How bright is too bright?

[Rogerborg]

So, I have a small pistol torch / laser combo that seems noticeably brighter than my larger torches even though it has a smaller collimator / reflector.

It takes 2 x 16340 / RCR123A cells side-by-side, and I had a crazy thought: what if it's actually running the same LED chip as every other torch that takes a single 3.7V 18650, but driving it at 7.4V, and damn the consequences?

And further, are 16340 cells close enough to half the length of a single 18650 that you can just drop two of them into an 18650 torch in series and over-drive it at double voltage?

Well, it turns out that you can, that it's super, duper bright, that you really shouldn't look into it to see how bright, and that I hope to regian my vissoin by moarning.

 

[noctu]

...driving it at 7.4V, and damn the consequences?

Logically then, you should next hook it up to an 11.1 lipo and make yourself a lasgun.

Or a hot melty mess.

 

[Stratton Oakmont]

If I haven’t strobed scorch marks on the retinas of the other team then what’s the point of having a torch as a tactical advantage 

I used to run a maglight and I might as well have used this

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