3:45 the battery is not lithium ion. You can see 3.2v on the cell indicating its a lithium ion phosphate battery designed for super long life. They are less energy dense that lithium ion which is the reason why it's capacity is so low which is typical of lifepo4
I’m not trying to be a negative person here. But to say charging is free from solar is like saying you bought the McDonald’s to get free Big Macs. I know someone who bought a $75,000 electric car instead of fixing their current not so old car for $6000. Then proceeded to say charging at home is cheaper than gas and saves money. Could have bought a $30,000 gas car and used the extra $35k to get “free” gas for life.
I wouldn't recommend the car to someone trying to save money, it doesn't make sense. But If you are rich enough to afford a solar house and a Rivian, then it doesn't cost anything to charge it.
My EV has saved me so much over a gas car that it paid for itself after 4 years. It is all about how much you drive. $500+ a month for gas vs $8-12 to charge at home. Plus no service it adds up quickly. My tire life even doubled because I don't use breaks which changed how I drive.
@@LouisFerreira There’s a lot of factors to unpack there which I’m not going to bother doing. But to say you don’t use brakes as much simply means your brake life extends, not your tires. Tire wear is no different. Because you still turn, speed up and slow down the same, no matter what type of fuel you use. If anything, tire wear on ev’s would be more because of the increased weight of the car vs ICE in some cases. Not all tires are the same either. Some sports cars have higher traction tires which maybe get 20,000 miles of life. It’s not just because the car is more powerful. They are simply a softer grippier rubber. Other tires on regular cars can last up to 80,000 miles because it’s a harder, less “sticky” rubber. All of that though is heavily impacted by driving style/habits. But “slowing down” isn’t going to matter whether it runs on electric, gas or nuclear. The only 2 things that are factors in that statement are the type of tires used and accel and decel habits.
@@GrowingAnswers Most of your talking points are off-base. Weight is a nonissue compare a model 3 to an A4 or BMW 3 series they are all are about the same weight. The reduced life is from torque if you drive aggressively with an EV. Regenerative braking does decrease wear because the pressure on the tires is very different when using brakes. As for tires Iv always bought michelin pilot sport so there is no difference there. Premium vs regular gas isn't that big of a difference etc….
I've seen lots of Rivian videos, but nobody covered the flashlight yet! Great choice of review. I know some Floridians are really appreciating how waterproof that truck is as well. Unrelated to the video, but I've taken advantage of your FL1 clearance on the website, and bought a couple other trinkets as well. Thought I'd mention it here, in part because I appreciate how you _didn't_ make a 14-minute video into a 17-minute video, with the difference being merch plugs. 👍
Plenty of people tow and off road Rivians. And Tesla has shown us that the batteries are very reliable with the battery management systems. Plus, my R1t has a 170,000 mile warranty on the battery and motors.
The designer of the R1T is not a flashaholic; he just choose the model of flashlight and outsourced the engineering to someone else. You can guess who received the outsourcing contract, considering where in the world the surface of a device is considered to be an advertising space....
I can test the same flashlight at 2000 lumens. There's no standard test to determine lumen level. You can test the center 1mm, the outer edge, in the sun, in a dark room, all will give you different measurement results.
Lumens (ISO) are a standardized unit of measurement based off of luminous flux integrated in a sphere. ANSI/NEMA FL1 is the international standard for light output and testing. Lumen counts on a box are measured after running the light for 30 seconds. I always report my numbers based on the reading at turn-on, after a fresh charge, which is the highest possible output. The 30-second output can then be extrapolated from the provided runtime data. Integrating spheres are consistent, anybody testing this light with a properly calibrated measurement rig would get the same results (assuming the light itself is consistent of course). My sphere has again been calibrated by a certified laboratory and is operated in a dark room without interference. Becasue it integrates the light, there is no way to get a different result from the sphere through positioning.
I think this car is the same as that flashlight. Very nice to look, but very crap inside. This reminds me Olight flashlights. They are expensive high quality build, but they have crap blue low CRI light...
@@ReverendNaughty You are absolutely right, but that doesn't change the fact that most people can't really judge the quality of a product, that's why we have so much crap on the market. I personally like electric cars, but many of them feel like cheap toys and the price doesn't match it, just like this flashlight.
Low CRI doesn't mean it's low quality. High CRI is no use if your work environment is warm or even hot: those lights overheat too fast. Both have their uses:)
@@Dennis-ur4zu If something overheats or not, it all depends on how technologically advanced the product is. I'm not talking about high CRI, but anything below 80 CRI is poor quality and usually has a cold color temperature because they are cheaper to produce. If the light is around 70 CRI, it looks washed out. I've used many flashlights with low and high CRI and even when the light temperature is the same, you can see the difference. Technology is moving forward. I'll say it a little differently. Notice that for example, the headlights in new cars have a lower color temperature, because a neutral color of light gives better visibility.
