I've bought several of the flashlights sold in Chinese webpages, and on eBay. They are supposed to have very good LEDs, similar to those used on high-end brand-name flashlights (eg. the XM-L T6). Now these flashlights come nowhere near their advertised lumen output. That's somewhat expected given that certain vendors list higher lumens than the max lumen output of the LED, but let's say I'd want to reach the max LED lumen output, or even slightly below that. What is wrong with the flashlight being so dim? Do they use fake LEDs, or is it a junk driver?
I would really hate to pay big $$ to get a brand-name flashlight just to get its rated lumens. The body of those Chinese ones is pretty good, and if the LED is genuine, then the only thing I need to change is the driver, am I right? Has anyone tried changing the driver, and noticed big changes? Are the LEDs fake or genuine?
I would really hate to pay big $$ to get a brand-name flashlight just to get its rated lumens. The body of those Chinese ones is pretty good, and if the LED is genuine, then the only thing I need to change is the driver, am I right? Has anyone tried changing the driver, and noticed big changes? Are the LEDs fake or genuine?