walkabout said:I picked up a Mini-MagLED 3AA yesterday. But it's no brighter than my 2AA MMLED.
It's not a battery problem -- I checked them with a multimeter.
I was expecting a third more output. What the heck is going on?
Right...ACMarina said:Being that the head doesn't contain anything more than the reflector, I'd guess zilcho, but my guessing isn't up to par today..
what are you thinking, planterz??
I've found that at high intensity, such as lighting something up-close, that is true, but at low intensity (such as doing a ceiling bounce in a big dark room) I can detect much smaller differences in brightness. I think this is because at all but extremely low intensities the pupils tend to constrict quite a bit which offsets some of the apparent increase. This means that increased brightness in a flashlight is mainly useful for the following:Remember there's a certain percentage of output that needs to be different for the human eye to recognize a brightness change. Not sure what it is, but it might explain why the slight output difference is not immediately apparent to you.