Lumintop Ant Man (14500 LEP flashlight)

LED Flashlights – General Info 1 x AA / 1 x 14500 Flashlights
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updated the post.. almost same throw numbers as you.

Measured amps: 1.09A

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Maybe Lumintop’s luxmeter likes blue light :person_facepalming:

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That's possible!

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Thanks for doing this. I was debating on getting one, but I’m glad I got a Catapult Mini instead.

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Mine came in also today, same serial # too!

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I don’t really consider these LEP devices to be a flashlight.

They are rather a Laser pinpoint beam that has been Filtered and Blurred/Scattered into pretending to be a flashlight beam, That is why the lumens are so low and the tint is so high, it is a big compromise.

Where as a True Flashlight has a beam that has been focused into a fairly wide but sharp spot true beam if that makes sense and has real high lumen capability as well as various tints available.

If you like the LEP’s available now, that is great but they have not yet risen to the level of excitement to want to buy one, for me personally.
As always YMMV.

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2 RCR2 cells might perform better if the driver can handle 8.4v.

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That would be awesome but I doubt it can handle that that much.

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I think that is true

the HDS luxmeter does that too, it reads a Novatac w P4 at 120 lumens

my meter reads it as 60 lumens

Hogo assures me he calibrated the Novatac himself, using a “special” conversion factor…

Lumintop probably adjusted their luxmeter (with a “special” conversion factor) for the spectrum of the LEP

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I was doing my 2nd runtime test tonight.. because the first time it turned off while the battery was still at 3.4V when I pulled it.... . and I thought that to be a little strange...
So I redid the runtime test this afternoon and FORGOT till 5 hours later...... yeah, that happens quite often...
So I just realized this, and then pulled the Vapcell H10 battery.. and it was reading 0.5V
WOWWWWWW
I got it charged up a little, and then inserted into the flashlight, and although it didn't turn on, it was still pulling over 100mA (about 110mA) without any light..
Mine might be broken!?!?!?
Could anybody else test this as well?
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Ouch!

Does your light still work properly with a different cell ChibiM?

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Oofff poor Chibi!

You are already in the conservation, but for everybody else: Over at reddit Cheule got higher output numbers from his Ant Man. He is saying removing the clip and really tightening the light was helping a lot. @djozz maybe that’s something you could try with yours too?

Also let’s hope Chibi’s one is just a dud and that not every Ant Man is a battery killer!

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I checked mine with an NiHh battery at 1.35V, and found no drain, not even a micro-amp.

In the meantime, with a H10 battery and a tail-spring bypass (of which I’m not sure if it helps at all), I measured 77 kcd at 30 seconds. Still short of the specs though.

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Who here is going to be the first one to risk burning up their Ant Man by replacing the stock driver with a FET driver on Vapcell H10?

:smiling_imp: :smiling_imp: :smiling_imp:

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I am thinking of it. I am really disappointed with it's performance :(

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Do it!

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I was hoping for a good pocketable little performer.

Looks like this one is going to be a pass this time around.

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I just tested it with a NiMH cell, and it's still pulling 0.3A, without any light.

If anybody is willing to test amps right after the flashlight turns off from an 14500 (probably around 3.2V or so)? The battery can't produce enough energy at that point, but mine still draws current.

I'm doing my 3rd test now

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I hope I have time, then I can do a output/runtime test tomorrow (this night=volleybal match), I can check current at 3.2V also.

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I just ledt it running on H10. Let’s see what will come out