Lumenize
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I'm going to buy a headlamp and have a very hard time deciding between Zebralight of an Olight H2R Nova.
I like very floody without a hotspot. I have no need for a lot of throw. Mostly for close range. For me far starts at 20 yards
I like lights that use 18650.
Zebralight looks great from what I can find but have two things that hold me back from buying one.
A] Somewhere I've read that the Olight has lumen/watt so is more efficient. And that means longer runtimes and potentially less stepdown due to heat problems. Can anyone shed some light on that?
B] Related to the previous question is that I can't find no tests showing runtimes in what Zebralight calls PID regulated modes.
A bunch of fancy graphs would be great, but I also would be very happy with the following numbers.
Lumen and duration before stepdown. Lumen and duration after stepdown.
The same question for all PID modes.
I only need those numbers at room temperature without any sort of cooling.
The Zebralights I'm concidering are:
- H604d 18650 XHP50.2 Flood 5000K High CRI Headlamp.
- H600Fd Mk IV 18650 XHP50.2 Floody 5000K High CRI Headlamp
I would prefer a the mark IV in a "Flood" instead of "Floody" version but they don't seem to exist. The only reason I want mark IV instead of mark III because I think they are better, like more efficient. But that's just guesswork because I don't haven't read the slightest bit of proof for that claim. The only thing I've read is that the mark IV has a more scratch resitant lesns.
All info why pick one brand over the other is welcome.
I like very floody without a hotspot. I have no need for a lot of throw. Mostly for close range. For me far starts at 20 yards
I like lights that use 18650.
Zebralight looks great from what I can find but have two things that hold me back from buying one.
A] Somewhere I've read that the Olight has lumen/watt so is more efficient. And that means longer runtimes and potentially less stepdown due to heat problems. Can anyone shed some light on that?
B] Related to the previous question is that I can't find no tests showing runtimes in what Zebralight calls PID regulated modes.
A bunch of fancy graphs would be great, but I also would be very happy with the following numbers.
Lumen and duration before stepdown. Lumen and duration after stepdown.
The same question for all PID modes.
I only need those numbers at room temperature without any sort of cooling.
The Zebralights I'm concidering are:
- H604d 18650 XHP50.2 Flood 5000K High CRI Headlamp.
- H600Fd Mk IV 18650 XHP50.2 Floody 5000K High CRI Headlamp
I would prefer a the mark IV in a "Flood" instead of "Floody" version but they don't seem to exist. The only reason I want mark IV instead of mark III because I think they are better, like more efficient. But that's just guesswork because I don't haven't read the slightest bit of proof for that claim. The only thing I've read is that the mark IV has a more scratch resitant lesns.
All info why pick one brand over the other is welcome.
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