I see what you asking - although I don't know if the word "accurate" has a lot of meaning when discussing 1m readings on strong throwers to begin with. Yes, a certain value can be obtained, but how well this compares to the true "throw" of a light is dubious for a strong thrower. Most of the data I've seen from others with more sophisticated equipment is that at least 3-5m is required to get the beams on these lights to coalesce to full focus.I agree with your measurement of light at 5 meters distance.
But when you calculated back to 1 meter, is the value still accurate and reliable?
I think DM51's "guestimate" is pretty good. Based on the rated capacities of AW's batteries, I think ~1hr on max is likely.
But I may pick up some 18500s from AW just because I like running it on the smaller form factor without the extension tube ... we'll see.
That's a little harder to do, since I would have to shine it through my neighbors houses to get to that distance. :laughing: I may try to take all the lights to a park to do longer distance beamshots, but I'd rather wait until I have more samples on hand. No promises ...Can you get us some more outdoor beamshots of those two? Say at 100-200 yards?
Nice review!
The M1X is the brightest of them all, nicely rated at 450 lumens. I'm gonna put it in my "next one" list.
Does anyone knows which is brighter between the ACE, M1X and the TK40?
:welcome: Thanks for the input jiivee.Hi all. I'm new member here.
I have JetBeam M1x and Fenix TK40 (M bin i think). I do not see a visual difference between those two. Both are really good flashlights and both give a lot of light.
Hi all. I'm new member here.
I have JetBeam M1x and Fenix TK40 (M bin i think). I do not see a visual difference between those two. Both are really good flashlights and both give a lot of light.
For the sefbuilt. This is a great and professional review. Thanks.
But note that HKJ presented some ceiling bounce percent outputs in the previous page that showed an advantage to the TK40. I don't have one to test myself, though.
Hello jiivee, and welcome to CPF!
When you say there is no visual difference, are you comparing them at a distance, or short range illumination?
I have also measured a bit on the M1X, but mine is a first generation. With a ceiling bounce I get the following:
TK40: 100%
M1X: 69%
MVP: 63%
The difference between M1X and MVP is smaller than you measurement, but not much. I.e. they might have increased the output, but only a little (This conclusion assumes that yours and mine MVP has the same output).
I haven't seen one, but I will be testing the Olight M30 Triton. According the MattK's dealer post, they have only found the TK40 to be ~5% brighter. We'll see how the M30 does in my testing when it arrives (no ETA yet ...).Selfbuilt, do you have an opinion of where the TK40 would fall in output wise within this group that you tested? I don't know if you've had your hands on one yet but I'd still be curious to hear your estimation if nothing else.