Hi everybody,
Sometimes there is something good being close to the supplier... Today arrive my new MTE P7 900 lumen light from DX.
My first thoughts:
- Packed as usual (yellow envelope with some bubbles around the flashlight)
- Flashlight is about the same size as a SF U2 (or its clones....)
- Anodizing looks good
- Front should be a glass lens
Now to the output:
- On high it draws 2.2 A from a freshly charged 18650; this is about 8W and around 650 lumens (on low 0.2 A)
- The 5 stages have a memory (even though I experience some time troubles to switch them)
- The only runtime test I did so fare was 10 min. the flashlight body gets warm quite soon (I good sign as the thermal pase is present) in the 10 min it does not get very hot.
- The output is very floody with no dougnet hole at all
I included some pictures of course:
The whole light
The front end
The P7 against a SF L1
The P7 against my modified U2 clone on 8 watt as well (as described in this thread:
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/191449 )
The P7 against a T5
And to see a comparison the T5 against the U2 clone
In conclusion I would say its a nice flashlight for close range and most probably if not running too long at a time on high because of the missing heatsinking.
I have the odd feeling the P7 is not as efficient compared to 4 single P4s or Crees. Even though the 4 led light have about the same output on paper they look much brighter. But for the pice worth it (so fare…) and at least for the moment the brightest (buyable) light for its size.
Cheers,
Dominic
Sometimes there is something good being close to the supplier... Today arrive my new MTE P7 900 lumen light from DX.
My first thoughts:
- Packed as usual (yellow envelope with some bubbles around the flashlight)
- Flashlight is about the same size as a SF U2 (or its clones....)
- Anodizing looks good
- Front should be a glass lens
Now to the output:
- On high it draws 2.2 A from a freshly charged 18650; this is about 8W and around 650 lumens (on low 0.2 A)
- The 5 stages have a memory (even though I experience some time troubles to switch them)
- The only runtime test I did so fare was 10 min. the flashlight body gets warm quite soon (I good sign as the thermal pase is present) in the 10 min it does not get very hot.
- The output is very floody with no dougnet hole at all
I included some pictures of course:
The whole light
The front end
The P7 against a SF L1
The P7 against my modified U2 clone on 8 watt as well (as described in this thread:
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/191449 )
The P7 against a T5
And to see a comparison the T5 against the U2 clone
In conclusion I would say its a nice flashlight for close range and most probably if not running too long at a time on high because of the missing heatsinking.
I have the odd feeling the P7 is not as efficient compared to 4 single P4s or Crees. Even though the 4 led light have about the same output on paper they look much brighter. But for the pice worth it (so fare…) and at least for the moment the brightest (buyable) light for its size.
Cheers,
Dominic
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