I have the reverse opinion.
[Absolutely no offense though].
At first, the budget Jb PC10 XM-L seems great value for money because it outputs the same 550 lumens as its bigger brother RRT-0 XM-L.
However, when we examine more closely, we find that the budget PC10 with its smaller 22.5mm bezel diameter, and hence smaller reflector will only throw a claimed 131 meters ANSI FL-1.
On the otherhand, the bigger brother RRT-0 XM-L with its bigger 25.4mm bezel diameter, hence slightly larger reflector, will throw a claimed 150 meters ANSI FL-1.
For small pocket-sized flashlights like these, that extra throw could be crucial, depending on personal tastes.
On a rechargeable 16340, the PC10 only has something like 2 levels of brightness adjustment, whereas the RRT-0 has infinitely variable adjustment.
But then, we could always say the PC10 is floodier, so therefore more practical, but only 2 brightness modes does make it difficult to use out of bed at 2 am in the morning???
I was emptying the swimming pool with my wife a few weeks ago, at night.
She had the TM.
I had my RRT-3 SST-50.
The TM11 lit the whole backyard up!
Selfbuilt has tested the TM11 to throw 286 meters ANSI- FL-1.
My RRT-3 SST-50 is the old SST-50 emitter.
However, that SST-50 emitter is no slouch for throw!
It has 1200 emitter lumens [about 850 lumens OTF] and a big 63mm bezel diameter for a big reflector.
Selfbuilt has never independently tested the RRT-3 SST-50.
However, Selfbuilt has tested the Olight M31 800 lumens OTF with a 63mm bezel diameter throwing a lusty 385 meters ANSI FL-1.
The old RRT-3 SST-50 with roughly 850 lumens OTF and the same 63mm diameter bezel, would roughly guestimate throw the same, or fractionally further than the Olight M31 SST-50 as tested by Selfbuilt.
In the backyard, the practicality of a wide surface area of illumination is so useful.
It is the throwy light that is impractical, and more of a pose?
The large throwy lights with limited sidespill are the biggest posers.
The RRT-3 Triple XM-L's relatively deeper reflectors, and more closely spaced emitters, will deliver greater throw than the TM11, at the expense of lateral sidespill and surface area of coverage.
The RRT-3 Triple XM-L in question here provides a combination and balance of flood and throw - throwing 346 meters ANSI FL-1 standards.
The RRT-3 Triple XM-L's beam characteristics is in between the TM11 and one of the big pure throwers like the old RRT-3 SST-50, or the modern day Catapult V3, Eagletac M3C4 2x18650 in-parallel, M3X in-line, SR51 in-parallel, T40CS, and Crelant 7G5.
The RRT-3 Triple XM-L is for someone who wants neither pure practical flooding - nor pure throw pose for that matter.
So, just a different opinion, from a different angle - that's all...
