Thanks! How long does such a powerful lamp last on 3xAAA?
Andre.
The batteries that came with the lamp lasted approx 16hrs. I've just fitted some Duracell batteries and expect these to last longer.
Id.
Andre.
An update, the Duracell batteries have just given up the ghost. Checking back the 16 hours I quoted was incorrect. The 3 AAA batteries at best last 10 hours.
Id.
Even ten hours sounds pretty good for such a powerful lamp; a few years ago we would have considered it absolutely great to get ten hours from a bicycle battery lamp. It's just that a) I want to get away from AAA's, having just trashed a front blinkie that used the last AAA on my bike and b) my current rear lamp, a Cateye TL-LD1100, goes a 100 hours plus (that's more than a hundred hours with two zeroes) on 2x AA batteries. I want both a stronger lamp than the Cateye, which has been the best available for many years but is now a bit outmoded, and a lamp that runs longer on its batteries.
Still, I pretty faithfully take the motor battery off the bike for charging after every ride, and I'll probably have to charge the 18650 for the front blinki every few rides, so I may as well include the rear blinkie in the routine.
For those who want to know what happened to my BUMM Cyo and Line Plus lamps, they're on the bike, permanently on, but I like having a blinkie front and rear as well, as a bicycle signature. I just wish I could buy a proper blinking lamp that would plug into the hub dynamo or 36V motor battery system.