About 7 years ago I purchased a new Fenix LD01. This light has a Cree XP-E R2 emitter and the published specs of this light was as follows:
85 Lumens (1 Hrs)
28 Lumens (3.5 Hrs)
9 Lumens (11 hrs)
I was researching a new replacement and was going to settle on a Fenix E05 2014 edition. The specs for this light are:
85 Lumens (45 mins)
25 Lumens (4 hr 15 min
8 Lumens (15 hrs)
Since both are single AAA lights I'm curious as to why after 7 years the run time at the highest output of the latest E05 is actually less then the run time of the older LD01 by about 25 percent? I'm guessing that Fenix didn't report actual specs as per ANSI FL-1 guidelines back in 2009 and now they do? Or was my old LD01 that much more advanced back then.Granted the low and midrange runtimes have increased but the highest output runtime was a bit of a surprise to me.
85 Lumens (1 Hrs)
28 Lumens (3.5 Hrs)
9 Lumens (11 hrs)
I was researching a new replacement and was going to settle on a Fenix E05 2014 edition. The specs for this light are:
85 Lumens (45 mins)
25 Lumens (4 hr 15 min
8 Lumens (15 hrs)
Since both are single AAA lights I'm curious as to why after 7 years the run time at the highest output of the latest E05 is actually less then the run time of the older LD01 by about 25 percent? I'm guessing that Fenix didn't report actual specs as per ANSI FL-1 guidelines back in 2009 and now they do? Or was my old LD01 that much more advanced back then.Granted the low and midrange runtimes have increased but the highest output runtime was a bit of a surprise to me.