I have to say, this is a really fun light. Already a few friends asked about it. When I pull it out of my pocket, I get the “Yeah, real nice” and smirk (my wife does that too - drum roll!) Then I put it on turbo bathe something a couple hundred yards out with light and they freak out! Feels real solid too, like it would withstand everyday use. All in all a great value considering the very reasonable pricing…
Yeah… mine says it “shipped” to. I even got a Tracking Number that tells me a “Label Was Created”.
Now all I have to do is wait for it to actually really “SHIP” to begin making it’s way ever so slowly to it’s new home in ‘The Heart of Dixie… Alabama’.
.
2019-03-19 04:55
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA 90670, Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item -> A shipping label has been prepared for your item at 4:55 am on March 19, 2019 in SANTA FE SPRINGS, CA 90670. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date.
I’m not asking for technical stuff, just how long will it run from turbo on maximum thermal setting until the lvp kicks in for example , it may of been posted before but I haven’t got much time to spend to search , I don’t plan on getting one but I’m just curious,I could do that on my D1 to compare if anyone is interested.
It has to be kinda technical because we need to understand what level the output drops down to. This has a big effect on run times. Plus with it being a FET driver, the output is constantly falling.
I would not recommend Turbo to LVP. That drains the battery fast. Maybe from Top of Ramp to LVP would be more practical. I have a lumen tube, but no data logging equipment. I’d have to sit there and watch the lumens drop with a stop watch and note pad. I don’t have time for that.
I can probably do a simple timed run with one of my two batteries tomorrow. We know the output will slowly ramp down with voltage so I won’t need to measure the lumens.
A ballpark figure of the runtime at max is doable: assuming a high drain 14500 cell, the Micro draws a few amps, say 3. The capacity of a typical high drain 14500 is 700mAh, so you’re done in 14 minutes.
In practice, with the Micro running a FET on turbo the current decreases during draining, so the runtime is a bit longer than 14 minutes. If you use the bit lower drain 1000mAh Vapcell will also give a bit longer runtime, at a bit lower output, you may end up with half an hour.
Shame. After two days of normal behaviour after the initial hiccup, I found the flashlight had turned itself on, and the switch has stopped having any effect. Put the battery in and it comes on at what looks like full power. There must be a short somewhere.
It sounds like a short, most likely to the reflector with issues like this. If you can try to open the bezel and see if the wires are shorting to the reflector.
I just received mine, popped in a keeppower 840mah 14500 and tried to switch it on, nothing, just flickering. Having read previous posts, I stripped the torch down and cleaned all contacts with meths and now working perfectly. Must have been some goo on the contacts.
There was also sticky goo around the bezel seam that I had to clean off
Lovely little light though. I need a better 14500, the keeppower seems to be limiting the output.