brightest pocket light I can get for under 100$

[eben51]

Recommendations for 200 lumen plus light

Hey all, I currently own a Fenix P1D flashlight which is suppose to have a max output of 180 lumen.
I love this little flashlight, yet I've had it for a few years now and was thinking about give this one to my son and buying a new super bright LED.
I'm looking for any opinion on light that's even brighter then 180 lumen, yet is pocket size, and price around 75$-ish.

I seen a Terralux 220 EX LED on brightguy.com, and it was less then 30$...it sounds too good to be true,
Is it really 40 lumen brighter then light I have and at like haft the price?


So any opinions would be nice, I want the brightest pocket light I can get for under 100$

 

[LEDninja]

:welcome:

Terralux is not known for the accuracy of their lumen numbers. The only '220 lumen' Terralux flashlight I saw at brightguy is a 2AA - twice as long as your P1D.
My guess is the Terralux will be around 130-150 OTF lumens, the P1D around 150 OTF lumens.
(If you do buy the Terralux give that to your son, keep the P1D)

At the lower drive levels off a CR123A the LEDs have not improved that much. The XP-G is brighter overall but it spreads the light around more. You get a wider hotspot, not a brighter hotspot.

The lights I am aware of that gives OTF lumens above 200 are the Quarks.
Quark 123, R5 Edition
Quark 123 (no clip), R5 Edition

 

[jabe1]

You should probably start looking HERE.
Keep in mind that the current Quarks are not XP-E R2s, they are XP-G R5s, brighter and floodier.
Also HERE is a thread posing a similar question.

Oh, my bad... :welcome:

 

[smrtprts]

Any of the 4sevens quark series: http://www.4sevens.com/index.php?cPath=297

Jetbeam RRT-0: http://store.bugoutgearusa.com/rrt0.html

Jet I 3.0: http://store.bugoutgearusa.com/jetipro.html

Good deal on a nitecore sr3: http://www.4sevens.com/product_info.php?cPath=93&products_id=1623

20% off the jetbeams via coupon cpfjet

 

[Per-Sev]

Quark Turbo XP-G R5 is only $74 and is very bright and well made.

 

[jhc37013]

+1 On the Jetbeam RRT0 and Jet-I Pro. When running a 14500 through the Jet-I its hard to beat the spill and throw mix. The RRT0 is nearly the same on Cr123 but not as good as beam, a bit more ringy even when both use textured reflectors.

 

[GregWormald]

Three issues here: real "out the front" lumens vs. theoretical, light output pattern, and as our light perception is logarithmic you would need to DOUBLE the output of the light to see a significant difference.

Greg