lumens?), they lasted almost 2 weeks. An alkaline should get about 3 weeks on that, regulated at 0.3 lumens. On the lower moonlight modes, that should be about 3 months.
It stops when then battery is at about 0.8 volts. But, so what? Your battery is 99% empty. Why worry about the last 1, if the light you’re using isn’t as efficient? Even if your light is 90 as efficient, your run time will be ( (0.9 x 0.99) + 0.01 ) = 0.901 times as long.
Funny thing you mentioned this! I was thinking about that too! Recently I received the Skilhunt M150 that supposedly lasts 55 days on the lowest setting with a 2450 mAh Ni-MH battery! So I guess that fits the “regulated” and runtime, but this is not the same type of light as that Gerber or a Sofin C01. Meaning, it is not a cheap robust light that you will be able to use with single mode and also when you don’t have a charger, relying then only on Alkalines.
But your input matches my latest thinking when buck91 started the test on the Maratac!
So the Maratac is a huge let down. County Comm is blaming the enelope/amalope as the reason staying longer runtime off alkaline. But of course when I’m getting less than 30% advertised runtimes with new, charges, quality cells I find it hard to believe an alkaleak will show that much improvement. Combined with the higher output on low and lower output on high than advertised and I will be looking elsewhere for a aa roach! Too bad… light is fantastic if the driver was better. Maybe a good candidate for a mod but single AA drivers are few and far between.
Thanks for testing it! And I’m sorry they “let you down” with those specs. I guess this last sentence may resume it all :zipper_mouth_face:
Would using Energizer Ultimate lithium cells make for a truer test down to a dead cell?
These are not rechargeable, are they? Says 20years shelf life :o And leak proof
now back to your regularly scheduled, single mode, super dim, practically useless amount of light, unless youre trying to live in a cave after a nuclear holocaust, cockroach thread…
Ahah, jon, that sense of humour When were going to the boundaries on the top edge of illumination (100000 lumens) why not dig the lowest edge too?
BTW, if that cockroach has +90CRI, wouldn’t you like it too?