What single emitter LED flashlight has the brightest spot?

What single emitter LED flashlight has the highest lux reading (i.e. lux at 1 meter)?

stoven said:

What single emitter LED flashlight has the highest lux reading (i.e. lux at 1 meter)?

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You might think the winner would be the Led Logic Striker.....(If you read the CPF reviews).... But from what I can see the brightest spot/lux reading is from the Gladius Night-Ops light... I just go by my eye....

I compared them side by side with fresh batteries, at 3 feet, (roughly a meter). The Gladius is much brighter.....
They both totally outshine lights like the P1 and the Neo T3....

Thehappyman

A light like the K2-Longthrow or a Space-needle Magmod with a X-bin (Mac's mod, about 2months ago)

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Tom

My WY0S LuxV tower module may be up there too, especially if it were in a 3" turbohead. In my KT1 it is a real scorcher.

A bright spot you get with a small light source and a big and good reflector. This means you need to go with the LuxIII for now and forget the LuxV ... AND ... you will have to think about how big you want your light

The modded Maglite is one hell of a thrower but a bit on the big side if you want to pocket carry it.

A very small light and good thrower are all those 27mm reflector lights using the PR or McR-27 reflector like the Aleph1, McLux-PR, Gladius (IMS27 reflector), LH, ...

In the medium size category you have a lot of lights, and some of the best beams and biggest throw are offered by McGizmo's Aleph3 or HD45 or 27LT lights.

It would be best to define your needs (especially size) first, and chose then. There are plenty of options.

bernie


Aleph1 heads on 1x123 and 2x123 bodies:



Aleph3 head on SF E2e with Aleph tailcap:



HD45:



27LT:



McLux-PR head on E1e:

The LED Logic striker looks pretty bright. Where can I buy one and how much do they retail for?

btw ... the Gladius gets beaten by any acceptable Mag-Mod and the above mentioned lights, and a LuxV Mag-Mod or ARCmania TM in a KT head will have a hard time to compete, too, if at all. Depends on drive current.

One interesting competitor with a LuxV (X-bin side emitter) would be this one:



But unfortunately, this light isn't quite available to us normal people.
It is the Photon King 1 and was donated to CPF by pk himself and auctioned off some time ago.

bk

MRX-X3T would probably be the champ!

high dome would be focused tighter than side emitter of PK-1
have always wanted to do a side by side...

http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=35641
PK-1 auction thread

Battery station sells the striker.....however, it eats batteries, and costs about $110 bucks. It does throw a very white pure light....I stepped off 200 feet..about max range...but maybe 150 to see something real good. Members often sell them on the b/s/t/ thread...it's where I got mine.

If you get one and start using it regularly...get 2 17650 ( 17670) rechargeable batt from AW...make sure you get the new ones with the nose tip...the old style with the flat nose won't touch the recessed plus contact inside the body...you can put a drop of solder on the battery if you get the wrong kind.

You should consider the wolf eyes 9 volt...around $50...it's an incan light, but you can put two 18500 batteries and have a powerful and long lasting light. ( Over 1 hour)

Oh, I forgot...go to Wal Mart, Target, Home Depot, Lowes, ect. and get one of the 1 million cp lights for $20 to $30.....THey will spot about 400 feet and last 30 minutes on a charge.