Having an interest in budget AAA flashlights, I was intrigued by an inexpensive KLARUS.
The cheapest shipped price, with a Cree XP-G no less, was offered here:
Unfortunately it only has the purplish Nichia LED, & appears inferior in a number of ways to my E01:
- Output is NOT constant as specified, but reduces over time. Although initially some 20% above my [natural colour] E01, within an hour lux had reduced to 77% - equivalent to what I measured from initial output with my E01.
- The threads are anodised with my red Mi02[?] - not so for the E01; which looks superior in form overall!
I intend to check output at hourly intervals - but an initial run did show a rather wan output after 19 hours. I haven’t wasted an alkaline on this “Cheap but Nasty :)” but am using an eneloop for testing. I should be able to estimate when output drops to 50% of the specified 13 lumens - compared to 10 for an E01. And perhaps a minimum USABLE level.
Cheers
