Just swapping fresh rechargeable into my EDC lights tonight and was telling @Sneakymedic how much brighter the $5 Chinese knock-off light seemed than my actual streamlight.
Unofficial, but here are side-by-side patterns from the two, both with freshly charged batteries. Both run on a single AAA. I'm guessing the streamlight runs longer? Gotta be something to justify the price other than a nicer clip and smoother finish (before it wore off from daily carry). The cheapie has a better and protected switch.
The streamlight is carried M-F and it bangs against my M-F knife the way I carry it. The cheapy is weekends only and the weekend knife rides elsewhere.
$5 on the left, streamlight on the right. Yes, the wall is brown, blame the wife, she picked all the colors in the house.
Unofficial, but here are side-by-side patterns from the two, both with freshly charged batteries. Both run on a single AAA. I'm guessing the streamlight runs longer? Gotta be something to justify the price other than a nicer clip and smoother finish (before it wore off from daily carry). The cheapie has a better and protected switch.
The streamlight is carried M-F and it bangs against my M-F knife the way I carry it. The cheapy is weekends only and the weekend knife rides elsewhere.
$5 on the left, streamlight on the right. Yes, the wall is brown, blame the wife, she picked all the colors in the house.