Chrontius
Flashlight Enthusiast
Bought myself a Torrent. How accurate is the 115 lumens they claim, and what's a more believable runtime? The stated five hours is down to .25 lux at 2 meters using eight alkaline cells.
Picked up my Xenon Torrent today, and much to my dismay my eight freshly charged, rested Eneloop AAs didn't cause the tiniest glimmer of red. I thought I had a DOA bulb. ( :sigh: ) So I throw in the Duracells that they provided me with as a courtesy, and would you look at that. Lit up like a champ. Princeton Tec warns you of potentially lower initial lumens with ni-cad and nimh cells, but they're recommended there right next to alkaline cells (but not L91 lithiums).
Anybody know of an incompatibility between those cells and that torch that might have surprised me here?
sounds like the eneloops may have a short or fat nipple that isnt making contact correctly
have a look at the nipple on top of the eneloops and compare them to the duracells
there may be a little reverse polarity guard in the light
I remember Rayovac rechargeable batteries having a special extra dimple on the positive contact that made normal rechargeables incompatible with their charger. I hadn't seen much difference between Eneloops and Alkalines in shape, so...what gives? Can you take comparison measures and pictures?Appears that the positive contact furthest from the bulb doesn't play nice with the Eneloop's positive contact button. I have no earthly idea why, but... a speck of aluminum foil completes the circuit and holy cow, Eneloops are brighter than fresh alkalines.