Answer: they are the only three flashlights I own, and all 3 seem to put out the same amount of light, to my untrained eyes.
The first decent flashlight I purchased was the maglight 6c. I wanted a serious flashlight, and the 6c is exactly that. I'm lucky enough to live next door to a park, and from my backyard at night, the 6c can cast a beam close to 60 or 70 yards distance. I'm not saying the beam is highly visible, but you can make out the circle no problem.
My second light was a surefire 9p, and much to my surprise it puts off about the same amount of light that my maglight 6c does. How such a small flashlight can throw a beam that far is beyond me, but for the money it cost, the quality is expected.
The only problem is that the 9p drinks batteries like no tomorrow, and even mail order, those little lithium batteries are expensive as heck. Why don't they just attach a hose directly from the 9p tailcap to my wallet, to make things easier.
Well I was now use to having a great flashlight in a small package, but I wanted something that wouldn't cause my wallet to yelp every time I turned it on. Then I saw this flashlight at Brightguy:
http://www.brightguy.com/detail_int.tpl?cart=103480631471488&sku=UND14026BG
Well it was cheap, so I decided to splurge and buy it. It's a purchase I've never regretted. This underwater kinetic flashlight, which uses 4 aa batteries, and is only slightly larger than my 9p, puts out roughly the same amount of light, and for only 1/4 the cost of my 9p.
Well I've been skimming through a lot of the great threads here at candlepower, but I've never seen anyone mention the uk4a, so I thought I'd bring it to every ones attention with my first post.
PS: the only downside to the uk4a is that the batteries slightly rattle inside the battery holder, but I rarely notice.
Raven
The first decent flashlight I purchased was the maglight 6c. I wanted a serious flashlight, and the 6c is exactly that. I'm lucky enough to live next door to a park, and from my backyard at night, the 6c can cast a beam close to 60 or 70 yards distance. I'm not saying the beam is highly visible, but you can make out the circle no problem.
My second light was a surefire 9p, and much to my surprise it puts off about the same amount of light that my maglight 6c does. How such a small flashlight can throw a beam that far is beyond me, but for the money it cost, the quality is expected.
The only problem is that the 9p drinks batteries like no tomorrow, and even mail order, those little lithium batteries are expensive as heck. Why don't they just attach a hose directly from the 9p tailcap to my wallet, to make things easier.
Well I was now use to having a great flashlight in a small package, but I wanted something that wouldn't cause my wallet to yelp every time I turned it on. Then I saw this flashlight at Brightguy:
http://www.brightguy.com/detail_int.tpl?cart=103480631471488&sku=UND14026BG
Well it was cheap, so I decided to splurge and buy it. It's a purchase I've never regretted. This underwater kinetic flashlight, which uses 4 aa batteries, and is only slightly larger than my 9p, puts out roughly the same amount of light, and for only 1/4 the cost of my 9p.
Well I've been skimming through a lot of the great threads here at candlepower, but I've never seen anyone mention the uk4a, so I thought I'd bring it to every ones attention with my first post.
PS: the only downside to the uk4a is that the batteries slightly rattle inside the battery holder, but I rarely notice.
Raven