I wonder if any Olight owners can clarify something about their specs.

Take the i5t for example:

  • Level 1: 300-150-30 lumens, 3+25+122 minutes.
  • Level 2: 15 lumens, 20 hours.

Those measurements for Level 1, does the torch abruptly step down to the next luminosity, or are those readings more like samplings of a smooth discharge curve?

Thanks

  • GottEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    It abruptly steps down. It is solely dependent on the timing also, so it will always step down exactly the same.

    • vext01@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Interesting. So the throttling isn’t to do with battery voltage, but time.

      Is this to stop the torch overheating?

      What happens if you run it in high mode until it throttles, then later switch back to high mode?

      • GottEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        Ya, it’s just based on time. If the battery is low enough it will throttle from that sooner. I’m pretty sure switching back to high mode resets the timer until temperature or battery voltage starts contributing to throttling. I could be wrong on that, I don’t use my olights super often.