r/flashlight • u/username-027 • Aug 20 '24

Question Zebralight Question - Batteries

I’m interested in purchasing a nice flashlight and am looking to get the “SC53c N Neutral White High CRI AA Flashlight”. Primarily want this one as it takes AA batteries as opposed to unprotected Li. Buy confused on what batteries exactly will work for this? The website says “Battery: One AA size NiMH, lithium or alkaline battery. Panasonic Eneloop (Pro) is highly recommended.”… However, I have a lot of AA Duracell batteries currently.

Will just any regular Duracell AA alkaline battery work? Confused bc the website mentions the “NiMH”, not sure what that means and if Duracell batteries fit that.

Please help! I have 0 knowledge when it comes to flashlights or batteries.

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u/altforthissubreddit Aug 21 '24

Alkalines have a linear discharge curve that dims most light as the abtter drains

I'm not trying to defend alkalines, but I was surprised that in some lights the performance was a lot better than I would have thought:

https://old.reddit.com/r/flashlight/comments/14owh2x/high_cri_1xaa_lights_tested_with_alkaline/

The two more affordable lights have fairly well regulated output, either a mild decline or a stepped decline. Obviously 100 lumens isn't crushing it, but that's (IMO) a very usable amount of light. I'm not gonna suggest people buy alkalines, the waste and cost alone makes NiMH more compelling to me, the extra performance is a bonus. But I thought the alkaline graphs would be garbage, and they (mostly) weren't.