Best/Strongest Flange Base Bulb

[gemino03]

I was just wondering do you guys know any flange base bulbs which fit D cell maglites that have a high number of Watts, for example the most I have seen is 15W but surely theres stronger ones?

 

[Kestrel]

The highest wattage two that I know of are of course the very popular Pelican 3854-H & 3853-H (both ~30W depending on the specific voltage & current), constituting the classic ROP, although I would very much like to hear of unusual options as well.

 

[gemino03]

What the difference between the 3853 and the 3854 one? And how many lumens you think they roughly give out?

 

[Gunner12]

Remember that the stock maglite parts are only supposed to take 10w, so a more powerful bulb then that would melt the parts.

Look at the destructive incan bulb testing in the incan section.

 

[LumenHound]

There is a huge amount of info about the 3854-H bulb here.