1 AA Night Light

[How Goes It]

but I can not figure out how to upload them

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5) Then paste the URL you just copied from the LINKS window in Photobucket, and you will see something like the below image

 

[DavidD]

Though I am a little surprised about the 16 hours & 30 minutes for the Gerber. Thought that light was being marketed as 60 hours? Maybe I was looking at something else.

Yeah, me too. However, I believe they originally advertised these as 25 hours of peak brightness. So if a 2000 mAh Eneloop gets 15-16 hours, then a 3000 mAh alkaline would be getting about 50% longer, at least in theory, or about 23-24 hours. Who knows about the the long trailing moon mode after that...

 

[michman]

UPDATE:

Somewhere between 0330 and 0530 I woke up to find that the light dimmed on me. Peak & useable brightness on the Gerber Infinity (using an Eneloop) was about 20 hours.

I am even more fond of my E01 after this.

@how goes it: Thanks you for the photo help.

The Revo and E01 were used as controls, the battery in the ReVo has 10 hours use, the E01 had one hour of use.

15 hours -- Revo S2 @2.7 lm, Gerber Infinity, E01 @10 lm

15 hours -- Revo S2 @20 lm, Gerber Infinity, E01 @10 lm

15 hours -- Revo S2 @80 lm, Gerber Infinity, E01 @10 lm

 

[How Goes It]

michman --- thanks for the runtime test on the Gerber. So it looks like I could get somewhere between 16 and 20 hours with the Gerber, after seeing both test results.

And nice pictures. I like how you took them from an overhead view or side view.

But bear with me, as I'm a little slow sometimes at absorbing things.
I need to ask a question or two so I can better understand what's going on.

All pictures were likely taken within a minute or so of one another --- as they all say 15 hours.

But since the Gerber and the E01 both look as if they are getting dimmer with each picture --- in reality -- I'm guessing your camera was set for AE (auto exposure). That is -- either auto aperture, or auto shutter speed, or both were on.

And as you changed the Revo from 2.7 to 20 to 80 lumens -- this caused your aperture to get smaller, &/or the shutter speed to get faster -- hence the Gerber and E01 APPEARED to get dimmer with each successive picture --- where in reality, the Gerber and E01 were the same brightness when each picture was taken. Right ?

 

[michman]

All pictures were likely taken within a minute or so of one another --- as they all say 15 hours.

This is correct.

But since the Gerber and the E01 both look as if they are getting dimmer with each picture --- in reality -- I'm guessing your camera was set for AE (auto exposure). That is -- either auto aperture, or auto shutter speed, or both were on.

Also correct.

And as you changed the Revo from 2.7 to 20 to 80 lumens -- this caused your aperture to get smaller, &/or the shutter speed to get faster -- hence the Gerber and E01 APPEARED to get dimmer with each successive picture

Correct

--- where in reality, the Gerber and E01 were the same brightness when each picture was taken. Right ?

Not so much.

If you look at the first picture, where the ReVo is down at 2.7lm (or so), the Infinity was at about the same level at that point as it. I should have taken some pictures at the start, but in short, the Infinity starts off as bright as the E01, then seemed to fall down to about a 3 lm - 4 lm level by 15 hours. Any way... As the ReVo is ramped up it begins to over power the other two lights. So in Picture one the E01 is the most powerful, then in the second picture you can see that the ReVo has over taken the Infinity and E01 in power. By the third picture the Infinity and E01 are destroyed.

From the 15 hour mark onwards the Infinity just dims down. On alkaline batteries the drop off from full bright to nothing is rather quick, whereas I found that the Eneloop battery prolonged the drawing down stage. By 20 hours though, the light provided would only really be good enough for the most dark adapted eyes.

The Infinity is a great light, and I have been using them for many years (I was buying Infinities when they were made by CMG ten years ago), but I think that the E01 is a superior light in every way. Technology has made it so that for the same runtime you get a light that is half the price, has fewer parts to go wrong, and is smaller (AA vs AAA). The E01's advantage is that it is about as BULLETPROOF as the CMG version, and you can take any "dead" alkaline, put it in, and know that that the E01 will fire up with enough light to do whatever it is you need to do. Since discovering the E01 I have replaced all of my Infinities (although they have a fond place in my heart) with the E01.

Hope this helps.

 

[michman]

Have you thought about the EZAA R5? It has a good run time on low (6 lm for 30+ hrs), and has a ramping feature that allows you to set the light at any level that is required up to 160 lm (1.5 hrs). It is slightly smaller than the Infinity, but the price is a bit steep for what you are looking to do.... One is good for pocket EDC, or just go with the E01....

I really like my EZAA R5, but maybe I love the E01 too much. Bang for the buck, you can not beat the E01.