It is a zooming headlamp that takes an AA and arrived this morning. Sadly, it appears to have been DOA. I'll say more once I've had time to contact the retailer and see if they'll sort it out. It was around $11 and has an XR-E EZ900 which means Q or better bin i think.
Let´s see if they will offer 1$ discount coupon on your next purchase to "solve" the problem..................(as they did with me) jajajajajaj
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Now I am even more dissaponited...
I tried to use the discount coupon of 1$ they gave me. I placed an order of 2USD, inserted the coupon and the system said "Sorry, this 1$ coupon discount is only valid for orders above 5USD, please insert another"
I'll not say till I hear from the distributor concerned. At this point, I don't want to have any influence over anyone else - I want to see how they handle it.
I would regard the behaviour mentioned as unacceptable - I'm looking for a refund or replacement.
Quite deliberately, the account name and email I use are not the ones I use here.
There are now two tabs on the spreadsheet - one labelled "With Runtimes".
These are not formal runtimes which would be to 50% output - these numbers are till the light is dim enough to comfortably look into the LED. Official runtimes would be a little shorter. However, once NiMH cells hit a certain level of discharge the voltage and output drop like a rock so there is not a huge difference.
By 1V an NiMH cell is essentially completely discharged.
Hey Don, out of all your 1AA lights, what would be your 1AA NiMH Top 5? I ask because I'm looking at putting a Christmas list together of 1AA flashlights for my friends and family. Thank you sir.
Don, I just wanted to point out that without minimal current draw infos (like, at start and at each hour afterward would be fine), those numbers are not going to be that useful to everyone else. In fact that might be a good thing to do for the spreadsheet in general.
We all know about the variability of the chinese light manufacturing process, and while we can't control for defects/loses through the light body, people can probably get an approximate number for their version/batch by doing a quick draw test linear extrapolation. A few results over time can also help verify if it's the same kind of driver.
IOW, you may have a R5 A3 with 2A draw, but won't necessarily say anything directly about mine which may only get 1A.
Zebralight H50 11 lux / 2 lumens but because of its design the lightbox may not be capturing all the light it is putting out.
Ultrafire C3SS 4 lux / 1 lumen
Powerlight <1 lux / not a lot
I can only say that the Akoray K-106 ran for more than 8 hours, likewise the F25 (All the remaining lights were lit when I checked at 2am). Given that the BLF DeLight and the F22 were both flashing I've allocated them a >600 minute runtime.