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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That light will last less than 1 or 2 min and will get super duper hot.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Tbh that's probably good enough for a deployable self defense solution.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Makes perfect sense given LEDs are only around 50% efficient or even less so if this thing can produce this monstrous holy light then it is bound to overheat and drain the battery very fast

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yeah even my 1500lumen light gets unbearably hot after running on turbo for more than 5 minutes