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Flashlight Enthusiast
My Malkoff M61T drop-in appears much more powerful than M61 that's floodier only because the former has over twice the lux of the latter.
On paper, there isn't a huge difference between these two lights. But because the M61xx series is a bit floody, it just doesn't appear to be as bright despite 320 lumens.
another excellent example of high lumens but low lux is Malkoff M91. It's over twice as bright as M61 but you don't see it as it's very floody. The lumens are not focused into a hotspot that's very hot but rather disseminated over an area. This may be what you want, say M61LL or LLL is great for reading a book.
Malkoff Hound Dog has very high lux. That's why the Hound Dog on *low* has higher lux than Malkoff M61 - the "high" full power module, not those reduced lumens "low-low" variants.
You can shine a M61 on the wall and then superimpose the HD on low and it walks all over it - while of course the total *lumens* of HD on low is less than that total lumens of M61.
Hound Dog throws better even on low. Hound Dog Super follows the same pattern. On low, it's pretty high lux.
Higher lux is like cheating, it makes a weaker light appear stronger.
I EDC'ed a SF G2x Pro for a while, it had a 15/320 mode and the 15 lumen mode was not a joke, it was actually adequate for most tasks, being so high luxed and focused. Had no issues with it even outside.
so it's critical to understand the relationship between brute force lumens and lux.
On paper, there isn't a huge difference between these two lights. But because the M61xx series is a bit floody, it just doesn't appear to be as bright despite 320 lumens.
another excellent example of high lumens but low lux is Malkoff M91. It's over twice as bright as M61 but you don't see it as it's very floody. The lumens are not focused into a hotspot that's very hot but rather disseminated over an area. This may be what you want, say M61LL or LLL is great for reading a book.
Malkoff Hound Dog has very high lux. That's why the Hound Dog on *low* has higher lux than Malkoff M61 - the "high" full power module, not those reduced lumens "low-low" variants.
You can shine a M61 on the wall and then superimpose the HD on low and it walks all over it - while of course the total *lumens* of HD on low is less than that total lumens of M61.
Hound Dog throws better even on low. Hound Dog Super follows the same pattern. On low, it's pretty high lux.
Higher lux is like cheating, it makes a weaker light appear stronger.
I EDC'ed a SF G2x Pro for a while, it had a 15/320 mode and the 15 lumen mode was not a joke, it was actually adequate for most tasks, being so high luxed and focused. Had no issues with it even outside.
so it's critical to understand the relationship between brute force lumens and lux.