Is there anything that can match the output of M6?

Is there any flashlight that is equal or greater in light output than the SF M6? I would really like to have one but I'm not sure I want to shell out $400.00 for it. Is there any modified lights (like Mags) that I can get that equals the output? Thanks for any information.

A magcharger with an WA 01160 bulb (flashlightlens.com has it) puts out more then 500 if i remember correctly.
Allthough your runtime will be like 30 minutes or so with the stock battery.

The MC60 mentioned by StEaLtH above is around 110 or so, w/new bulb. You really want a new NIMH battery pack to replace the stock ones. There are 3.5Ah and 4Ah ones floating around here; both will greatly increase runtime (the stock batt stick is only 2.2Ah).

5.0Trunk,

A Tiger11 or Tiger85 should (I'm guessing) match (Tiger11) and exceed (Tiger85) the output of the M6. These TL mods require a TL gold system flashlight to start with ($125), then a cutom battery pack ($44), then a modded reflector and WA lamp which I pot into a ring ($12 + $11). This is for the Tiger11. So if you add up the cost it is $192. The Tiger85 is $20 more due to the cost of modding the charging system.

Then the MC60, mentioned above, about equals the output of the M6 HOLA, judging by beam shots and reports, although I have played with neither light, and costs on the order of $100 for MC and $5 for the 1160. However, the MC60 is prone to melting when used in this configuration. There are a number of threads on the subject. Ginseng has/had some mica heat shields for the socket which pretty much eliminated that problem.

Oh, and both the TL and MC will need glass lenses installed. About $8 from www.flashlightlens.com.

In any case, the M6 is about more than just sheer output. The M6 is also very small and light and Shock Isolated and has, I'm sure, a lovely beam which is a good compromise between throw and spill light. Plus the M6 has a tactically correct switch and a quick-change battery holder. It's a real beauty and well worth the money, IMO.

Phaserburn, my magcharger has a 2.5ah nicad stick (stock).
I have a pic if anyone is interested.

I said 2.2Ah, but it is in fact 2.5Ah. I stand corrected.

I didnt realize the TL and magchargers put out 500 lumens /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
Very nice for the price then.

I am planning on building a 10W HID Mag mod soon, it is rated for 500 lumens also.
It is similar to the Hid system in the UK Canon, except it is a 10V ballast insteadof 12V,, same bulb though.

jtice, the lights don´t deliver 500 lumens in the stock version,
these are modified with different bulbs, batteries and metal
reflecctor. still chaeaper than M6 and rechargeable.

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jtice said:
I didnt realize the TL and magchargers put out 500 lumens /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
Very nice for the price then.


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Incans are still the scalable, best-blast-for-the-buck system going. TL and MC60 make ALOT of light.

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js, agreed on the M6 ... this is still the King ... perfection.
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bernhard

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Perfection, at six bucks every 20 minutes?

Not MY kind of perfection!

Bill

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Yeah,

The cost of running an M6 is the only thing that kept me from buying one months and months ago. I got a TigerLight instead, and, dang, look what I've gotten myself into. A fine fix, I'll tell you. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif It was worth it though.

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yes my spotlight
for a lot less money too

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The thing that prevents me from getting an M6 is the vision of dollar bills steadily streaming out of my wallet at the rate of 1 every 3 minutes! That image clouds my vision and prevents me from enjoying all those great photons.

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Get a 10X if you don't want to spend 3x minimum wage every hour running a 500lm Surefire.

Surefires are bright, small, well-built and undoubtedly cool looking, but those aspects come with a price. You can get something way brighter for way less $$$. Have you noticed that Surefires have some of the highest lumens/weight and lowest lumens/$ of any light?

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There is a TV presenter of the car show "Top Gear" called Jeremy Clarkson. He's getting this new Ford GT40 Supercar. It costs him £1 a mile in gas. It goes 75 miles on a full tank. He works 76 miles from his home each way.

Yet he buys one and will be driving it on the road to and from work.

A SureFire M6 is like a GT40. It's a superlight. If Clarkson had a flashlight I bet it'd be the M6.

Al

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Ehhh I seriously doubt that. The Ford GT isn't even that much of a gas guzzler compared to the big SUV's and pickups around here. The Ford GT gets 14/21 MPG. So, unless gas costs $25 a gallon over there, I seriously doubt that. If that's true, then getting an H2 over there would drink £2 per mile.

And yes, I download and watch top gear videos all the time. It's so much better than the crap they show over here. If only they'd bring it over to the US...

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But my point is - we don't always worry or care about the practical or running cost side of the things we want. There are few who need an M6 but I for one certainly want one. It's running cost is not important to me.

Al /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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That's weird, Size15s. When I was thinking of high operating costs, I was thinking about Modena ownership for whatever reason? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

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Or a Testarossa....

But back on topic. Yeah. The M6 is expensive to operate. And $20/hr is with the cheapest 123A's available too.