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    Are LED Driving lights now being pushed too hard with shorter lifespans?

    Can you give more details on this? Is there a product you would recommend? I want a compact LED lamp with a long life. Moderator Edit Removed flaming remarks --Alaric D
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    Are LED Driving lights now being pushed too hard with shorter lifespans?

    As an example Lightforce 215 8 inch lamp, 108W 7500 RAW lumens / 5000 effective at 5000 kelvins. Just a few years later(now) the same sized physical driving lamps from LF are now 140W 7300 effective lumens with what looks like less heatsinking/more compactness. Some other brands have higher...
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    Running Mag85 off 18650?

    Got a Mag85 in mint cond that runs on 9x aa eneloops which give poor runtimes imo. iirc about 18mins constant on before major dimming & up to 27-33mins total when running on 10min then 10min off repeat. Is the 18650 option going to extended runtimes much? Would the nominal voltage be too...
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    Lumintop BLF GTvn V1

    Re: Lumintop BLF GTvn - Throw King So does Spec 5 or 6 reduce life expectancy with the LED & driver over the stock Lumintop version? Would it require a step down alot quicker? As for 5500K or 6500K. My take is 6500K will look better for the beam in the sky-more blue while 5500K is better for...
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    Can cheap LED light bars be ran for many hours straight frequently?

    I have asked this of 4wder's & they really don't know, probably because they don't use them much. I'm wanting to get a 40 inch sized bar & wan't to run it for many hours at a time on long drives. I assume the expensive bars can do this frequently without problems but what about the cheap units...
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    Acebeam X65's custom Battery pack

    Hello. Wanting to buy this light, but before I do, I'd like to know if the battery pack's 8 18650 cells can be swapped out with others easily? Or is it sealed up like a laptop battery? I emailed acebeam but they didn't give me a direct answer. I would like to be able to take them out...
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