I’m lost on what is Turbo and High.
Is it when there is a Turbo mode, it is 100% and High is lower than that?
And when there is no Turbo, High = 100%?
Why call it Turbo instead of just High as the highest? Marketing?
Turbo on my EA4 = If we don’t put the timer limit then customers will complain of poor runtimes and/or overheating.
Turbo means lots of heat and short run times. At least to me.
I'd say the name "turbo" emphasizes that it is a mode that is not safe to run for prolonged periods due to overheating. Thus it often has a timer or it trips the over-temp after a short while or the user himself is supposed to use it only for a short time.
Its because "lowest - low - medium - high - highest" doesnt nearly sound as cool as "moon - low - medium - high - turbo". ;)
I go with DrJones’ description.
I agree with dr jones too, any mode that means the light cannot be left unattended is a turbo mode, so, on some of the hot rods some of us build, even medium should be a turbo mode as the light can in some circumstances over heat.
On a 3a 18650 edc tube light, I would consider anything over 1.5a a turbo mode as the light WILL get hot, this for me is the beauty of qlite/nlite a 3a high for a blast of light, then the other modes are the day to day usage modes. Its nice to have that massive output for short bursts, but most of the time, you really dont need it in terms of both usable light and run time.
Thanks DrJones. Basically it’s really a 100% ON or full power for that particular light?
Turbo is the mode you use to impress people and make friends. It’s short and goes away quickly.
My NiteCore EC25 has turbo and a high……when left on in turbo for 3 minutes it will step down the brightness. Use it mostly in 60 lumen mode.
Yea for me turbo = short runtime or a lot of heat. High is the highest setting I would trust the light to run well for extended time.
In my p60 lights, I consider ~3A turbo as there is a lot of heat and the Vf of XML-2 means short runtime (well regulated at least).