@@BenBenF1 High CRI = higher power consumption = more prone to overheating. If you're making a LED with better colour rendering, you make expenses being: less lumens per watt
Exactly my point and nothing to do with you but rather the label on the light. Hp or watts are units of power for a motor but on which standard dyno under what calibration under what test conditions… lumens are units. Not the test specification, plan, or procedure.
@@Lumencraft- Well if this is really you responding?? You are the reason I started watching this channel in the first place! I like your personality.. I don't want to see some other guy run your channel... This is why I stopped watching these videos I don't want to see him, I want to see you You're funny and make me laugh. You are the reason I started watching in the first place!.. when people join a channel it's to watch the content of the person they like. They don't want to see replacements.. It would be nice if you actually popped up on your channel every now and then...😒
@@Lumencraft- Otherwise you might as well just change the name of the channel and and the picture and any involvement with it. if it's never going to be you again...😔
@@ethan-lumencraft- those aren't exposed the interior greenhouse, i guess this isn't either. or maybe it's the "no batteries inside the car" thing is a r/flashlight wives tale.... lol
Sure sounded like an ad to me… But anyway, since you mentioned loving the output on the headlights and how it doesn’t blind others, you can have the same thing in your 9th gen Civic (or any other car for that matter). You just have to retrofit the right components into your headlights/car and it’ll literally be one of the best upgrades you could ever do to a car, both from a usability and safety perspective as well as the funsies of bright pretty lights. You definitely would not regret it. You can buy retrofit kits from TRS (TheRetrofitSource) or headlight revolution I believe is another source. Anyway they sell, among other brands, the Morimoto line of components which I’ve personally been running on my 9th gen 2014 Civic since 2018 or early 19. Morimoto projectors, wire harness with the relays and stuff for the Can bus system, 55w ballasts (I’d recommend sticking to the OEM 35w honestly, it’s all you really need and it’s significantly less wear and tear for not a ton of relative penalty in performance), Morimoto HID bulbs (You can go with Osram Nightbreakers or CBIs if you want peak performance and quality, but they’re significantly more expensive). It’s a pretty easy mod. You do have to heat up your headlights in the oven and carefully pull them apart to open them up without breaking any tabs, then again when you’re done and ready to reseal/reinstall the bezels, and you’ll likely have to do a bit of trimming with a Dremel to make the HID projectors fit the housing, depending on the car and which components you get, but at least on the Civic, the trimming was minimal and the overall project wasn’t bad. Just takes a while if you wanna get it done perfectly and have it be reliable for the forseeable future and not have to go back in there and fix a mistake. Oh yeah you’re gonna need a can of spray paint if you wanna paint the reflectors in flat or satin black or whatever, as well as the projector shrouds. That way they look even better, plus you don’t blind anyone from any light leakage around or behind the shrouds that would otherwise hit the reflector and shine light above the cutoff line, defeating the whole purpose of doing a proper retrofit in the first place. After like 6 yrs of having done the retrofit, it’s still going strong and I’ve only replaced the bulbs once, probably would’ve lasted longer if I was running the standard 35 watt ballasts. Still more durable than halogens and vastly superior. That and my sound system are the perfect combo for the daily.
What a bunch of dribble!! Is this your channel?? No one wants to hear about your Civic dopey. Who cares!! Go start your own channel and spew this useless garbage there. Get a life!
3:45 the battery is not lithium ion. You can see 3.2v on the cell indicating its a lithium ion phosphate battery designed for super long life. They are less energy dense that lithium ion which is the reason why it's capacity is so low which is typical of lifepo4
Neat! Reminds me of the little rechargeable flashlight that slid out of the glove compartment of some BMWs back in the day (maybe they still do?)
I’m not trying to be a negative person here. But to say charging is free from solar is like saying you bought the McDonald’s to get free Big Macs. I know someone who bought a $75,000 electric car instead of fixing their current not so old car for $6000. Then proceeded to say charging at home is cheaper than gas and saves money. Could have bought a $30,000 gas car and used the extra $35k to get “free” gas for life.
I wouldn't recommend the car to someone trying to save money, it doesn't make sense. But If you are rich enough to afford a solar house and a Rivian, then it doesn't cost anything to charge it.
My EV has saved me so much over a gas car that it paid for itself after 4 years. It is all about how much you drive. $500+ a month for gas vs $8-12 to charge at home. Plus no service it adds up quickly. My tire life even doubled because I don't use breaks which changed how I drive.
