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Lithium, 40% Less Filling, 400% Longer Fun, 1,000% More Wallet
Thrunite Titanium Christmas edition singe aaa
I did a test comparing an alkaline on sale at Radio Shack 4x$1 and some Lithiums I got for 4x$10
I compared the light brightness on high, and they look the same to me. I think that is supposed to happen with Current Regulation. Not sure, total newb
I read a review that says the Lithium will last 50 minutes and the alkaline 12 minutes in the Thrunite Ti3, which has a 130 lumen high with XP-G2 LED. The high on the Titanium model is factory spec 162 lumens, with XP-L4 LED, so not a direct comparison, but I thought the proportional run times would give some relative comparison, 10 min on alkaline and 40min on lithium is my projection.
Then I weighed the batteries and to my surprise the Lithium is a full 4 grams lighter! 10 grams for the alkaline, 6 grams for the Lithium.
So, in this example, Lithium costs 10 times more, lasts 4 times longer, is the same brightness, and is 40% lighter, than alkaline.
That means that per minute costs are
Lithium 5 cents a minute,
Alkaline 2 cents a minute
Here is a photo of the batteries
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CAmyDQdczV4/VTBTi0lWE0I/AAAAAAAAI74/2cYLCIF8TLE/s912/IMG_6742.JPG
A high beam photo of the Lithium on high (daytime kitchen ceiling)
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mfkm4dovSTQ/VTBTmCprjxI/AAAAAAAAI8A/PNVS015Q4u4/s640/IMG_6738.JPG
A photo of the Alkaline on high
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-IIeSJorc68Q/VTBTp03ataI/AAAAAAAAI8I/gcXXqCBbhSY/s640/IMG_6739.JPG
Thrunite Titanium Christmas edition singe aaa
I did a test comparing an alkaline on sale at Radio Shack 4x$1 and some Lithiums I got for 4x$10
I compared the light brightness on high, and they look the same to me. I think that is supposed to happen with Current Regulation. Not sure, total newb
I read a review that says the Lithium will last 50 minutes and the alkaline 12 minutes in the Thrunite Ti3, which has a 130 lumen high with XP-G2 LED. The high on the Titanium model is factory spec 162 lumens, with XP-L4 LED, so not a direct comparison, but I thought the proportional run times would give some relative comparison, 10 min on alkaline and 40min on lithium is my projection.
Then I weighed the batteries and to my surprise the Lithium is a full 4 grams lighter! 10 grams for the alkaline, 6 grams for the Lithium.
So, in this example, Lithium costs 10 times more, lasts 4 times longer, is the same brightness, and is 40% lighter, than alkaline.
That means that per minute costs are
Lithium 5 cents a minute,
Alkaline 2 cents a minute
Here is a photo of the batteries
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-CAmyDQdczV4/VTBTi0lWE0I/AAAAAAAAI74/2cYLCIF8TLE/s912/IMG_6742.JPG
A high beam photo of the Lithium on high (daytime kitchen ceiling)
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mfkm4dovSTQ/VTBTmCprjxI/AAAAAAAAI8A/PNVS015Q4u4/s640/IMG_6738.JPG
A photo of the Alkaline on high
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-IIeSJorc68Q/VTBTp03ataI/AAAAAAAAI8I/gcXXqCBbhSY/s640/IMG_6739.JPG
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