How many lumens do Mag-Lites put out?

I have a 3D Mag-Lite LED and a AA incandescent Mini Mag-Lite. Does anyone know approx. how many lumens these lights put out? Their website doesn't say.

Not a lot. The LED could be pushing 50 on fresh batteries, but it will decline quickly. The AA incan maglite will be less, optimistically 40 with fresh batteries, but probably less than that. It will also dim very quickly, since there is no regulation at all.

AA incan is ~10-15

Marduke said:

AA incan is ~10-15

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With what bulbs? Regular(argon?), krypton or xenon?

I'm not sure if it really matters; they will all be pretty dim.

american lockpicker said:

With what bulbs? Regular(argon?), krypton or xenon?

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Current stock. But short of the auroalite hotwire mod, nothing will really help it.

http://www.maglite.com/lampspecs_dcell.asp
http://www.maglite.com/lampspecs_aa.asp
http://www.maglite.com/lampspecs_solitaire.asp
http://www.maglite.com/lampspecs_ccell.asp

Nothing on the MagLEDs but tests show about 30-50lm from the LuxIII modules dimming to ~20lm after warm up.

tebore said:

http://www.maglite.com/lampspecs_dcell.asp
http://www.maglite.com/lampspecs_aa.asp
http://www.maglite.com/lampspecs_solitaire.asp
http://www.maglite.com/lampspecs_ccell.asp

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Keep in mind the C and D cell figures need approximately halved to equal actual values.

Very optimistic.

From what I recall, the MagLED should get 60 lumen on start up, and drop to 30-20 lumen when it heats up.

The Minimag 2 AA is a 10 lumen.

The answer will depend on whether the MagLED is a Lux or a Rebel. The rebels are considerably brighter.

GPB said:

The answer will depend on whether the MagLED is a Lux or a Rebel. The rebels are considerably brighter.

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They are about double but that isn't saying much.

Rebel 2D is about 80 lumens, that's pretty decent.

The 2D Rebel compares pretty well with even the 3D Malkoff (at least in the throw department) and the Fenix TK11.
https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/224102

i find the aa incan is much better on energizer lithiums and the beam doesnt become sick and yellow, it stays nice and white, espeicaially with xenon bulb

apete2 said:

i find the aa incan is much better on energizer lithiums and the beam doesnt become sick and yellow, it stays nice and white, espeicaially with xenon bulb

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That's because the batteries start at a higher voltage, and also don't sag anywhere as close as alkalines at higher currents. I'd use the batteries for a better light though.

Juggernaut said:

6D Maglite with xenon bulb and fresh batteries = 126 lumens out the front.

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233.5 "average lumens" advertised vs 126 initial OTF

Perhaps that 50% derating factor should be even larger....

Juggernaut said:

6D Maglite with xenon bulb and fresh batteries = 126 lumens out the front.

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Where'd you get that figure from?

Back in the day (Jan '03 actually) when I got my first Surefire E2e (60 lumens), I did a comparison vs my 6D maglight... I have a very hard time believing it's over 100 lumens or even 60 lumens... Here are the photos:

According to MrGman in his 6" dia. Lab Sphere "I was off by 1 lumen" technically this is off of Cr123 Lithiums, "not alkaline" so I'm not sure if this would help out or not "which sags more 3x Cr123s or 6x D cells:thinking:?"

with Magstar Xenon lamp,_____125,__________________3 primaries__________incan--with bezel and glass,

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Sorry, I miss read that, it's with bezel and window so that is the real value.