Bought on EBAY. They must be great because they said Cree 5000 lumens and were mailed direct from China. Think I have 13 now and stored around the house, garage and in cars. Using one on a pellet rifle for night critters. Actually I am about 80% satisfied with performance and 100% with price. I like the zoom for general purpose use.
So why do I think I'm missing something? Cause most of you guys happily spend $50-100+ and seem to do it frequently, so I gotta think I'm missing something. I KNOW my lights aren't 5000 lumens and I feel run time is pretty short, even though most operating time is 5 minutes or less between uses. I'm using Eneloop AA nimh rechargables.
Since these are working for me maybe I shouldn't press for something better. One thing that would help me figure that out is if I could measure the actual lumens my lights give. If I knew that, then I could easily compare run time graphs with other more expensive options. Is measuring light output difficult? Expensive? Appreciate your comments.
So why do I think I'm missing something? Cause most of you guys happily spend $50-100+ and seem to do it frequently, so I gotta think I'm missing something. I KNOW my lights aren't 5000 lumens and I feel run time is pretty short, even though most operating time is 5 minutes or less between uses. I'm using Eneloop AA nimh rechargables.
Since these are working for me maybe I shouldn't press for something better. One thing that would help me figure that out is if I could measure the actual lumens my lights give. If I knew that, then I could easily compare run time graphs with other more expensive options. Is measuring light output difficult? Expensive? Appreciate your comments.