Outside diameter pleaseBOMB!
Aod: the inside diameter or outside? The inside is the exact right diameter for an 18650 to fit in.
BOMB!
Aod: the inside diameter or outside? The inside is the exact right diameter for an 18650 to fit in.
Outside diameter please![]()
sweet on both counts!
I look forward to beamshots with the smooth reflector. i wonder if they do smooth reflectors for the M1Xm *drool*
I think i'll get an XR-E C8 for a weaponlight because of that awesome tight beam, and if it gets shot out, who cares? it's £6![]()
OK so I think I rushed my purchase with the lenser which is really unlike me. So I can send this back. I want something that lasts 2-3 hours and is flippin bright and can be mounted to a bike handle bar. Also I want really good flood.....I think. Not spot? The one where it covers the most area all around with wide field of view. Budget, no more than £60.
Hi guys. The other day I bought some toches for cycling. Rather than specific bike lights my mate recommended an LED torch with a mount for handle bars since it can double up as a torch, which I also needed. I went with his advice as I needed something quick, although I think he may have swayed me just because he likes to feel good about what he bought! Anyway I was in a rush so went with it, I got a Lenser P7 200 Lumens LED torch, and also a Lenser H7 LED Head torch 140 lumens. Does anyone have any experience with these?
These are my first LED torches so to me they look good. I need equipment that will last and not break. I also need the battery life to be 2-3 hours on high.
How much better is this BC40 that everyone recommends and is it waterproof? Also where to buy from? I don't think the lenser stuff I bought is officially waterprood.
OK so I think I rushed my purchase with the lenser which is really unlike me. So I can send this back. I want something that lasts 2-3 hours and is flippin bright and can be mounted to a bike handle bar. Also I want really good flood.....I think. Not spot? The one where it covers the most area all around with wide field of view. Budget, no more than £60.
Lastly, the C8's probably only doing about 240 Lumens![]()
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Well, i meant only by comparison to the 400 that is sometimes claimed of it. 240 lumens is a crapload compared to torches from 2001.Only? You mean only being poor? Or sarcastic? Sorry I can't tell.
Like i said, the eye's reaction to lumens is logarithmic, not linear. 800 lumens only looks about three or four times brighter than 100.Hmm I might have mixed spill with flood above yeah
240 isn't anything to scoff at but I reckon the C9 XR-E is pushing a bit beyond 240 lumens having compared it to the BC40! The spill isn't its strong point of course but it still lights up the surrounding circle quite nicely.
If I had a bike I'd put it to the test![]()
The 18650 is the name for the most common and popular size of cylindrical Lithium-Ion battery. most laptop-batteries use these cells.Also what is this 18650 people keep talking of? Is that a battery charger type or the battery type? Arrgghh. I didn't think buying a torch was so much hassle.
EDIT: Does 18650 just another name for AA battery size?
Yes, lumens add up linearly. however, the visual response to lumens increases logarithmically, so 200 lumens only appears to be 50% brighter than 100 lumens.
Many torches are advertised with wildly varying lumen-claims, the C8 with the XR-E Q5 emitter, which probably emits around 240 lumens is advertised with anywhere between 150 and 500 Lumens. part of the reason for this is that measuring lumens is very very difficult (you need a special device) so the sellers make it up and the buyers accept it as true.
That said, some torches that are smaller than your P7 are capable of emitting over 800 lumens. this is because they simply use a different emitter. your P7 uses the XR-E but the XM-L emitter can handle more than three times as much power and emit more than a thousand lumens.
This is why i suggested the XM-L version of the C8, it's got more total output (though how much more is anyone's guess) as well as a much floodier beam, because the LED is much bigger.
Well, i meant only by comparison to the 400 that is sometimes claimed of it. 240 lumens is a crapload compared to torches from 2001.
Like i said, the eye's reaction to lumens is logarithmic, not linear. 800 lumens only looks about three or four times brighter than 100.
The 18650 is the name for the most common and popular size of cylindrical Lithium-Ion battery. most laptop-batteries use these cells.
the name, 18650, designates it's dimensions, it's an 18mm-diameter cell and it's 65.0mm long. while almost all the 18650's are called "18650" their dimensions do tend to vary a bit, but they almost all work.
18650's are great because they can be recharged between 500 to 2000 times, depending on a number of factors, meaning that if you amortize the cost of the cells and the charger over that, it works out many orders of magnitude cheaper than using AAs.
They're also much better than AAs, Ni-MH cells and other types because they have a voltage very close to that of what an LED needs, so the control circuitry can be simpler and more efficient, and they also can deliver a large amount of current for almost their entire capacity.
furthermore, their capacity is also very high. there are now 3100mAh 18650's (real 3100mAh, not fake!) which will power an XM-L at it's full drive current of three amps for more than an hour!