Beamshots of smjled2 and CREE tle-5ex drop ins for MiniMag

I thought I share a few pics of some new drop in's for my minimags.

this one is a CREE version of the TLE-5EX (left) and a 4 die smjled (right)

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here is the new Arc DS aaa rated at 10 lumens(left) and a 4 die smjled (right)

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I never took pics of beamshots before and I do not know what settings to use on the camera but the cree blows away the smjled and the smjled is much brighter than the new Arc DS aaa-p.

Even though the CREE minimag is way brighter. I enjoy the SMJLED minimag more because I get insane runtimes and I use it everynight without worrying about replacing batteries. I love bringing it hiking or camping because I do not have to carry any spare batteries with me, instead I carry the arc for a back up.

Yep !


I love my SMJLED modules in my Mini-Maglites !



Mag Instrument should sell them as Standard Equipment.



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I realized I posted in the wrong forum, Can the moderator move this to the flashlight review forum

I have the Seoul TLE-5EX and the hotspot is not so well defined as the cree TLE-5EX hotspot appears in these pictures. Does anybody have both the SSC and the Cree to compare?

my drop in from terralux & smjled came in yesterday.
impress with smjled output with no heat after 15 min use.
but the terralux drop in becaome dim after barely 5 minutes ON with some spacer below it.So i decide to add some thermal compound paste and run it for 20 min straight with fresh alkalines with no dim or overheating that i can feel the MM body and head is getting warmer - good heatsinking sign

















still waiting for my 2AA MM LED to complete the package :naughty:

Those are great pics nanotech, when you get the minimag led, could you post a beamshot with all three, I would love to see how the led compares to the tle-5ex

Finally received the MM LED and the surefires,all the MM has the UCL on them,here are some beamshots about 3 feet from the wall.

the lights

terralux cree

smj LED

minimag LED

surefire G2L AW 1x17670

L1 Cree 1xSF cell

the terralux cree has some huge sidespill and huge center spot.

to Nanotech17 --


Thank you for your efforts ! :twothumbs


Were all of these latest Beamshots at the SAME exposure ?


Any chance you could have these 3 all together ?
(for comparison):

Mini-Mag SMJLED
Mini-Mag TerraLux Cree
Mini-Mag LED 2AA


Thank you, and good work !

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sure,no problem
from left minimag - terralux cree - smj led ( 3 feet from the wall )

WOW ! :wow:


Sixteen Minutes Later !


Great work, Nanotech17. :wave:


:goodjob:

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nanotech17 said:

my drop in from terralux & smjled came in yesterday.
impress with smjled output with no heat after 15 min use.
but the terralux drop in becaome dim after barely 5 minutes ON with some spacer below it.So i decide to add some thermal compound paste and run it for 20 min straight with fresh alkalines with no dim or overheating that i can feel the MM body and head is getting warmer - good heatsinking sign

still waiting for my 2AA MM LED to complete the package :naughty:

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what kind of spacer are you using under the Terralux? I want to get a little better heatsinking on mine. Thanks for the neat pics and beamshots.

just the normal nut spacer that has the same diameter.

Thanks Nanotech, those are awesome

How does the tle-5ex compare to the minimag led and the two surefire in the real world (outdoors)? How would you rate them to each other as far as throw.

Throw :-
1.G2L
2.L1 Cree
3.Minimag Led
4.Terralux Cree

This is because the terralux cree has a huge hotspot and it will fade off when shine it long range.But for better color render for outdoor of course the L1 cree because it has a warm nice tint just like the color of the Rebel.

nanotech17 said:

just the normal nut spacer that has the same diameter.

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I have never heard of that. Can you tell me where to get them? Id sure appreciate it.

I thin khe means a washer you can buy at a hardware store. This was mentioned in a couple other threads.

Looks good!

gunga said:

I thin khe means a washer you can buy at a hardware store. This was mentioned in a couple other threads.

Looks good!

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He definitely has the neat setup.
How would you keep a washer from shorting the 2 pins?.
Do you have any info on the other threads?
Ill be sure to look them up. I have searched but didnt find anything relevant. Thanks

Thanks for posting all those nice pictures.

nanotech17 said:

Throw :-
1.G2L
2.L1 Cree
3.Minimag Led
4.Terralux Cree

This is because the terralux cree has a huge hotspot and it will fade off when shine it long range.But for better color render for outdoor of course the L1 cree because it has a warm nice tint just like the color of the Rebel.

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WOW!!!!! Would you say the minimag led is brighter than the terralux too, or just more throw