My newest toys got here today. Olight M3X and TK41 along with a Zebralight H51. I'm very impressed with all three so far. I will have to wait for dark to finish testing the M3X and TK41 but I did a burn time test on both lights and I'm pleasantly surprised at what I found from the M3X.
Olight claims that the light will burn for 1.2 hours on high mode. I put in some Redilast 2900 batteries that have been sitting for a couple of weeks since I charged them. I didn't check to see what the voltage was before I put them in the light but I hadn't used them since I charged them 2 weeks ago and they were at about 4.18 volts then. At 2 hours I was really not seeing any fall off in brightness and at 2 hours and 3 minutes, the light shut down. At first I was a little scared that the light died and I put 2 fresh batteries in and it lit back up. I put both batteries on the meter and one said 3.26 volts and the other said 0 volts. The circuit in the battery had shut down. I put it on a charger and reset the circuit and then rechecked the battery and it was at 3.16 volts.
I'm very happy with the extended burn time of over 2 hours when I was expecting only 1.2 hours.
The Finex TK41 was listed at 2 hours and 10 minutes on turbo mode. I put in 8 freshly charged Duracell 2450 mAH NiMh AA batteries in and turned it on. It started to dim at 1 hour and 50 minutes. A little less than I expected but still I'm happy with this burn time when considering the output of the light and that it uses easy to charge AA NiMh batteries.
Shining the beams from my office through the living room and kitchen onto the kitchen wall in the daylight hours, I'm very impressed with the light output of both of these lights. I am using my trusted Jetbeam BC40 as a comparison. Both the hot spots on the M3X and TK41 are similar to each other although the TK41 hot spot is a little larger and a little less defined. The TK41 has a somewhat whiter tint than the M3X and both are a little warmer than the very white tint on the Jetbeam BC40.
The Jetbeam is listed at 830 lumens with the TK41 listed at 800 and the M3X at 700 lumens. I'm sure the spill will be better on the Jetbeam but the M3X and the TK41 look much brighter.
As far as the lights heating up, the TK41 got a little hotter than the M3X but not enough to make me worry at all about harming the light. The M3X didn't get close to hot at all.
The little Zebralight H51 is a cute little thing and the headband is very comfortable to wear. I can tell that this light will be very useful. I do have to say that I had to play around with it for awhile to learn the UI which is a little confusing.
Tomorrow I will be receiving a Shiningbeam Blaze and a iTP H01 to test out along with a TITANIUM-CH-8800 eight bay charger and some Tenergy 2600mAh NiMh batteries.
This is fun.
Olight claims that the light will burn for 1.2 hours on high mode. I put in some Redilast 2900 batteries that have been sitting for a couple of weeks since I charged them. I didn't check to see what the voltage was before I put them in the light but I hadn't used them since I charged them 2 weeks ago and they were at about 4.18 volts then. At 2 hours I was really not seeing any fall off in brightness and at 2 hours and 3 minutes, the light shut down. At first I was a little scared that the light died and I put 2 fresh batteries in and it lit back up. I put both batteries on the meter and one said 3.26 volts and the other said 0 volts. The circuit in the battery had shut down. I put it on a charger and reset the circuit and then rechecked the battery and it was at 3.16 volts.
I'm very happy with the extended burn time of over 2 hours when I was expecting only 1.2 hours.
The Finex TK41 was listed at 2 hours and 10 minutes on turbo mode. I put in 8 freshly charged Duracell 2450 mAH NiMh AA batteries in and turned it on. It started to dim at 1 hour and 50 minutes. A little less than I expected but still I'm happy with this burn time when considering the output of the light and that it uses easy to charge AA NiMh batteries.
Shining the beams from my office through the living room and kitchen onto the kitchen wall in the daylight hours, I'm very impressed with the light output of both of these lights. I am using my trusted Jetbeam BC40 as a comparison. Both the hot spots on the M3X and TK41 are similar to each other although the TK41 hot spot is a little larger and a little less defined. The TK41 has a somewhat whiter tint than the M3X and both are a little warmer than the very white tint on the Jetbeam BC40.
The Jetbeam is listed at 830 lumens with the TK41 listed at 800 and the M3X at 700 lumens. I'm sure the spill will be better on the Jetbeam but the M3X and the TK41 look much brighter.
As far as the lights heating up, the TK41 got a little hotter than the M3X but not enough to make me worry at all about harming the light. The M3X didn't get close to hot at all.
The little Zebralight H51 is a cute little thing and the headband is very comfortable to wear. I can tell that this light will be very useful. I do have to say that I had to play around with it for awhile to learn the UI which is a little confusing.
Tomorrow I will be receiving a Shiningbeam Blaze and a iTP H01 to test out along with a TITANIUM-CH-8800 eight bay charger and some Tenergy 2600mAh NiMh batteries.
This is fun.