OK, I admit, I'm not as young as I use to be. If I go back to the days I used a simple Maglite 2 AA battery flashlight on a daily basis, and I think of the NEW LED techology I immediately think of the biggest advantage being LEDs use much less power to give out the same amount of light. So one would expect that buying a cheap LED 2 AA flashlight would run for a much longer time. RIGHT?
That has not been my experience at all .... my 2 AA LED flashlight (a cheap Walmart Police Security Maven) is burning up batteries in about an hour! I would expect a 2 AA LED flashlight to run longer than the Maglite. But that's not true in this case.
My guess is your going to tell me that the LED light is putting out more light and therefore will burn through batteries rather quickly. But, I'm not noticing any increase in light. Isn't there a flashlight that will replace the Maglite with the same brightness that will run much longer before battery changes? Where is the efficiency gain one would expect with LED light technology?
That has not been my experience at all .... my 2 AA LED flashlight (a cheap Walmart Police Security Maven) is burning up batteries in about an hour! I would expect a 2 AA LED flashlight to run longer than the Maglite. But that's not true in this case.
My guess is your going to tell me that the LED light is putting out more light and therefore will burn through batteries rather quickly. But, I'm not noticing any increase in light. Isn't there a flashlight that will replace the Maglite with the same brightness that will run much longer before battery changes? Where is the efficiency gain one would expect with LED light technology?