MattK
Flashlight Enthusiast
We've never carried LED LENSER before. I always thought that they were overpriced and didn't offer high levels of performance.
Well - all of that's about to change. I visited their booth today and ordered every new light they're coming out with - a vast new line of Cree and Nichia DS based lights offering variable output and variable focus with outputs of up to 1068 MEASURED Lumens...yup, 1086 MEASURED Lumens.
There's more than 20 new models so I'm just gonna go over a few - it's too late and I am too tired to describe 20+ lights. I've got a catalog but no pics online that I can find. Fit and finish is examplary, the optics are a work of art.
All of these lights offer 2+ output levels:
X7, 16" long. 7 Q4+ Emitters, slide focus head, 4XD, 1068 lumens. MSRP $500.
P19, 9.5" L, 3 Q4+ Emitters, slide focus head,8XAA, 515 lumens, $250 MSRP
P18 13" L, 3 Q4+ Emitters, slide focus head, 3XD, 462 lumens, $200MSRP
P17 13" L, 1 Q4+ Emitter, slide focus head, 3XD, 188.9 lumens, $140 MSRP
P14 8.5" L, 1 Q4+ Emitter, slide focus head, 4XAA, 172.8 lumens, $120 MSRP
P7 5.5" L, 1 Q4+ Emitter, slide focus head, 4XAAA, 167 lumens, $130 MSRP
7736TS 5.0" L, 1 Q4+ Emitter, slide focus head, 3XAAA, 167 lumens, $130 MSRP $75 OPTIONAL: Strobing tailcap, Tape switch, Gun mounts
There are then a pile of 1XAA, 2xAA, 1XAAA, 2XAAA with slide focus, 11-78 lumens. The smallest lights use Nichia DS LED's. They all make the perfect circular beam like the Gen 1 Inova X1's when tightly focused.
There are also a number of Cree based headlamps.More on that later.
I spent quite a bit of time with the owner of LED LENSER and he's an amazingly knowledgable guy. He's clearly an engineer type and is obsessive about optics and it's refreshing to see the owner of a company who knows more about his products and how they are engineered than anyone who works for him. He answered every crazy technical question I asked and had fun doing it. I'm excited to be carrying these new products and only regret that they are not expected to be in stock until April.
Well - all of that's about to change. I visited their booth today and ordered every new light they're coming out with - a vast new line of Cree and Nichia DS based lights offering variable output and variable focus with outputs of up to 1068 MEASURED Lumens...yup, 1086 MEASURED Lumens.
There's more than 20 new models so I'm just gonna go over a few - it's too late and I am too tired to describe 20+ lights. I've got a catalog but no pics online that I can find. Fit and finish is examplary, the optics are a work of art.
All of these lights offer 2+ output levels:
X7, 16" long. 7 Q4+ Emitters, slide focus head, 4XD, 1068 lumens. MSRP $500.
P19, 9.5" L, 3 Q4+ Emitters, slide focus head,8XAA, 515 lumens, $250 MSRP
P18 13" L, 3 Q4+ Emitters, slide focus head, 3XD, 462 lumens, $200MSRP
P17 13" L, 1 Q4+ Emitter, slide focus head, 3XD, 188.9 lumens, $140 MSRP
P14 8.5" L, 1 Q4+ Emitter, slide focus head, 4XAA, 172.8 lumens, $120 MSRP
P7 5.5" L, 1 Q4+ Emitter, slide focus head, 4XAAA, 167 lumens, $130 MSRP
7736TS 5.0" L, 1 Q4+ Emitter, slide focus head, 3XAAA, 167 lumens, $130 MSRP $75 OPTIONAL: Strobing tailcap, Tape switch, Gun mounts
There are then a pile of 1XAA, 2xAA, 1XAAA, 2XAAA with slide focus, 11-78 lumens. The smallest lights use Nichia DS LED's. They all make the perfect circular beam like the Gen 1 Inova X1's when tightly focused.
There are also a number of Cree based headlamps.More on that later.
I spent quite a bit of time with the owner of LED LENSER and he's an amazingly knowledgable guy. He's clearly an engineer type and is obsessive about optics and it's refreshing to see the owner of a company who knows more about his products and how they are engineered than anyone who works for him. He answered every crazy technical question I asked and had fun doing it. I'm excited to be carrying these new products and only regret that they are not expected to be in stock until April.
You can get D cell rechargeable batteries! 
