The new nitecore EA8 came out yesterday, i dont own any AA size lights, i know i should in case of emergencies n stuff but I just always thought of AAs as weak and old school, for remotes and old school game boys. I was looking at this picture of the EA8...
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Those Duracell batteries would cost very close to or even more than $20AU retail. Would I pay $20 every time I wanted to run one of my lights for <2hours? HELL NO (i like turbos lol). I know people have eneloops and stuff but the runtime would be reduced and charging and keeping track of them would be a nightmare. i have a i4 charger. I could only charge 4 at a time and then reload the charger again with another 4. Plus if i had an EA8 i would buy at least 2 or more sets of batteries for it, so minimum i would have is 16+! batteries going in and out of chargers just for this one light. Keeping track of which ones were charged and which ones were not would be a whole other crazy story.
i just wanted to ask you AA battery people if this light is getting a little to much when it comes to batteries, or is it not even close to what you would accept as getting too ridiculous. If the EA10 came out with 12 or 16 AA's is that just a....regular thing?
Those Duracell batteries would cost very close to or even more than $20AU retail. Would I pay $20 every time I wanted to run one of my lights for <2hours? HELL NO (i like turbos lol). I know people have eneloops and stuff but the runtime would be reduced and charging and keeping track of them would be a nightmare. i have a i4 charger. I could only charge 4 at a time and then reload the charger again with another 4. Plus if i had an EA8 i would buy at least 2 or more sets of batteries for it, so minimum i would have is 16+! batteries going in and out of chargers just for this one light. Keeping track of which ones were charged and which ones were not would be a whole other crazy story.
i just wanted to ask you AA battery people if this light is getting a little to much when it comes to batteries, or is it not even close to what you would accept as getting too ridiculous. If the EA10 came out with 12 or 16 AA's is that just a....regular thing?
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