MrGman
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Re: Actual Lumens readings in 6" dia. Lab Sphere IS with SC 5500 control - PART II
I went to a party and mingled with many strange lights trying to entice me. Here are some of the turn on results. Only 1 light did I actually use the "peak" capture and hold feature which is far less than one second because it was a grossly underpowered P7 using 2X14500's. Its turn on current is very high and it sags fast according to its owner and from what I saw. Orange are incans. A triple P7 had the highest brightness title of the night for lights that would go into the sphere. Home made monstrosities or store bought HID's with 10 in wide bezels not included. The battery power condition was unknown since most were being played with throughout the night. That is why this list doesn't go into the full regular list, since these were not made under controlled conditions on fresh batteries and 3 full minutes of run time. But you get the idea. The surprising light of the night was the Leupold mostly because the SureFire P91 lamp is rated for 200 lumens. However with 2 fresh IMR's it pumped out an amazing 384 lumens. Didn't have a way to measure the current. Two demerits to the flashoholic who shall remain unnamed for bringing a clampmeter to the party. We retested and redid the calculations several times. Must be those danged SureFire super lumens again. The Lumens factory lamp using IMR batteries put out a very predictable 270 lumens. None of my lights got jealous while I fondled all these other lights. The Surefire E2DL I tested that night was only 145 lumens, battery condition unknown, don't know if its really representative of that light at all.
Brand/Model________Host/Model/Bezel______Mode_________Lumens__On Time
Triple P7___________UCL in Mag Host??____????__________1235.2__1 sec
Triple P7___________UCL in Mag Host??____????__________1199.7__3 sec
Welsh Allen-1185____Maglight__________3 AW C LI ION_____1042,___1 sec
MC-E 2S2P_________MiniMag no bezel______2X14500 LI______954.1__0 sec
Lambda Revo P7_____3C body______________3 NiMH_________757.4__1 sec
MC-E 2S2P_________MiniMag no bezel______2X14500 LI______714.5__1 sec
MC-E 2S2P_________MiniMag_____________2X14500 LI______639.1__1 sec
Osram O-Star_______Arcmania Super_F-V,___4 AW RCR123,___639.1__1 sec
Weedle 3 Q5________Mag head 2 C cell body__2 C Lith Ion,_____574.0__1 sec
MR-X Lux 5,________Mag body_____________6 AA NiMH______565.1__1 sec
Wolfeyes Storm Q5___Triple Q5,____________3X18650________565.1__1 sec
Malkoff P7,_________FiveMega 1 C Cell,_____1 C Lith Ion,_____417.2__1 sec
Weedle 3 Q5________Mag head 1 C cell body__1 C Lith Ion,_____399.4__1 sec
SureFire P91,_______Leupold MX121,_______2 IMR 16340_____384.6__1 sec
Malkoff P7,_________L2 size host___________1X18650,________383.1__1 sec
L.F. IMR 9,_________Surefire 6P____________2 IMR 16340,____270.7__1 sec
Arcmania__________Mega Extreme_________1 CR123________149___1 sec
SF E2DL________________________________2XCR123_______145___1 sec
Quala Rebel Tower_______________________1XRCR123______138___1 sec
Zebralight H501__________________________1 AA Alk_________84___1 sec
Zebralight H501__________________________1 AA NiMH_______70___1 sec
I went to a party and mingled with many strange lights trying to entice me. Here are some of the turn on results. Only 1 light did I actually use the "peak" capture and hold feature which is far less than one second because it was a grossly underpowered P7 using 2X14500's. Its turn on current is very high and it sags fast according to its owner and from what I saw. Orange are incans. A triple P7 had the highest brightness title of the night for lights that would go into the sphere. Home made monstrosities or store bought HID's with 10 in wide bezels not included. The battery power condition was unknown since most were being played with throughout the night. That is why this list doesn't go into the full regular list, since these were not made under controlled conditions on fresh batteries and 3 full minutes of run time. But you get the idea. The surprising light of the night was the Leupold mostly because the SureFire P91 lamp is rated for 200 lumens. However with 2 fresh IMR's it pumped out an amazing 384 lumens. Didn't have a way to measure the current. Two demerits to the flashoholic who shall remain unnamed for bringing a clampmeter to the party. We retested and redid the calculations several times. Must be those danged SureFire super lumens again. The Lumens factory lamp using IMR batteries put out a very predictable 270 lumens. None of my lights got jealous while I fondled all these other lights. The Surefire E2DL I tested that night was only 145 lumens, battery condition unknown, don't know if its really representative of that light at all.
Brand/Model________Host/Model/Bezel______Mode_________Lumens__On Time
Triple P7___________UCL in Mag Host??____????__________1235.2__1 sec
Triple P7___________UCL in Mag Host??____????__________1199.7__3 sec
Welsh Allen-1185____Maglight__________3 AW C LI ION_____1042,___1 sec
MC-E 2S2P_________MiniMag no bezel______2X14500 LI______954.1__0 sec
Lambda Revo P7_____3C body______________3 NiMH_________757.4__1 sec
MC-E 2S2P_________MiniMag no bezel______2X14500 LI______714.5__1 sec
MC-E 2S2P_________MiniMag_____________2X14500 LI______639.1__1 sec
Osram O-Star_______Arcmania Super_F-V,___4 AW RCR123,___639.1__1 sec
Weedle 3 Q5________Mag head 2 C cell body__2 C Lith Ion,_____574.0__1 sec
MR-X Lux 5,________Mag body_____________6 AA NiMH______565.1__1 sec
Wolfeyes Storm Q5___Triple Q5,____________3X18650________565.1__1 sec
Malkoff P7,_________FiveMega 1 C Cell,_____1 C Lith Ion,_____417.2__1 sec
Weedle 3 Q5________Mag head 1 C cell body__1 C Lith Ion,_____399.4__1 sec
SureFire P91,_______Leupold MX121,_______2 IMR 16340_____384.6__1 sec
Malkoff P7,_________L2 size host___________1X18650,________383.1__1 sec
L.F. IMR 9,_________Surefire 6P____________2 IMR 16340,____270.7__1 sec
Arcmania__________Mega Extreme_________1 CR123________149___1 sec
SF E2DL________________________________2XCR123_______145___1 sec
Quala Rebel Tower_______________________1XRCR123______138___1 sec
Zebralight H501__________________________1 AA Alk_________84___1 sec
Zebralight H501__________________________1 AA NiMH_______70___1 sec
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