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carl said:
Double A, How does the brightness and runtime compare to our usual standard, the ARC AAA?
Is it regulated or does it dim quickly?
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I did a spot on the wall comparison with the Peak 5-LED standard brightness to a Premium Arc Single LED AAA.
I guess I should word it this way, I'm very impressed with the Arc.
The Peak has a hot spot that is about three times larger in diameter than the Arc's and appears to be the same intensity, but the Arc has a nice corona that is very large. I would "guess" the total light output is about the same.
Humm, the Peak did seem pretty dim, now it really seems dim. I figured five leds as compared to a single led, I dunno five times as much light? I can tell you now that I've compared them side by side, I'm kinda disappointed. I mean even figuring that the intensity would probibly be the same, the volume of light seems the same as well.
I don't have any figures on runtime, remember I just got this yesterday morning. OK, I just swapped batteries with a known good one that didn't make any difference. But then again the boost circuit should have compensated for that anyway I would imagine. Hold on, I just pulled out a standard incandescent mini-mag....sorry it kicks this Peak light's butt. Bummer that is what i was hoping for, the 5-led model to be roughly the same amount of light and knowing I would have a correspondingly shorter runtime.
How about the rest of you guys, how are yours? Did I get a defective light??????