How many Lumens is safe in a G2?

[lightinsky]

I have been watching all these threads about 200 lumen and potentially 250 -350 lumens cree drop ins for P60/61 and P90/91 lights. I just received a P4 cree drop in for my G2 and it is pretty bright. I think it is about 120-140 lumens. So what is the cut off for safe lumens in a G2 since it has a nitrolin body and I am aware of the aluminum head upgrade on newer G2L's being offered now from surefire.

 

[cfromc]

The absolute maximum would be hard to say because it depends on how long you want to run it straight through w/o shutting it off. I've run a 170 emitter-lumen drop-in for 30 minutes at a time with no problems and about 60+ minutes in a two hour time period, again w/o problems. I don't know if it would run constantly on a new set of batteries until the batteries died, but I don't doubt it. If you wanted to run a 240 lumen drop-in for 10 minutes or less at a time, I doubt you would ever have a problem.

 

[lightinsky]

Thats good to know because I wasn't sure if I got a 200+ lumen drop in if it would be a problem for the G2. Thanks for the input. As for now I will just enjoy my G2L and my other G2 with a cree p4 drop in.

 

[Hitthespot]

I bought the Bugoutgear 230 lumen drop in for my G2. I have been playing with it all week. It is at least as bright as my Olight T20 Q5 claiming to be 205 lumen and I believe it out throws the T20 marginally. I see no overheating issues yet. Claimed run time with a fresh set of Cr123's I think was 3.5 hours. Not bad, Not bad at all.

Bill

 

[lightinsky]

Yeah that bugout gear Q5 is nice. Wish I had the extra $ to chalk up but maybe next month. Any way there is a new Q5 on ebay that claims 250 lumens. The temperature keeps rising in this place. Neeeeed lumens neeeed lumens!!!