Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
Incorrect, Amazon says that but their wrong, Saferide uses Li Ion batteries, it says so on their website, it says so on my box, and it says so on the batteries.
And the run time is not 1.3 hours it's 2 hours on high and 8 on low, trust me, unless you suffer from severe night blindness your not going to use high often at all. If you do run on high after 2 hours it auto switches to low and will run for 2 more hours, so you won't be left in the dark.
Weird, since all the reviewers say NiMH and they show what are clearly NiMH batteries. Your comment here is the ONLY one I've seen anywhere that says that the Philips Saferide uses Li Ion batteries. I've found numerous posts from people who own them that say specifically that they have NiMH cells.
I do see on their website that it says "Battery: 4 AA Li-ion batteries" - but there's no such thing as an AA Li-Ion battery. There is a 14550 cell that's the same size as AA but LiIon chemistry provides a 3.7 volt per cell voltage. You could certainly not remove a 14550 and put in a regular AA cell which are 1.2 to 1.5 volts per cell. LiIon in there would put the pack voltage at about 14.8 volts which would require pretty sophisticated charge circuitry to charge from a 5v USB plug.
The MTBR review says "Uses standard ‘AA’ batteries sot it’s easy to replace and carry spares"
Honestly I'm more inclined to think that the Philips page is wrong. It just doesn't make any sense that they would be LiIon cells.
I'm seeing reference to a "generation 2" light - are there two versions? How do I know what version I'm getting?
On my route I have 4 miles of gravel road including descents where I frequently hit 30 MPH. It's tree covered and pitch black, animals frequently bound out in front of me so I actually like to have a little light spilling up into the surrounding bushes, and there are whole minefields of potholes covering half a lane for dozens of feet
that can just spring up overnight. I like to have a WHOLE LOT of light and when I want it, it's because I need it. I don't care if kicking to high will result in me only having 5 minutes of runtime left, because on my way home when I really need it, I'll be home in 5 minutes.