How Many Amps is Too Many Amps?
I finally decided to try a warm XM-L to see if the good ole' days yellow was really that good.
Bottom line: It's a fun novelty but I don't think I'll be ordering another anytime soon. I do like the colors appearing less aseptic than a normal LED makes things look but when I used it under a car at work, it didn't seem to reach into the nooks and crannies as well. With my job, that's a deal killer even before I measured tail cap draw.
This one is a no go, folks.
UltraFire Cree T6 Warm White 5-Mode from Manafont
$16.00
ordered: 10-5-11
received: 10-29-11
4.2 volt max
5-mode: high, medium, low, fast strobe, SOS
mode memory
OP reflector
tail cap measurements: readings taken in a 2011 version Solarforce L2 with a protected Solarforce 2400 18650 battery
high - 5.20 at start-up, settled down to about 5.0 amps
medium - 1.45
low - .47
Being a relative beginer, I have to ask; just how much farking current is too dang much? I'm as opened minded as the next guy but if I'm going to invest something north of 5 amps, I need some big time wow factor. I haven't done any run-time test but my guess is; it ain't gonna be pretty.
They seem to have put this one together pretty good, I suppose. It has worked every time and I've experienced no failure so far.
This black PCB cover was glued on and I cracked it on one side getting it off. Just another hit Foy takes for the team.
Solder, emitter . . . no wow factor here.
This is the same L2/Solarforce battery setup taken at 1/4 second shutter speed @f2.8 at the relocated Foybezels research center.
This is the same L2 with a 3-mode UltraFire XM-L and unprotected Panasonic 2350.
Here they are side by side. The 3-mode T6 we all know and love blows this warm white off the map.
So, in conclusion; this UltraFire warm white draws 2 more amps than the popular 3-mode XM-L while delivering less light.
WOW.
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