Eagletac GX25A3

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I see in Eagletacs literature that it says, "the GX25A3 is 14500 battery friendly." If it is putting out 738 lumens on three Enloops, how many lumens would it crank out on three 14500s? I wonder how it will compare to my Nitecore EA4? I would love to try four 14500s in my EA4 but I am scared as it would surely fry it. This makes the GX25A3 really interesting IMO :)
 

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According to the Eagletac literature 738 is the ANSI lumens, the LED lumens for the GX25A3 is 893.
 

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I see in Eagletacs literature that it says, "the GX25A3 is 14500 battery friendly." If it is putting out 738 lumens on three Enloops, how many lumens would it crank out on three 14500s? I wonder how it will compare to my Nitecore EA4? I would love to try four 14500s in my EA4 but I am scared as it would surely fry it. This makes the GX25A3 really interesting IMO :)

It will put out the exact same lumens. It has a "buck" circuit. It will buck the voltage from 12.6 volts down to about 3.4 volts to drive the LED. Since a 14500 has about 750mAh and a good AA can have up to 2500mAh, there is no reason to expect longer runtimes either.

How the heck is this post the first peep on CPF about Eagletac's new 3AA light. There is no other information other than the user guide for the SX25A6. Here's what I got:

Eagletac GX25A3 XMLU2
5/100/300/738 ANSI lumens
3AA/1400
2.7v-12.6v
3 mode selector ring
4.3" x 1.5"
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I pre-ordered the six AA version of this light but, from what I have heard here, they will not ship until January 25th. One of the neat features I love about these lights is that there is no need for a battery carrier, the body is the battery holder. My little EA4 shares this same feature as well.
 
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They should use the new XM-L2 led.
There are too many XM-L U2 flashlights on the market and i dont really like this led :p
 

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It will put out the exact same lumens. It has a "buck" circuit. It will buck the voltage from 12.6 volts down to about 3.4 volts to drive the LED. Since a 14500 has about 750mAh and a good AA can have up to 2500mAh, there is no reason to expect longer runtimes either.

That's not how capacity works...You have to multiply by the voltage of the cell to get Watt-hours. A typical 14500 has quite a bit more energy than a NiMH cell.
 

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They should use the new XM-L2 led.
There are too many XM-L U2 flashlights on the market and i dont really like this led :p

Not that I don`t like the U2. But I`m feeling stuck in the mud. Makes me want to keep my wallet shut. Time for manufactures to move on to brighter better LED`s. Give me a real reason to spend more...
 

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Not that I don`t like the U2. But I`m feeling stuck in the mud. Makes me want to keep my wallet shut. Time for manufactures to move on to brighter better LED`s. Give me a real reason to spend more...

The XM-L2 T6 is only 1 bin above the XM-L U2 for an increase of about 7% output on average. A 500 lumen light will get bumped up to 535 lumens. When the XML2 lights start flooding the market this year, everyone will be eagerly anticipating the next better XML3.
 

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The XM-L2 T6 is only 1 bin above the XM-L U2 for an increase of about 7% output on average. A 500 lumen light will get bumped up to 535 lumens. When the XML2 lights start flooding the market this year, everyone will be eagerly anticipating the next better XML3.

What about the XML U3?
 

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These guy`s are claiming a 20% increase with the XML2 over the U2? http://www.thrunite.com/en/Productdetail.aspx?BClassID=68&ClassID=116

Cree LED manufacturer claims in their marketing that the new XM-L2 T6 is "Up To 20% brighter" than the XM-L T6. That is a 2 bin difference. The claim is kind of like saying the best and brightest XM-L2 T6 is 20% brighter than the dimmest and worst XM-L T6. I believe it would be better stated that "on average" each bin should yield around a 7% increase in brightness.

There is a chance marketing at Thrunite misunderstood the Cree promotional materials. You cannot just multiply the previous ANSI FL1 data times 20% and claim that is what is output by the new light. That looks to be what they did, and it is not how the ANSI FL1 standard works. Furthermore, if the new light is using an XM-L2 T6 over last years XM-L U2, that is a 1 bin difference, for about a 7% increase in brightness on average.

Regardless of any unintentional marketing errors, that light is incredibly bright and looks absolutely terrific.
 
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Very nice 3AA light with plenty lpower or runtime for vacation trips or power failure (does happen every 2 year in The Netherlands so you better be prepared!! :D) The only light that attracts me a tad more is the ea4 from nitecore.
 

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Here's what I got:

Eagletac GX25A3 XMLU2
5/100/300/738 ANSI lumens
3AA/1400
2.7v-12.6v
3 mode selector ring
4.3" x 1.5"

All right the specs have changed.
It's now XML2U2.
I don't think that selfbuilt has already got his hands on the GX25A3 neither do i believe that it could ever rival the sheer popularity of EA4 but this should become an interesting release in any case!


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