Blackshadow Rook 3xAA/14500 CREE XM-L U2/T6 3C 1000Lumen 3-mode Flashlight

pardon me? :)

Judging by how the underside of the driver looks, I'd vote for parallel as well.

It’s series. Basically similar to a single 18650 light. You’ve defiled the stereotype in my mind of the german education system.

:slight_smile:

@kreisler; why would it only give 300lumen?

On second thought, maybe the spec is wrong and it’s a boost driver. That would be a strange choice sine it’s less efficient, perhaps less performance for almost no gain when compared to sharing circuit with lithium light, though still same capacity. Would be interesting since it might work with 3 14500’s in that case. The american education system was never that great anyway.

It wouldn’t in theory, but in practice it might since it’s going to use a boost driver (like a giant AA light) and powerful/cheap 1.5v boost drivers are rare. Kreisler’s reasoning is wrong, though, since voltage is interchangeable with current given same capacity/power.

This arrangement would be more convenient with a 4x setup like the king. I mean, who sells aa’s or 14500’s in 3 packs?

The cells in the Rook are obviously run in parallel. If it takes AA cells then it MUST have a boost circuit which means, unless it goes DD on 14500 cells, output will suck on 14500s.

i am guessing only. the driver contact disc reminds of similar lights with parallel cells. in series, 3 x 4.2V = 12.0V. The specs state 3-4.2V and i dont believe that this budget light has a fancy 4Sevens-like buck-boost-driver.

education. somehow i still think that all dogs are boys and all cats are girls :D

It should be fairly powerful on 14500 regardless of whether DD or boost/buck (unlikely since $:money_mouth_face:. The real question is how it does on AA. The most powerful AA light I have is the Trustfire 3T6 with 4 batteries in the 3x18650 config. Draws 4+A.

It says 1.5-4.2V now.

PArallel….

http://www.cnqualitygoods.com/images/upload/Image/T2r_t8Xg0bXXXXXXXX\_!!923091962.jpg

Fixed it for you. :wink:

i was right then!!

Hahaha, you made me laugh cuz I think the same thing. Apparently we aren’t as different as we once thought.

Woof.

That’s not a light, it’s a boxer’s arse

My thoughts only.

Sounds like it would have been better to just leave it at a 14500 light and not waste the time to have it 3AA. If it were four AA in series, I would be interested, but then it couldn't be done with 14500's too.

Seems like a boost driver is going to be inefficient or get hot?

It must go direct with 14500's?

Nice looking design, except for the gold color.

Blackshadow in gold?
Shouldn’t it be black??

If this were a different color , I would have already purchased one. :cry:

I am liking this light, however, I am not a fan of lights that are not black. Honestly how did they come up with the name Blackshadow? Goldshadow, Coppershadow or even Bronzeshadow would be closer to a name for this.

Has anybody gotten one of these yet??