9W Luxeon? Whoa! But is it for real?

Fallingwater · Dec 3, 2006

Wandered on this while looking for rechargeable CR123s.

Do you think it's really a 9W flashlight, or is the guy selling it on drugs?

The price sure makes it suspicious...

cobb · Dec 3, 2006

Those lights "use" 9 watts, they do not emit it.

Skibane · Dec 4, 2006

It's even worse than that: The entire flashlight MIGHT consume 9 watts, under perfect conditions. The LED itself is only consuming part of that power - the rest is heating up the series dropping resistor, battery contacts, switch, wiring, chemicals inside the batteries, etc.

And, of the power actually being consumed by the LED, only a small fraction of that is actually converted to light. The rest is helping to turn the flashlight case into a nifty hand-warmer...

Schnotts · Dec 4, 2006

A guy I work with bought an e-bay special "7w LED" jobbie. It's about as bright as my Fenix L1T....

Northern Lights · Dec 4, 2006

Here is an explanation of some of the Chinese ratings for lights:
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/posts/1698577&postcount=3

9W Luxeon? Whoa! But is it for real?

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