Inova replaced my X1's with 2AA Bolts. Currents differ greatly...

[Turbo DV8]

I just could not stand any longer how my two Inova X1's were basically stobe lights unless you practically used pliers to tighten the twisty cap down. I only paid $5 on clearance at Target, but I decided to mail them back to Inova. I told them I'd take any other 1 or 2 AA light as long as it wasn't a stobe light. They sent me back two 2AA Bolt lights. Nice. The two tints are very different. Am I correct to assume these are K2 LED's?

What bothers me a little is that the currents they draw at the tailcap is hugely different by a factor of two. Using freshly charged Ni-MH cells, the purply one with a tighter hot spot but less overall brightness draws 300 mA. The one with the less purply tint, more spill and noticeably more overall brightness draws 600 mA. Maybe I should consider them to have individual character with differing brightness, beam pattern and runtimes, and be glad I don't have two identical lights. But, I am wondering what is the average "normal" current at the tailcap using freshly charged Ni-MH cells? Anybody want to measure their 2AA Bolt report back? I want to know which one of mine is normal and which is the runt or which is on steroids!

 

[merlocka]

Interesting, I have a Target X1 that does the exact same thing. I'll have to call them.

 

[spectrak]

mine is showing 550 with nimh and 560 with alk's but the beam is purple worst color of any of my led lights

 

[Lightingguy321]

Bolts Are K2 TFFC LEDs

 

[metlarules]

I am under the impression that they are regular K2's.

 

[Turbo DV8]

Are (were) the K2's subject to the Luxeon lottery also, because I have seen these AA bolts emit light in virtually all colors of the rainbow! That's exaggerating a bit, but the differences in tint I have seen between five or six specimens is pretty gross. Purple, blue, yellow and rancid-pee-green. I kept the bluish one cuz it wasn't terribly blue, and the yellowish one is going to be a favorite, especially outdoors, because it makes outdoorsy colors come out more. But I have an ElektroLumens K2 Stunner with eight K2's, and their tints are all identical as far as my eye can discern (slightly purple).