Beamshots - 4Sevens, SureFire, Ra, JETBeam, Malkoff, SR90, WiseLED, and more

I took these shots just over a month ago and linked to them in one of my reviews, but I forgot to post them separately. So, for those of you who didn't read my SR90 review, here's my first shootout. I hope you like it.

http://sunriseinfo.us/reviews/beamshots_5-1-2010/

nice shots

Very nice comparison shots. Thanks. Is your Wildcat the new XP-G version, or the older one with 4 emitters and optics? If I were to guess, I would say that it looks more like the older one.

Great shots- Love the SR90 and WiseLed 2000. :thumbsup:

I'm blown away by the WiseLed, but dang, $700 is a ton of cash for one light.

When you look at that WiseLed beamshot, it looks like a UFO is about to touch down on that grass!!!

That thing is CRAZY bright :twothumbs

The WiseLED 2000 is $700? really?

Thanks for taking the pics. Very well done. That SR90 looks awesome

Nice beamshots. Man, that wiseled is so bright but at $700 is just too much for a light.

Nice shots, thanks for posting them. That WideLED looks as though a UFO is landing in your backyard! Good stuff. The SF LX2 seems to split the difference between all the lights compared with a solid combination of throw and flood. The LX2 is looking better each day.

Thanks everybody.

The MD3 is the original version with the optics. I hadn't even realized it had been updated - now I'm going to have to get my hands on a new one

The thing about the WiseLED is, it really does look like a UFO touching down, every time you use it. It's the only flashlight I've seen that isn't just amazing under the right conditions, but has blown me away every time I've turned it on. Also, you can get it for just over $500 if you PM whoever it was who mentioned a 35% discount in his WiseLED 2000 review. It's still a lot, but while I had to save up for this one, I've never regretted buying it.

Also, just a quick word on the WiseLED vs the SR90, if it isn't apparent in the pictures. Although the SR90 is much more focused, it actually puts less than 1400 lumens out the front, while I have several reasons to believe that the WiseLED is really putting 2000 OTF.

Coolhand, just buy a LX2 . I put it off too, but now it's my most used light. As you noted, it's the beam shape that makes it uniquely useful. As important as the perfectly sized spot is the dimming spill, which eliminates tunnel vision and frees up lumens to make the spot even brighter.