How bright is this using the 3 AAA batts? Is it noticeably less bright with the 3 AAA batts?
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I haven't used 3 AAA batteries with this light, but only the rechargeable battery that came with it. I had the Cygolite Expilion 800 USB Bicycle Headlight and this one isn't as bight as that. It's about as bright as a two battery regular flashlight. It has not gone out or anything, but it has two weakness which is miner. The lens can fall off sometimes and the battery case now gets turned around inside the light. This's correctable and hasn't caused me a lot of trouble. Because it can be used as a flashlight and a bike light it is handy, but if your looking for a light like the Cygolite Expilion 800 USB Bicycle Headlight then this wouldn't do it. I miss that kind of light a lot and someday I might get one again. If you just want to be able to see the road and that's it then this one will do it. Hope this helps you because it isn't easy finding the right headlight.
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Nope, it is still plenty bright. I'm using my macbook pro to answer this and looking at the backlight, it is fine. It's clear, so it doesn't really obscure anything.
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I believe you can use AAA's but using those will deminish the brightness considerably. And it will use them up very quickly.
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I use the 18650 batteries , And yes I do believe there is a difference between the two batteries I think its brighter with the 18650
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It's a fixed flood. Advertised as 240 lumens, doesn't seem that bright compared to my 65 lumen Surefires. I'm going a bit stronger with my next light, maybe 600, just to be sure. LED's don't seem to be as focused as regular but run on AA batts.
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I run it at 12v, I'm 90% sure it's 250 lumens at 12v. It is very bright. I would highly recommend.
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Although this flashlight supports 3 batteries, only 2 are needed. I have a few of these flashlights and only one of them came with the extension tube for a third battery. This is not needed in my opinion unless you want a longer flashlight. There was also no improvement in brightness with the third battery. If you still want to use the third battery, just charge it separately after the other 2 are charged. Enjoy
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It's pretty bright. Not sure about the distance. If you focus it to a sharp beam you should be OK. It's only 500 lumens tho. I would go with the hkbayi UltraFire E17 2000 Lumen Flashlight Led Cree T6 XM-L Camping Torch Flash Light The Lamp With Mount Holder Set + 2pcs 18650 Li-ion Battery 4000mah Ultrafire 3.7v Batteries + 18650 Dual Charge. Those batteries are long lasting and they come with a charger. Good luck!
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275 Lumens, By far the best spotlight I have had so far. I use the 4 D cell batteries instead of the rechargeable. I've never had any luck with the rechargeable batteries. They never last very long. I use it to look around the yard at night when the dog starts barking. I've had it quite a while now and still have the first set of batteries in it that I put in when I got it.
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Really bright, probably not 3800 Lumens, and no, it requires 4x 18650 3.7v Li-ion rechargeable batteries.
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Sorry, I've only had it about a month. I use it every night when walking my dog. In our canyon we have cougars and black bears so I had hoped the intense beam would be some protection.So far, so good.I use it about 20 minutes each night at full brightness. I have had it month and still usingthe original batteries.
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Good question. I would say it is not quite as bright as the flashlight on an iPhone, mostly bc the light is more spread out. but it's close.
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I'm not sure, I stated that the brightness was with incandescent lighting,but am actually using the spiral energy saving equivalent (smaller size T2). Since three bulbs are used, with the energy saver the lamp illuminates very well. Hope this helps.
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I'd recommend the Nitecore website for lumens, but I can tell you that this is the brightest battery powered flashlight I've ever seen. It's amazingly bright.
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13 lumens sounds about right. I would have guessed less than 50 lumens. This thing is not that bright for using 3 AA batteries. I would rather get a CREE flashlight that uses 1 AA.
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It take 3 AAA batteries and works very well. Not a bright light, but seems like a lot is a very dark spot. Also make a very good night light (for travel) just sitting on a counter or table.
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Now that I have had my light for about a month, I find that the batteries do not maintain their power level like they did when they were new. I was getting about 8-10 hours on low setting, and now it is barely 8 hours. Still, much better then something like the Brinkman's which run on 3 AAA batteries at 1/4 the output power at about the same price. I purchased two lights so I can have one charging while one is in use. This works very good, and it gives me another light in case something happens to one of them.