Out of interest, what is the rating of the 'standard' battery? As I'm running a 5.2Ah battery, and have never been close to running out.
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Hope 4 or Maxx Daddy!!
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Posted 2 years ago #
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being a lazy ass, I have not run out yet.
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the standard battery is a 2.6 amp hour and when I first tested one 2.5 hours runtime was achieved and the maths verified that with the light drawing 1 amp
but then reports of 2 hours came in so I did a retest and yes got 2 hours 10 mins this could have been the colder ambient as it was september when I did the first trial .there has been a small change to the driver and I hope this doesnt upset any of the first batch users .
there is now a hi med and low with the hi being a boost and drawing 1.5 amp from the battery and will deplete the 2.6 amp hour in about 1hour 15 mins
the medium is the old hi and the low well lowPosted 2 years ago # -
Trout lights might be good value but they look ugly as hell.
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cy - Member
As a Vision4 user in a sea of latest Troutlight riding mates, get the Trout. It's about half as bright again than the Hope and the burn time is miles longer. I've been really disappointed with my Hope for burn time, pretty always having to get myself home on a flashing light or just my Joystick after 2-2.5 hours of riding, and that's with running min setting on all the climbs. The moment you run the max setting it just sucks juice down like you wouldn't believe. The beam optics ain't great either and the battery mounting is downright irritating. After that stunning sales pitch, my set will be on the classifieds in a month or so.
Strange that. I could ride with mine on full for 2 hrs. Most rides are 1.5-2hrs and I generally have mine on max for anything technical/downhill and high for the rest of the ride. If I want to run it to flat when I get home I stick it on medium so it doesn't get hot and it will take anything up to an hour to run down.
I'm more than happy with the light output too, but next winter I'll probably supplement it with either a Hope 2, or DX for my lid.
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Trout lights might be good value but they look ugly as hell.
Not over keen in the sqaure look but I did see some trout round style ones or did I make that up???Posted 2 years ago # -
There is indeed a roundish one and very powerfull it is too .
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I've got a Maxx Daddy, had it since they came out in November 2008. It's awesome. Battery life is longer than quoted when new, it's dropped to quoted now. Mate of mine has the Hope Vision 4. Light output is very similar, but I prefer the single unit of the Exposure.
When the battery life isn't enough, I'll buy a piggyback battery.
You'll be very happy if you buy either.
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