@@LouisFerreira There’s a lot of factors to unpack there which I’m not going to bother doing. But to say you don’t use brakes as much simply means your brake life extends, not your tires. Tire wear is no different. Because you still turn, speed up and slow down the same, no matter what type of fuel you use. If anything, tire wear on ev’s would be more because of the increased weight of the car vs ICE in some cases. Not all tires are the same either. Some sports cars have higher traction tires which maybe get 20,000 miles of life. It’s not just because the car is more powerful. They are simply a softer grippier rubber. Other tires on regular cars can last up to 80,000 miles because it’s a harder, less “sticky” rubber. All of that though is heavily impacted by driving style/habits. But “slowing down” isn’t going to matter whether it runs on electric, gas or nuclear. The only 2 things that are factors in that statement are the type of tires used and accel and decel habits.
@@GrowingAnswers Most of your talking points are off-base. Weight is a nonissue compare a model 3 to an A4 or BMW 3 series they are all are about the same weight. The reduced life is from torque if you drive aggressively with an EV. Regenerative braking does decrease wear because the pressure on the tires is very different when using brakes. As for tires Iv always bought michelin pilot sport so there is no difference there. Premium vs regular gas isn't that big of a difference etc….
@@LouisFerreira You don't use breaks? Does the car in front of you act as the breaks?
I've seen lots of Rivian videos, but nobody covered the flashlight yet! Great choice of review. I know some Floridians are really appreciating how waterproof that truck is as well. Unrelated to the video, but I've taken advantage of your FL1 clearance on the website, and bought a couple other trinkets as well. Thought I'd mention it here, in part because I appreciate how you _didn't_ make a 14-minute video into a 17-minute video, with the difference being merch plugs. 👍
Plenty of people tow and off road Rivians. And Tesla has shown us that the batteries are very reliable with the battery management systems. Plus, my R1t has a 170,000 mile warranty on the battery and motors.
The designer of the R1T is not a flashaholic; he just choose the model of flashlight and outsourced the engineering to someone else. You can guess who received the outsourcing contract, considering where in the world the surface of a device is considered to be an advertising space....
The headlights on the rivian are super bright.
LOVE 💪❤ your work: Please do at least semi-annual videos on "purchase advice" for inexpensive, expensive, small, and large lights... THANKS 🙏
I can test the same flashlight at 2000 lumens. There's no standard test to determine lumen level. You can test the center 1mm, the outer edge, in the sun, in a dark room, all will give you different measurement results.
Lumens (ISO) are a standardized unit of measurement based off of luminous flux integrated in a sphere. ANSI/NEMA FL1 is the international standard for light output and testing.
Lumen counts on a box are measured after running the light for 30 seconds. I always report my numbers based on the reading at turn-on, after a fresh charge, which is the highest possible output. The 30-second output can then be extrapolated from the provided runtime data.
Integrating spheres are consistent, anybody testing this light with a properly calibrated measurement rig would get the same results (assuming the light itself is consistent of course). My sphere has again been calibrated by a certified laboratory and is operated in a dark room without interference. Becasue it integrates the light, there is no way to get a different result from the sphere through positioning.
I think this car is the same as that flashlight. Very nice to look, but very crap inside. This reminds me Olight flashlights. They are expensive high quality build, but they have crap blue low CRI light...
CLEARLY You've never driven one or been in one, because, uh... no. That's... no.
@@ReverendNaughty You are absolutely right, but that doesn't change the fact that most people can't really judge the quality of a product, that's why we have so much crap on the market. I personally like electric cars, but many of them feel like cheap toys and the price doesn't match it, just like this flashlight.
Low CRI doesn't mean it's low quality. High CRI is no use if your work environment is warm or even hot: those lights overheat too fast. Both have their uses:)
@@Dennis-ur4zu If something overheats or not, it all depends on how technologically advanced the product is. I'm not talking about high CRI, but anything below 80 CRI is poor quality and usually has a cold color temperature because they are cheaper to produce. If the light is around 70 CRI, it looks washed out. I've used many flashlights with low and high CRI and even when the light temperature is the same, you can see the difference. Technology is moving forward. I'll say it a little differently. Notice that for example, the headlights in new cars have a lower color temperature, because a neutral color of light gives better visibility.
@@BenBenF1 High CRI = higher power consumption = more prone to overheating. If you're making a LED with better colour rendering, you make expenses being: less lumens per watt
2:01
How did you produce this graph?
Can I use TKlamp's Flashlight Tester to create the graph?
You can use the TKlamp, I covered that process in my second video about it.
This graph was made using the ceilingbounce app, my preferred method.
