For Christmas I bought 2 each of these two lights for me and my family members. I knew what features I wanted and figured I'd try out both lights. Waiting for their arrival..
At first I didn't realize the sunwayman didn't have a strobe feature. I just assumed it would since they were from the same parent company...no biggie though.
The question I have for you pro's regards the stated runtime of the two lights.
Nitecore IFD2 is listed at 80 hours at .5 lumen and 40 minutes at 260 lumens
Sunwayman V20A is listed at 100 hours at 1 lumen and 2 hours at 210 lumens
One would think the IFD2 at .5 lumens would last longer than the V20A at 1 lumen, but the stated numbers don't show that.
Maybe the companies use different standards to measure the runtime of their lights? What are the real internal differences that would make these similar lights perform so differently?
I'm perplexed..and then the V20A anniversary model with the XML-R5 adds to the confusion with its stated maximum brightness on standard AA's being lower than the standard V20A on an XPG-R5. What gives?
At first I didn't realize the sunwayman didn't have a strobe feature. I just assumed it would since they were from the same parent company...no biggie though.
The question I have for you pro's regards the stated runtime of the two lights.
Nitecore IFD2 is listed at 80 hours at .5 lumen and 40 minutes at 260 lumens
Sunwayman V20A is listed at 100 hours at 1 lumen and 2 hours at 210 lumens
One would think the IFD2 at .5 lumens would last longer than the V20A at 1 lumen, but the stated numbers don't show that.
Maybe the companies use different standards to measure the runtime of their lights? What are the real internal differences that would make these similar lights perform so differently?
I'm perplexed..and then the V20A anniversary model with the XML-R5 adds to the confusion with its stated maximum brightness on standard AA's being lower than the standard V20A on an XPG-R5. What gives?
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