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All this talk of beam patterns and lumens is fine and dandy for the illumination obsessed,but am I the only one who is more concerned with low temp battery performance?
My Exposures seem to go into hibernation mode as the mercury drops making a mockery of claimed battery life...
Batteries that work well in the cold is what we want.
Wonder if there is a market for dinky quilted light covers..


 
Posted : 10/11/2009 10:38 am
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Before anyone mentions Piggybacks - they kind of defeat the object of paying for a self contained,pocketable solution.
Batteries should last as long as claimed imo.Especially as we use them in the winter.

Perhaps a hamster jacket would do the trick.


 
Posted : 10/11/2009 10:44 am
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That is normal. Nothing to worry about. Check Arhenius' laws of activation energy. Plus anyone knows that burn time, battery life are given for 298K.


 
Posted : 10/11/2009 10:46 am
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Thats strange, my Exposures are over 2 years old and they still exceed the manufacturers claimed run times. Even in the depths of winter the run times have not been noticably different.


 
Posted : 10/11/2009 10:49 am
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put yur batterie sin your pants keeps em nice and warm lol


 
Posted : 10/11/2009 10:55 am
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Battery run-time does supposedly drop off in cold conditions but with my Lumi battery, it's not been to a noticeable extent.


 
Posted : 10/11/2009 10:59 am
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Down the pants it is then.


 
Posted : 10/11/2009 1:43 pm
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My 3 yr old lumi battery still gives 5 hours in the coldest of temperatures - shouldnt effect run times too much I wouldnt have thought. Oh - and I dont ride with it down my pants...


 
Posted : 10/11/2009 1:52 pm
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Claimed run time will only be reflective of the temperature at which they're tested. It's impossible to give a single run time figure. It's not unreasonable to give a figure based on somewhere between 0 and 20 deg C, especially as plenty of people want their expensive lights for racing which is typically done in summer.


 
Posted : 10/11/2009 2:08 pm