LEDAdd1ct
Flashlight Enthusiast
I gave my friend an old blue 4D Mag several months ago, promising him I would eventually buy him the Nite Ize LRB-07-PR1W 1 Watt Upgrade LED. According to BigWaffles famous runtime graph here, this upgrade in January of 2009 offered the best compromise between runtime, brightness, and cost. At 28.5 hours before dropping off with decent output and $10-12 price range, it was what I had in mind to purchase when gifting him the 4D Mag.
That was January of 2009; it is now April 2011. Is there a dropin currently available for the same amount of money (say $15 max) that will:
1) Exceed the runtime of the Nite Ize LRB-07-PR1W with equal brightness,
or,
2) Exceed the brightness of the Nite Ize LRB-07-PR1W with equal runtime?
He is by no means a flashoholic, and he already owns the Mag I gave to him. If there is something that meets one or both of the above criteria, I would buy it in lieu of the LRB-07-PR1W. Otherwise, I will simply buy one and he will be a happy guy with a durable, long running (28.5 hours of near constant output) light that he will be proud to own.
To be clear, I understand that there are many three watt options available which are much brighter. However, I would like to limit the candidates for viable alternatives to the Nite Ize to those dropins which consume no more than one watt of power.
EDIT: The 28.5 hour quote from the BigWaffles graph was with a 3D Mag. I gave my friend a 4D. A very, very rough estimate of 25% more runtime going from three to four D cells would be about 35 hours of near constant output.
That was January of 2009; it is now April 2011. Is there a dropin currently available for the same amount of money (say $15 max) that will:
1) Exceed the runtime of the Nite Ize LRB-07-PR1W with equal brightness,
or,
2) Exceed the brightness of the Nite Ize LRB-07-PR1W with equal runtime?
He is by no means a flashoholic, and he already owns the Mag I gave to him. If there is something that meets one or both of the above criteria, I would buy it in lieu of the LRB-07-PR1W. Otherwise, I will simply buy one and he will be a happy guy with a durable, long running (28.5 hours of near constant output) light that he will be proud to own.
To be clear, I understand that there are many three watt options available which are much brighter. However, I would like to limit the candidates for viable alternatives to the Nite Ize to those dropins which consume no more than one watt of power.
EDIT: The 28.5 hour quote from the BigWaffles graph was with a 3D Mag. I gave my friend a 4D. A very, very rough estimate of 25% more runtime going from three to four D cells would be about 35 hours of near constant output.
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