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As I have said previously, SL lasts for a long time, and comfortably through the night.

Just because you can't see the lume 'glowing' in a 'non dark' environment (and that includes what your eyes are accustomed to seeing) doesn't mean that it's not working.

I guess... Im gonna sleep in the closet tonight and set my alarm for a few hours later and test it!

I can honestly say though that I never noticed my Chronomat Evo stay glowing for more than 15mins

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I must be an exception......my SA stays glowing all night if i load it for a few mins under the desk lamp while finishing my PC work...........

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I would think that different models have different amounts of lume applied. Some thicker and some thinner. Thinner hands on some models can only accept so many layers of Lume. What about the ones with the gas cylinders ie Luminox. Do they last all night at steady brightness?

Those are the tritium ones that are referred to in this thread.

Luminox are amazing and maybe the best of luminosity.
they last all night, sure and they don't need any charge.
it's awesome how much they are brightness all night, you can see the hour from distance!

i have one..

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I just use my the flashlight on the Iphone 4. Works great on my DSSD.

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Sadly I think I must be the only person here who preferentially checks the time on my iPhone overnight rather than any of my watches

edit: whoops... Google search led me into resurrecting an old thread. Sorry!

I readworthy thread for me. Thanks for bumping it

I was also charging my watch every night before going to bed. One night I purposely did not charge it and guess what......easy to see all night! The lum is getting charged continuously from various light sources during the day which I know is obvious but a super charging is not necessary so I do not do it anymore. But Roff is correct visability is based on your eyes adapting to darkness. Go out one night in a very dark place and look up at the sky and then continue to watch and se how more and more stars become visable the longer you stay in the dark.

If you have an I-phone there are free flashlight apps that you can use to charge the luminous.