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    Fenix UC30 for walking / general purpose light?

    May be late answer, but useful for someone. I do have UC30 but the old model (square button). Older version is actually better than the current one since the current one is designed for the "Interet experts" more than for real life use (similar to E16). New UC30 has narrower beam (with longer...
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    NEW Fenix E16 700 lumens (beamshots added)

    Re: NEW Fenix E16 700 Lumens Docs of the Cree XP-L Hi V2 give us: Max Power 10 W and Max Light Output 1175 lm and let's gues that the E16 is driven near the max. For 4v that gives us about 2,5A. Just 8W would still be 2A @ 4v. For a 16340 that is at 3-4C. A general rule of thumb for LiIon cells...
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    Fenix E18R Flashlight - Small Size with Great Competence

    Re: Fenix E18R Flashlight - I was shocked: its cable is incompatible! I have just found out: USB charging cable and magnetic port present on the E18R are not compatible with their own Magnetic charging cables and magnetic port on their own RC models!?! I am not talking about different looks...
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    KLARUS XT11GT Giveaways！

    XT11GT, Bright Choices, Brilliant Prizes! Klarus actually seems really trying to inovvate and produce very interesting lights, above the average. I have seen this thread looking for the info on a Klarus while investigating for a light that might fit my needs and be of highest quality. It is...
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    Your battery stash- how many cells do you keep on hand?

    How long my light works? Depends on how many spare batteries I have with me :) For professional reasons I was using rechargable batteries my entire life. Alkalines could not do what was needed. That pushed me into trying my best to have AA/AAA NiMh for everything in the house (remotes for TVs...
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    Problems with new Nitecore and Olight, is Fenix better?

    I have absolutely never cleaned any new Fenix and never had any problem because of that. They are checked, cleaned and lubed about once per year in most cases, switches retighten as needed, and most of them are washed externally from time to time. Models in our use, 6 peaces from 2009: 2009...
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    Review: Fenix LD02 (XP-E2, 1x AAA, 100 lumens)

    Re: Fenix LD02 vs Fenix E12 - measured and commented Yes. Point was to show the differnece between Lumens and Lux since as a rule people say they want more Lumens and mean they want more Lux (throw). Too often, people want light that throws to the Moon. They do not consider that means a very...
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    Very difficult NOT to love AAA's these days.

    I carried MagLite Solitare AAA for many years (mostly for peeking into computers, connectors and such; its max was walking along the path - carefully and slowly), have had no other option. Hated it: shines like a small lighter and works even worse with rechargable batteries. But, it was in my...
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    Long runtime AAA?

    My experience with battery power equipment on which I professionaly depend and often my life might depend is: I do not care about declared runtimes (as long as they are reasonable industry standard values). What I do care for is taking spare batteries with me! Preferably, several sets. My...
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    Long runtime AAA?

    I think we could guess who was pushing with all their forces when FL-1 standard was beeing formualted for the runtime to be measured until 10%. As a reference, I am including a runtime graph from the original documentation of my 2009. Fenix LD-10: I repeat: this Fenix graph is made pre ANSI...
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    Review: Fenix LD02 (XP-E2, 1x AAA, 100 lumens)

    Re: Fenix LD02 vs Fenix E12 - measured and commented Even better example. Again, I am guessing here: the middle light has the most lumens, the left one a bit less, and the right one has by far the least lumens here?
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    Review: Fenix LD02 (XP-E2, 1x AAA, 100 lumens)

    Re: Fenix LD02 vs Fenix E12 - measured and commented So, and I am guessing here, the 4 times brighter light on the right must have 4 times more Lumens than the left one? Or, something along this lines. This picture is actually quite nice representation of the real life difference of these...
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    How to choose a good flashlight?

    Previous responses are actually very good, and try to consider the main problem in any selection: what for you will be using the device. But, they might likely be more than you are willing or interested to do/learn/investigate/understand. I will try to make it simple, guessing as I go. 1...
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    Review: Fenix LD02 (XP-E2, 1x AAA, 100 lumens)

    Fenix LD02 vs Fenix E12 - measured and commented LD02 and E12 have very similar beam profile, with LD02 having stronger and wider flood part (ring surrounding the hotspot, which are almost the same). I feel most people do not actually understand a difference between lumen and lux so I...
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    Why i favour AAA/AA!!

    I am using batteries professionally for 20+ years (journalist, photographer). With time, I decided that I do not care how much a battery lasts, but if I have a spare. I could not afford to not finish a job due to batteries (Camera, flash) or to get lost in the middle of nowhere (GPS). I use...
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