Lux of Mag85 with smooth reflector?

[adirondackdestroyer]

I haven't seen any real reviews of a Mag85 with lux readings, so I thought this thread was appropriate.
I had a 2C ROP Low 2x18650 protected, and with the stock smooth reflector (only did this for seconds for testing) it had nearly 30,000 lux. In overall output it was a little under 300 lumens out the front. Now I currently have a 4C Mag85 running 3x18650 protected, which gives over 1,000 lumens out the front. I have a small hole smooth reflector coming in the mail for it as we speak.

My question is will the Mag85 have over 3x the overall lux as the ROP Low, since it does have over 3x the overall lumens? If so that would give it over 100,000 overall lux!!!

Thanks in advance.

 

[adirondackdestroyer]

Nothing?

 

[RichS]

I wish I had a lux meter to test it but I don't. If the DBS Q5 3SD SMO is hitting close to 29,000 lux, I am thinking the Mag85 is in the 90,000+ ballpark based upon the comparison I recently did. These pictures don't even do justice to the difference I saw in person. The extreme output increase of the Mag85 over the DBS is staggering. I used to think the DBS was king of throw!

DBS Q5 3SD SMO (230')

Mag85 SMO (230')

 

[adirondackdestroyer]

Rich,

Thanks alot for the reply! Now I really can't wait for my smooth reflector to come! As soon as it does I'll take some lux readings.
Thanks again.

 

[RichS]

Rich,

Thanks alot for the reply! Now I really can't wait for my smooth reflector to come! As soon as it does I'll take some lux readings.
Thanks again.

No problem!

Hey, where are you getting your SMO reflector? I have a post asking about this. I just learned that FiveMega stopped selling the SMO reflectors (outside of the $160+ turbo head), and I really don't want to get another one from Kaidomain.

Is there another place to get them for the Mag C/D?

 

[LuxLuthor]

The problem is the readings are frought with inaccuracies. Age of bulb, Vbulb (& resistance of setup), quality of battery source, Position of reading in beam hotspot is widely variable, focus location of bulb in reflector is variable, quality of reflector surface, scatter/bounce reflections is an issue...exact distance from bulb filament is crucial. Almost no one will control all these variables to give a meaningful test. Taking as many of those items into account as possible was why I elected to do my destructive bulb Lux readings this way.