burntime accuracy

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This completely depends on the light itself. The [link=http://www.opticsplanet.com/surefire-brand.html]Surefire[/link] LED models are highly padded with their 11-12 hour figure. The [url=http://www.opticsplanet.com/surefire-g2-led-flashlight.html]Surefire G2 LED[/url] (and similar [link=http://www.opticsplanet.com/surefire-brand.html]Surefire[/link] LED lights) runs at full power for about 1 1/2 hours and then drops off. The last 7 or 8 hours are at non-tactical lower light levels.

Some lights like the [url=http://www.opticsplanet.com/streamlight-scorpion-led-flashlight.html]Streamlight Scorpion LED[/url] and [url=http://www.opticsplanet.com/streamlight-strion-led-high-performance-rechargeable-flashlight.html]Streamlight Strion LED[/url] are voltage regulated. These are regulated to give you the maximum amount of brightness for the maximum amount of time. This may reduce your overall run time, but you have much greater output for that full life. The downside to this is the lack of warning for the end of the [link=http://www.opticsplanet.com/batteries.html]battery[/link]. I use the [url=http://www.opticsplanet.com/streamlight-strion-led-high-performance-rechargeable-flashlight.html]Streamlight Strion LED[/url]. This unit starts out at 160 lumens. After 2 hours, it has dropped down to about 140 lumens. About 5 minutes later, the [link=http://www.opticsplanet.com/batteries.html]battery[/link] is dead and it's time to charge it. The [url=http://www.opticsplanet.com/streamlight-scorpion-led-flashlight.html]Scorpion LED[/url] is similar, but is not rechargeable and is not as bright.

How accurate are the [link=http://www.opticsplanet.com/flashlights.html]flashlight[/link] Manufacturer's ratings?

For example the [url=http://www.opticsplanet.com/pelican-m6-2330-flashlight.html]Pelican M6[/url] claims to have a 40 hour burntime at 41 Lumens and the [url=http://www.opticsplanet.com/surefire-g2-led-flashlight.html]surefire G2[/url] LED has a rating for 12 hour burntime at 80 Lumens. How much of the stated time is accurate usable light? What is the light decrease rate as the [link=http://www.opticsplanet.com/batteries.html]battery[/link] dies. Is there some sort of light drop off. Like, 100% claimed Lumens or brightness for 2 hours than a drop of to 50% lighting for a few more hours then a 10% of the light for the remaining time.