Longest Throw LED flashlight

[FILA BRAZILIA]

200 ft huh, that would depend on what you were trying to light up and how bright you were trying to light it. A man-sized, light colored object, yeah I think so. A small brown mailbox? Probably not.

See my comments in the "three way shootout".

:goodjob: Interesting reading, zespectre.

 

[Long John]

zespectre; at Flashlightreviews they write MANY nice words about the striker VG, do you know if this light is capable of lighting up objects 200 feet away?

Hello Fila Brazilia

To illuminate an object, 200 feet away, is no problem for the mentioned single Led-lights. With a Mag-led i.e., best focussed, the object is relatively small illuminate.

But with really brightness illumination, you should take a look to a multiple setup. I.e. this one:

http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?p=1438337#post1438337

Best regards

____
Tom

 

[FILA BRAZILIA]

Hello Fila Brazilia

To illuminate an object, 200 feet away, is no problem for the mentioned single Led-lights. With a Mag-led i.e., best focussed, the object is relatively small illuminate.

But with really brightness illumination, you should take a look to a multiple setup. I.e. this one:

http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?p=1438337#post1438337

Best regards

____
Tom

Thanks, Long John, it is something with these Custom Mags, I love them :naughty:

 

[Illumination]

Pelican 2390 M-6 Lux III is a good thrower and a great light all around

 

[cy]

have never measured in feet for throw. this one of those topics, where distance is deceiving. a laser shines pretty far but spot is so small it's next to useless for lighting.

some of these 3watt torches is in same boat. will throw far, but hot spot is so small it's next to useless.

besides throw, raw power is needed to be of any use.

How many feet (roughly) do you think this light can throw? What about 1000 feet, possible?

 

[Torque1st]

The lensed 2AA River Rock was able to illuminate a light brown and tan trailer last night at ~150' with no reflectors on it. The white Jeep next to it was lit up strongly and the reflectors were very bright. For $20-$10 on sale it is quite handy. It has very little spill from the beam pattern and is not adjustable. The light is slightly blue violet. It is very definitely not a "high end" or "gee-whiz" light but the price is right.

For real distance I get out the 12V rechargeable 500,000CP light...

 

[N/Apower]

My streamlight Supertac tears up everything I have ever seen in person.

My LED Mag-lite
My M60 Malkoff

Everything.

VERY long throw!!!

 

[divine]

Wow, this thread is over 2 years old.

 

[Gunner12]

Over 2 year old thread, I think I remember reading this. Well, back then, The Cree XR-Es just came out so no LEDs with double the output yet, hence not that much throw back then. There were a few examples but most LED lights back then were more close range then long range.

 

[gsegelk]

Interesting read just to see what it was like in the 'old days' ...crazy how far things have come along just from 2 years ago. I wonder how many active users there are now vs. then (whatever an 'active' user is)??

 

[saabluster]

My streamlight Supertac tears up everything I have ever seen in person.

My LED Mag-lite
My M60 Malkoff

Everything.

VERY long throw!!!

Try it next to a DEFT. Then check back and let us know how it went.

 

[kyhunter1]

Fenix TK11 with R2 is a really good thrower. Bout the best would be one of the Deerelights.

 

[jenskh]

Not one of the Dereelights, but Dereelight DBS with Q5 or R2 led.

 

[Outdoors Fanatic]

This is some truly OLD stuff!

 

[N/Apower]

Try it next to a DEFT. Then check back and let us know how it went.

I thought we were talking about factory only units.

 

[saabluster]

I thought we were talking about factory only units.

Well the OP made no such distinction. Curious, why did you revive this old thread when there are a million others with almost the exact same theme?

 

[N/Apower]

Well the OP made no such distinction. Curious, why did you revive this old thread when there are a million others with almost the exact same theme?

My fault. I probably discovered it during a search and did not check the post date. Sorry.

 

[tango44]

Very good throwers:

Surefire KX2C with 120 Lumens.
Surefire Cree L1.
TLS Cree Q5:


http://www.opticshq.com/Merchant2/m...-TLS-TX2-1&Category_Code=Surefire-Accessories

 

[saabluster]

My fault. I probably discovered it during a search and did not check the post date. Sorry.

I'm not saying there is any problem with reviving an old thread I was just curious if there was a reason.:thumbsup:

 

[jblackwood]

+1 on the Dereelight DBS with the R2 pill. I had a 1S Q5 pill and got an R2 pill to compare, there was none. The R2 really did give a sizable upgrade, at least in my everyday (night?) applications. Well worth the extra money.