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[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (4 children)

That light will last less than 1 or 2 min and will get super duper hot.

[–] Mildmantis@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 11 points 9 months ago

Tbh that's probably good enough for a deployable self defense solution.

[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 months ago

Makes perfect sense given LEDs are only around 50% efficient or even less so if this thing can produce this monstrous holy light then it is bound to overheat and drain the battery very fast

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

yeah even my 1500lumen light gets unbearably hot after running on turbo for more than 5 minutes