nirrebosse
Newly Enlightened
- Joined
- Oct 17, 2011
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- 15
Hello.
Sorry if I ask something you diskussed before but I have read and cant realy find the answer I looking for.
And I,m also curios how you with extended experience use the lightlevels on your Flashlights.
I have a Fenix LD10. The diod is a XP-G R5.
It has lightlevels on 9, 50, 105 and 132 lumens. The lowest is perfect for descret lightning indoors or to be visible outdoors for ex on a bike, but Its not very bright when for ex going out to a moosepost before dawn. Even if I find level 2 at 50 lumens good, and much better than I,m used to with my princton tec Impact, or mini mag, I,m drawn to more light. 105 lumen, level three is three klicks away and its easyer to just twist between the levels 9 and 132. I have recargable eneloops at 2500 and GP at 2700 and they bouth provide with broad range more than 1.5 hours runtime on the Turbolevel. I also carry 2 spare Battery in my backpack in a watertight Fenix carryer made for the headlamp application.
I,m curious what happens to the diod with long running times. Will it have a shorter lifetime than the estated 50.000 hours or vill it loose its maximum capasity quick due to temperatures?
I,ve run it for 1/2 hours at a time on turbo already so the diod is not melting anyway by being far to hot.
By the way if the flashlight shines good for me even 5.000 hours its good enough as that will represent at least ten years of use and I will happily by a new one. I think a lot of things beside the diod is the things that decide the lifespan of a tecnical thing as a flashlight.
Give me some thoughts about my light and how to use it wisely and tell a little about witch lightlevels you like and why?
Bosse
Sorry if I ask something you diskussed before but I have read and cant realy find the answer I looking for.
And I,m also curios how you with extended experience use the lightlevels on your Flashlights.
I have a Fenix LD10. The diod is a XP-G R5.
It has lightlevels on 9, 50, 105 and 132 lumens. The lowest is perfect for descret lightning indoors or to be visible outdoors for ex on a bike, but Its not very bright when for ex going out to a moosepost before dawn. Even if I find level 2 at 50 lumens good, and much better than I,m used to with my princton tec Impact, or mini mag, I,m drawn to more light. 105 lumen, level three is three klicks away and its easyer to just twist between the levels 9 and 132. I have recargable eneloops at 2500 and GP at 2700 and they bouth provide with broad range more than 1.5 hours runtime on the Turbolevel. I also carry 2 spare Battery in my backpack in a watertight Fenix carryer made for the headlamp application.
I,m curious what happens to the diod with long running times. Will it have a shorter lifetime than the estated 50.000 hours or vill it loose its maximum capasity quick due to temperatures?
I,ve run it for 1/2 hours at a time on turbo already so the diod is not melting anyway by being far to hot.
By the way if the flashlight shines good for me even 5.000 hours its good enough as that will represent at least ten years of use and I will happily by a new one. I think a lot of things beside the diod is the things that decide the lifespan of a tecnical thing as a flashlight.
Give me some thoughts about my light and how to use it wisely and tell a little about witch lightlevels you like and why?
Bosse