Sunlite Eagle 8W Far Projection - Review - With Outdoor Beamshots

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Look what you started RyanRPM you got some people on a Sunlite craze. Oh yeah I still havent got my 8w yet. I am still hoping to find my Eagle turbo that I lost almost a year ago.:ohgeez: How did you hear about the 16w? And what did they tell you about it?
 
mesa232323 said:
Look what you started RyanRPM you got some people on a Sunlite craze. Oh yeah I still havent got my 8w yet. I am still hoping to find my Eagle turbo that I lost almost a year ago.:ohgeez: How did you hear about the 16w? And what did they tell you about it?
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Ok, here's everything I know about it....which is pretty limited.

It will have the same style head as the 8w, with the fins the way they are to remove heat from the chip. The chip itself will be a little larger size so it can handle more current. The 8w is 1.5 x 1.5mm.....the 16w will be larger than that. The head diameter will be 45mm with a reflector depth of 46mm. They are aiming at over 500 lumens. No word yet on what the estimated distance of throw is.

I asked them how they measure their lumens, and this is a quote: "We used integrating spheres to measure the lumen output. Since The reflectivity of the integrating sphere is not 100%, and over 50% of the light output from the flashlight is concentrated in the center (especially for far projection light), it will not be accurate if we measure from the front end. So we took out the reflector and lens to measure, and deducted 5% for the reflector and 10% for the glass lens to get the lumen value we have posted. We believe this is more accurate than just measuring from the front end."

The estimated date of release will be around March/April time frame. It will use a parallel battery configuration of some type.


As far as starting a craze? Well, Glenn7, Titan, and 276 helped that get started. All I did was post a few lousy pictures and made a few passing comments... 😗:thumbsup: I'm a nobody on this forum...those guys have a history to back up their claims.

BTW, you're next didn't you know??:wave::paypal:

In all seriousness, people are really missing out on a powerful compact thrower when they by-pass this light. You've seen the beamshots...not just from me, but also from Glenn7. And the price really is not bad when you consider everything you get for the money you spend.

Here is a breakdown if you just bought the non rechargeable light itself, kind of like if you bought a DBS.

Eagle Turbo 8w housing: $29
End Cap: $8
8wFP head: $52

Total: $89

So you use the included CR123's and you're set. Plus, it's free shipping, and you now have some of the best customer service you'll ever find in today's economy.
 
They weren't lousy pics they far better than what i could have done & i think mesa232323 is right in saying you started it at least in my opinion you did.

I compared my tiablo & 8w, the tiablo has a bigger hotspot but the 8w throws father and is brighter.
 
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Do you know if Sunlite has any plans to make a head for the Eagle 8W that has a floody MC-E type emitter? That would be excellent..
 
Here is my beam shots not that good BTW but they are there 😀
first DBS 30 ft,
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8WFP,

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more will follow :devil:
BTW I did stand back further for the 8w.
 
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Looks like the beam on the 8w is more concentrated. Hey Titan, can you do one other check? Stand back at a certain distance with both lights, say 30ft or so, set them up, and then measure the diameter of the hotspot of each.
 
Any chance for some pix comparing the Eagle Turbo with the Eagle 8W?

BTW, has Sunlight mentioned anything about lumen maintenance?
 
Archangel said:
Any chance for some pix comparing the Eagle Turbo with the Eagle 8W?

BTW, has Sunlight mentioned anything about lumen maintenance?
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Titan can help you with the Turbo and 8w comparison. He has both.

I am not sure what you mean by "lumen maintenance". :shrug:😕

Haha Titan, looks like you've got your picture-taking work cut out for you!!:grin2:
 
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As everyone knows, the more current you pump through LEDs, the more light you get. Pump too much current through for too long, though, and the LED becomes sad. In fact, even if you don't pump "too much" current through for long enough, the LED won't give you as much light for the same current as it did back when it was new. At the high end of "not overdriven" this is in the thousands of hours for most LEDs, but there were big-name LEDs where this was in the hundreds.
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I am not sure what you mean by "lumen maintenance".
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Thanks for the clarification Archangel. I've never heard of that phenomenon before, so I'm part of the 'not quite everyone' group.😕 It sure is interesting and worthy of an answer. I would recommend you visit Sunlite's message board and post that question. They will get back with you. I am not sure if they are a member of this site, so your question might go unanswered if it stays here. Here is the Sunlite message board.
 
The deal breaker for me on their 8W far projection was that I could not use my own 18650 rechargeable, and I don't use primaries.

However, they were willing to accomodate my needs by setting me up with the 8W far projection head on the 160 lumen Eagle body. This will only be a single stage light, but the performance will be identical to the 8W far projection complete light on high.

Nice of them. I should receive it in a few days. I can post pictures comparing it to the Tiablo A9, my TnC aspheric (runs on a C Li ion), and Packhorse's 18650 divelight fitted with an aspheric .
 
The deal breaker for me on their 8W far projection was that I could not use my own 18650 rechargeable, and I don't use primaries.

However, they were willing to accomodate my needs by setting me up with the 8W far projection head on the 160 lumen Eagle body. This will only be a single stage light, but the performance will be identical to the 8W far projection complete light on high.

Nice of them. I should receive it in a few days. I can post pictures comparing it to the Tiablo A9, my TnC aspheric (runs on a C Li ion), and Packhorse's 18650 divelight fitted with an aspheric and the JetBeam Pro III IBS.
 
I came across one new accessory for my Tiablo that out throws my 8W, the Aspherical lens, but i know with out a doubt that if sunlite had aspherical lens for the 8W it would totally out throw the tiablo's. Other than that i love my 8W more.
 
Gary123 said:
The deal breaker for me on their 8W far projection was that I could not use my own 18650 rechargeable, and I don't use primaries.

However, they were willing to accomodate my needs by setting me up with the 8W far projection head on the 160 lumen Eagle body. This will only be a single stage light, but the performance will be identical to the 8W far projection complete light on high.

Nice of them. I should receive it in a few days. I can post pictures comparing it to the Tiablo A9, my TnC aspheric (runs on a C Li ion), and Packhorse's 18650 divelight fitted with an aspheric and the JetBeam Pro III IBS.
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I have also had great dealings with Sunlite, I bought the Eagle 8W non rechargeable and also the Eagle Tri as a combo so I could switch parts if I wanted but the Tri end cap comes with a magnet attached inside and I really hate magnets (I work on electronics so I try to stay away from magnets) I emailed Sunlite and asked if they offered any caps without magnets and Fong emailed me back saying they would make some end caps without and email me when they had them, That's what I call great service. Really nice knowing they are willing to work with us.
 
8th Man, be sure to show us some pics of your setup and even some beamshots if you can. Glad you had great service with them! It is identical to the CS I experience with them too.
 
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