Originally Posted by
rfomenko
Frankly, I do not understand the reason why the tail lights moved away from AAs to AAAs while increasing the output at the same time. I would rather have a light weighing 120 grams instead of 70 & which runs 8 hours in constant/ 50 hours in rapid modes instead. Having a tail light flashing is much more important than couple of grams of extra weight, IMHO.
AAAs are smaller/lighter and the lights look better in the shops.
Runtimes are ridiculously long because they keep counting until you can barely see the light. Should be done to 50% brightness.