"Eye Searing" brightness for <$40

[nightgaunt]

\"Eye Searing\" brightness for <$40

Howdy!
I'm looking for the brightest light (incan. prob.) with nice long throw (no flood) for under $40. I have the Pelican M6 and Princeton Tec Surge in mind as the two best, but which is brighter? Any other inexpensive powerhouses out there that put out 100+ lumen? THANKS!

 

[JohnK]

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I think Pelican lists the M6 at over 100 lumens, but I doubt it does. The Surge DOES put out a zillion lumens.

It is quite amazing for the price.

 

[Deleted member 684]

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The Surge with alkys is very very bright and white initially, but it drops off very quickly to a yellow beam. It's the best bang for buck in a brightness versus price situation. The focus could be tighter though, I was trying to fit a texturized mag reflector in, but am not too sucessful.

The M6 is smaller and should be just as bright, but it eats lithiums.

 

[madecov]

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G-2 with P61.
The G-2 is running around $30.00 these days and you can get a P-61 for around $20.00 or less.

 

[pahl]

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I would also go with the Surefire G2 and P-61 lamp.

 

[FalconFX]

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For $20, why not this:

"Inexpensive Powerhouse" pretty much describes spotlights to the lumens...

 

[FlashGordon]

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FalconFX

Aw, you beat me to it! I was gonna recommend a 3,000,000 candle power unit from H&rbor Fr&ight for $29.99....

 

[nightgaunt]

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Yeah, I guess I should have specified no spotlights! I have one, and am looking for something a bit _smaller_!
Thanks for the suggestions...

 

[FluffyGrunt]

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I only have the Surge and at tight focus it will throw a pretty good distance maybe 150 feet probably more. The Surge also has the benefit of working well with Nimhs.
You might want to take a look at the Uke SL6 The SL6 is supposed to be putting out more overall light with a more narrow beam and should easily outthrow the Surge.

Do a search for the various lights in this forum, you'll be reading for hours /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif.

 

[FalconFX]

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Then I'd say your best bet may very well be a PM6. At $40, it's the farthest throwing light I have that's under that price cap, and it's an awesome, beefy little light to boot.