Newbie question,,
I bought a 5 pack of the cree 14500 flashlights and noticed that there was no difference in brightness between 1 AA alkaline at the usual 1.5V and a "Trustfire" 14500 at 3.7V+
I tried a Efest 14500 and the brightness was a huge difference. I mentioned the 5 pack as there's always dud with these cheapie lights but they all responded the same.
Iv'e used these Trustfires on my laser pointers plenty and they perform well on a 100mW unit's and more and couldn't tell a difference between them and the Efest's so I guess what i'm asking is doe's a LED need that much more current? Totally knowing the deal with "Trustfires" they cannot be that bad to not power a so called 200 or 300 lumen light over a single AA??
I bought a 5 pack of the cree 14500 flashlights and noticed that there was no difference in brightness between 1 AA alkaline at the usual 1.5V and a "Trustfire" 14500 at 3.7V+
I tried a Efest 14500 and the brightness was a huge difference. I mentioned the 5 pack as there's always dud with these cheapie lights but they all responded the same.
Iv'e used these Trustfires on my laser pointers plenty and they perform well on a 100mW unit's and more and couldn't tell a difference between them and the Efest's so I guess what i'm asking is doe's a LED need that much more current? Totally knowing the deal with "Trustfires" they cannot be that bad to not power a so called 200 or 300 lumen light over a single AA??
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