OK. It's very late where I am, I'm at my desk working so I can have tomorrow off with the kids, I've got about a couple of hours work left to do and I glance at CPF and this thread. So being busy as that what do I do??? I get out every 1AA torch I possess and test them all with my camera in manual mode!!
No figures just the relative winners and also rans. All these were tested twice in a different sequence with the same Energizer 1AA lithium cell. The results were the same in both tests. The camera was locked off at aperture 3.5f and the tests were with the torches at 1 foot from the fabled white wall, as was the camera.
In order of dimmest to brightest:
10. EXP: Quarter second.
ARC AA - BS 5mm Led.
9. EXP: Eighth of a second.
ARC AAA ( In a 1AA adapter from J.S. Burly ) - DS 5mm led.
8. EXP: Tenth of a second.
Huntlight FT 03 - 1W Luxeon.
7. EXP: Thirteenth of a second.
Inova X1 version 1 ( Brightest one of several to pass through my hands) - CS 5mm ( I think).
6. EXP: Thirtieth of a second.
Icon Rogue 1 - Cree ?
Ultrafire Stainless Steel C3 - Cree?
5. EXP: Fortieth of a second.
Jetbeam C-LE - Cree?
DX MCU C3 - Cree Q3 it says.
4. EXP: Fifthtieth of a second.
Nitecore Defender Infinity (Shock Horror) - Cree?
Fenix L1S - 1W Luxeon.
Lumapower - Connexion Cree.
3. EXP: Sixtieth of a second.
Fenix L1D - Cree.
Olight T15 (Not the latest model) - Cree.
Nitecore D10 - Cree Q5.
2. EXP: Eightieth of a second.
DX MTE C3 - 70101 - Seoul P4?
Fenix L1D CE Premium Q5 - Cree.
And the brightest of the lights I possess in AA format, at an exposure of one hundredth of a second at f3.5...in equal first place.
1. Fenix L1T V2.0 Cree Q5.
Fenix LD10 Premium Q5 Cree.
There you go. I know all production lights are not alike and that beam shapes vary, but I have tried to eliminate this by proximity of the test.
I guess I am the most suprised with the Nitecores doing so badly and the DX MTE C3 - 70101 doing so well. Anyone else notice these underwhelming the LD10??? Maybe I got bad ones!
Very happy with the L1T V2.0 and the LD 10 Premium Q5 though.
Must get an Eagletac and a Jetbeam for another test ( My Liteflux is backordered at DX - maybe next month)
Ciao...