The Great MiniMag Shootout!

Here we have the contendors:
MM with standard bulb, MM with NiteIze drop in, MM with Ministar 2 TLE5, and finally, all the way from Wayne the Wonderful at the Sandwich Shoppe, a Nexgen 750mA UX1L Sandwich Kit with Fraen LP Optics!

*this order will continue through the battle*

HEY! They all look the same!
Hhmmm. I guess I kind of like the plain black model. I named all my children John as well.
Show us your faces!



Minimags! Please step away from the wall! (1 yard)
Ready...
Aim...
FIRE!



Holy blinding Mouth of the Mountain, Batman!
Let's see this again with our "Shades" on.


Well, there you have it.
Let's all bow to Wayne

And you... you original MM bulb... take that!

EDIT: Add Runtimes to 50%:
Original MM 41 minutes
NightIze 10 hours 49 minutes
TLE5 5 hours 25 minutes
Nexgen I think about 50 minutes (I haven't seen any official times yet)

Great pics---thanks.

Spectacular Beamshots! Looks like Wayne did a good job on that sandwhich! Hogokansatsukan Your now a Ceritified Flashaholic!

Whoa. That sandwich kit is rockin'! What did that cost you?

I should have been the one to grab the last NG750/UX1L pill but had to let it go eventually because of the hefty $55 price tag.

Needs more runtime comparison too

Can I ask dumb question that has umm... plagued me for a while? regarding all the maglites.. why ( or has ) doesn't someone just make a regulation circuit and put it in the tail of the light? Size cannot be an issue as the solitare has one.. any comments?

Excellent!! This has been needed for a long time. :twothumbs

Not a dumb question, vato. Someone did a 2-stage switch for the minimag tailcap. Two issues I see with putting a circuit on the tail:

- very little space for the components; you'd have to bore the tail and you'd definitely need to "deadbug" the circuit (assemble by hand in 3D) not an easy feat.
- there might be some issues with resistance, circuit efficiency, etc. I'll let the EE pitch in.

This is a great comparison!

Gee, makes my oft-used Nite-Ized MM appear to be rather sickly.

And, of course, the stock bulb seems nearly unusable ... which it is, really. :sick2:

The ministar doesn't look like a bad compromise of brightness vs. runtime if it gets five hours of light. I'm still running a bb500 with a Lux 1 in my minimag.

It's also fun to pull out one of these little drop in modules from Wayne to lend a hand to someone working on an engine using a regular full size Maglite. It's actually too bright up close unless you slightly de-focus.

Now all we need to see is the new MiniMag 2AA LED right there in the mix to see how it fares....



BTW - Very nice beamshots :goodjob:

Hi,

Is there any difference in light beam (spot or flood) useing the NG 750mA with the Fraen lp optics, Luxeon NX05 optics or the 20mm IMS reflector? What would you recommend useing with the NG 750mA and why?

Do anybody know how much lumen the NG 750mA makes?

The 50min. runtime, is that with lithium, NiMH or alkaline?

Thanks!

PA

Now all we need to see is the new MiniMag 2AA LED right there in the mix to see how it fares....

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Yeah, when he said "great" I thought for sure Mag's LED would be in there.

MAN, I'm glad I brought my BB750 with TW0J- not a single regret

I don't have a New Mag LED. Wally World has not had them here.
I don't know which lens/optic is best. That would be better answered by another.

What's the Lumens output of the Nexgen 750mA UX1L Sandwich Kit?

Edwood said:

What's the Lumens output of the Nexgen 750mA UX1L Sandwich Kit?

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Should be around 100 lumens.

zelda

I have the nexgen 750 with an McR-20 I do not know how that compares to the optic, never tried it. I also built a head that will take an McR-27L and have been using that with a 14670 lithium battery. that gives a tighter spot than the 20. I am curious to see what the 3AA LED from maglite ( stock) looks like. Run time with the lithium is about an hour - and yes - the light gets hot...

still - I have a 2C maglite that I put an LED conversion from Maglite in - that does much better than the nexgen 750 and at under $20 for the LED - quite a deal. Yeah - I know - comparing apples and crab apples..

Jedi Knife said:

Yeah, when he said "great" I thought for sure Mag's LED would be in there.

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Indeed. I think the price for a lot of these MiniMag drop-ins are going to be coming down soon.