Mhanlen received the modded light today. He is reporting about 1.3 lumen on it. It did seem to dim after I put RTV into the pill, during the initial test it was simply pressed together.
Anyone have an idea why RTV would produce a dimmer beam?
What lumen level would be minimum for a light like this?
Would a five day run time off of a single AAA be sufficient?
Let me know here…
I’ll upload this before I get to bed for the night. Here’s a quick visual comparison between the ReManG’ed Manker Boney in the center. All lights are set to their lowest mode. From Left, Sunwayman D40A NW, Olight S1, Manker Boney, A6 BLF Edition 5A tint, Fenix LD15 (7 lumen mode). You can see the Fenix is probably the brightest of the bunch, followed by The Manker and the D40A on it’s moonlight mode. The tints on the Manker and the Sunwayman are pretty similar.
1.3 is pretty low. I’d still buy at least a couple for emergencies but that’s dim for a 1 mode light.
Yeah, I am kinda bummed about it being so low… The thing is, during the initial test, I just closed the pill and put it back in the head to run it. It did seem brighter during that week long run, especially initially.
I got done with it and modded another as I was happy with the results, then just filled them with the low odor black RTV and let them cure. I tried the one out the day before I was to mail it out to Mhanlen and it seemed significantly dimmer… well, nuts… The other one was roughly matching the first mod… Grrrrrr, was it this dim initially???
I do have lower uH inductors on the way to try as well, this should make them brighter. I have enough of these lights that I will try the 180, 220 and the original 270 uH side by side. The problem is I have no way to measure actual lumen on them…
I am still having fun, even with this set back…
Take your time, guys ;)!
And thanks for making these tests!
Ok, so a bit of a delay. Been seriously sick and also have family-in-law in town. But started the test today at 9:40a. The alkaline Duracell Procells give a slightly higher output at 1.5 lumens- than the eneloops. Since I’m gone for about 10 hours in the day during the week, I probably won’t know exactly when it goes dead, but I will check on it several times a day.
Start…. 10-16-15… 9:40AM, 1.50 lumens (6.0 lux).
Day 2… 10-17-15… 1:54PM, 1.19 lumens (4.6 lux).
Day 3… 10-18-15… 9:06PM, 1.06 lumens (4.1 lux). Elapsed time: 2 days 11 hrs. 26 mins.
Day 4… 10-19-15… 9:17PM, 1.01 lumens (3.9 lux). Elapsed time: 3 days 11 hrs. 37 mins.
Day 5… 10-20-15… 8:51PM, 0.93 lumens (3.6 lux). Elapsed time: 4 days 11 hrs. 13 mins.
Day 6… 10-22-15… 4:20AM, 0.78 lumens (3.0 lux). Elapsed time: 5 days 18 hrs. 40 mins.
Day 6… 10-22-15… 9:00PM, 0.65 lumens (2.5 lux). Elapsed time: 6 days 11 hrs. 20 mins.
Day 7… 10-23-15… 5:30PM, 0.44 lumens (1.7 lux). Elapsed time: 7 days 07 hrs. 50 mins.
I thought the idea was to have a long running AAA 5 lumen flashlight?
Yup, and It looks like I will not be renting my eyes out as a LUX meter anytime soon. It is now dimmer than when I first did the test, for some reason it dimmed when I potted it in RTV. On top of that, it was maybe 2-3 lumen at most if what Mhanlen is seeing as 1 lumen on his test equipment.
I did get in the 220uH inductors today and I will crack another pill open to get those in and see how bright it is. I have another with the 270uH inductor installed already.
This is obviously a work in progress, so we shall see what we can get out of a single AAA and 3-5 lumen for max run time….
My Manker Boney arrived today, it can’t be 18 lumens, has anyone here tested it?
My E01 seems much brighter than the Manker, at the price I got it for it is a cute light, but it would have been nicer at more than the 6 or 8 lumens that it appears to be.
My LD01 at 3 Fenix lumens for 27 hours, is almost equal in brightness.
I believe in my initial review I thought it may have been 10 lumen or so… Ironically, if I am consistent with my doubling of lumen estimates, it may very well be 5-6 lumen…
I really need a lux meter… LOL
Mhanlen is updating his readings as well, so far at four days, it has faded just 0.57 lumen to just below one lumen at 0.93…
Seven days and lost 2/3 of the output. Now how to increase the output a bit, and not totally kill the runtime…
Start…. 10-16-15… 9:40AM, 1.50 lumens (6.0 lux).
Day 2… 10-17-15… 1:54PM, 1.19 lumens (4.6 lux).
Day 3… 10-18-15… 9:06PM, 1.06 lumens (4.1 lux). Elapsed time: 2 days 11 hrs. 26 mins.
Day 4… 10-19-15… 9:17PM, 1.01 lumens (3.9 lux). Elapsed time: 3 days 11 hrs. 37 mins.
Day 5… 10-20-15… 8:51PM, 0.93 lumens (3.6 lux). Elapsed time: 4 days 11 hrs. 13 mins.
Day 6… 10-22-15… 4:20AM, 0.78 lumens (3.0 lux). Elapsed time: 5 days 18 hrs. 40 mins.
Day 6… 10-22-15… 9:00PM, 0.65 lumens (2.5 lux). Elapsed time: 6 days 11 hrs. 20 mins.
Day 7… 10-23-15… 5:30PM, 0.44 lumens (1.7 lux). Elapsed time: 7 days 07 hrs. 50 mins.
Day 8… 10-24-15… 11:18PM, 0.00 lumens (0.0 lux). Total Elapsed time Over 7 days 8 hours.
The Boney no longer has light coming out of it.
Just curious how this work in progress ended up. I would be interested in a light that produces 1-3 lumens for a week.