I wish u hadn't shown me this, but I asked. Sweet set up. 60 bucks is good for the firepower. But how bright is it really? (Compared to advertised lumens)
I can only give you comparisons.
I built a 5761 that is on the edge of insta flash on a Litho123 reflector:
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showpost.php?p=2634123&postcount=25
This light through 2 years of work and experience, correspondence etc. has me figuring educatedly that is puts out 850-900 torch lumens.
I built three styles of P7 rechargeables.
1.5 D P7, Modes, Charging Jack, Electronic GID & more
FS-RECHARGEABLE 1.5 D P7, Modes, Electronic GID & more
FS-RECHARGEABLE 2C P7, Modes, Electronic GID & more
FS-RECHARGEABLE 2D P7, Modes, Electronic GID & more features
I have also the MTE 5 mode 26mm head P7 I modded, this links gives all the links that describe it in that thread. I got over 3 amps to the LED.
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showpost.php?p=2737937&postcount=172
In eye ball and light box comparison the line up is BRIGHT to DIM:
5761
MTE 52MM 5 MODE
2C
2D
1.5D
MTE 26MM
There is little difference between the 52mm P7s,
the mods go like this:
the top, 2C is D bin with Vf at J bin on the Correct Vf, 3.75+ volts,
the 2D is D bin at J bin on a 3.6 Vf over an AW C-cell
and last the 1.5D is C bin at I bin Vf 3.5 on 3.6 AW cells.
The 52mm MTE for some reason, it may be that the LED sits slightly different but it is not obvious, has a slightly tighter beam than the mods but the reflector is the same. Therefore the center of the hot spot at times looks brighter than my 2Cs but the MTE has less light in the spill. It is the difference in comparison of a nozzle on a steam of water, tighter equals more power in the stream or brighter in the center.
Given this line up and the comparison the the 5761 which is the brightest 5761 I have built then all the large head P7 come in over 800 lumens. The MTE 52 mm must be shown against the 2C in order to see that it is dimmer, but ever so slightly. I cannot see it unless side by side is done.
I have 2 of the 2Cs and they have D bins from two different sources but are built identically and miraculously had the same readings on a lux meter! They are very close to the 900 lumens like the 5761, I would rate the 5761 at 850 to 900 torch lumens. The 5761 has a greater flood than the P7s but the intensity in the hot spot is nearly the same. The 5761 when directly compared may be a little bit brighter but it is very close and difficult to make a decision to which is brighter.
So no to seeing 900 lumens out the front of the light but the LED likely is putting out 900 lumens and of course there always is some loss of lumens to the physics of the light. In incans we figure 35% loss off the bulb lumens.
Now all of this is subjective but it may give you an idea of what I was saying. If it were not for the fact I have a little more burn time and my mods plug in to recharge I would have been very discouraged becaue the MTE is so very good. It strobes like a gladius too! My mods do not! The MTE also appears to have a thermal circuit. I got mine hot and it would drop to the lower mode. I hope it does anyway, it acted like it. If not then it was a failure in the LED or board.
Fortunately, for me and all other Lumen Hounds can understand this; my personal P7, a 2C mod light, is slightly brighter than the P7 MTE. I worked hard on the matching of components to get those amps to the LED by using a Vf that gave the max the LED could handle. If my mod had not achieved that status I would be very very disappointed and would carry only the MTE. That is so ridiculous because unless you look side by side you would not notice the difference. Also as batteries discharge that differfence changes too and then you cannot even do a fair comparison any way. Flashaholism is a debilitating illness.
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