@@ethan-lumencraft-
Looks very difficult.😇
Thanks for the vid. Have you heard of sodium based cells that replace lithium soon? This could change EVs a LOT
when a car company hire a flashlight reviewer to give them a push,i think it's clear how bad job they did with their product
There was no connection to rivian for this video, we did it because we thought it would be fun.
"Hide a body" 😂
Bro i want a video on maglite 623 upgrades.
My suggest is, imalent 100,000 120,000 and 200,000 lumens flashlight vs carbon arc searchlight? Test it in land in darkest land
This was fun video about a flashlight haha.
Exactly my point and nothing to do with you but rather the label on the light. Hp or watts are units of power for a motor but on which standard dyno under what calibration under what test conditions… lumens are units. Not the test specification, plan, or procedure.
engineering thought can be made so that the flashlight in the car is charged
Is this still Matt’s channel?
I'm still here, but Ethan works with me now to produce content.
@@Lumencraft- Can you host some videos?
@@Lumencraft-when will we see you again?
@@21700lover I'm working on a series of shorts I plan to publish in November-December.
@@Lumencraft- alright, I'll be anticipating your appearance!
Boise to wendover and back….not shabby
WHERE IS MATT!!!! ?????????
I'm watching Ethans video with you 😀
@@Lumencraft- Well if this is really you responding?? You are the reason I started watching this channel in the first place! I like your personality.. I don't want to see some other guy run your channel... This is why I stopped watching these videos I don't want to see him, I want to see you You're funny and make me laugh. You are the reason I started watching in the first place!.. when people join a channel it's to watch the content of the person they like. They don't want to see replacements.. It would be nice if you actually popped up on your channel every now and then...😒
@@Lumencraft- Otherwise you might as well just change the name of the channel and and the picture and any involvement with it. if it's never going to be you again...😔
i thought we were not supposed to leave liions or lifepos in the car? seriously.
I don't generally recommend it but it's kind of a moot point when the car is already filled with 7,000 liion cells
@@ethan-lumencraft- those aren't exposed the interior greenhouse, i guess this isn't either. or maybe it's the "no batteries inside the car" thing is a r/flashlight wives tale.... lol
@@quickcuts3000 It's probably overblown, I've definitely left lithium batteries in a hot car for a few days... still prefer to avoid it though
The worse that can happen is battery damage, and then when you go to turn the light on it turns your lights off.
I endured the whole video in hope that I would see a 21700 tested in the light. Disappointed...
It't designed to only work with the included battery
That would probably require some amount of modding, not really worth it
Sure sounded like an ad to me… But anyway, since you mentioned loving the output on the headlights and how it doesn’t blind others, you can have the same thing in your 9th gen Civic (or any other car for that matter). You just have to retrofit the right components into your headlights/car and it’ll literally be one of the best upgrades you could ever do to a car, both from a usability and safety perspective as well as the funsies of bright pretty lights. You definitely would not regret it. You can buy retrofit kits from TRS (TheRetrofitSource) or headlight revolution I believe is another source.
Anyway they sell, among other brands, the Morimoto line of components which I’ve personally been running on my 9th gen 2014 Civic since 2018 or early 19. Morimoto projectors, wire harness with the relays and stuff for the Can bus system, 55w ballasts (I’d recommend sticking to the OEM 35w honestly, it’s all you really need and it’s significantly less wear and tear for not a ton of relative penalty in performance), Morimoto HID bulbs (You can go with Osram Nightbreakers or CBIs if you want peak performance and quality, but they’re significantly more expensive). It’s a pretty easy mod.
You do have to heat up your headlights in the oven and carefully pull them apart to open them up without breaking any tabs, then again when you’re done and ready to reseal/reinstall the bezels, and you’ll likely have to do a bit of trimming with a Dremel to make the HID projectors fit the housing, depending on the car and which components you get, but at least on the Civic, the trimming was minimal and the overall project wasn’t bad. Just takes a while if you wanna get it done perfectly and have it be reliable for the forseeable future and not have to go back in there and fix a mistake. Oh yeah you’re gonna need a can of spray paint if you wanna paint the reflectors in flat or satin black or whatever, as well as the projector shrouds. That way they look even better, plus you don’t blind anyone from any light leakage around or behind the shrouds that would otherwise hit the reflector and shine light above the cutoff line, defeating the whole purpose of doing a proper retrofit in the first place. After like 6 yrs of having done the retrofit, it’s still going strong and I’ve only replaced the bulbs once, probably would’ve lasted longer if I was running the standard 35 watt ballasts. Still more durable than halogens and vastly superior. That and my sound system are the perfect combo for the daily.
What a bunch of dribble!! Is this your channel?? No one wants to hear about your Civic dopey. Who cares!! Go start your own channel and spew this useless garbage there. Get a life!
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