Hello All,
Since I started on CPF a bit over a year ago, I've been through a few different flashlights. Unfortunately, not all of them have made it into this beamshot collection, but many have. There are some extremely rubbish lights here, and some very good ones. I'd like to share these photo's with you all, and hopefully someone will find them useful.
All the photos have been taken with the same camera, at the same settings. The photos don't necessarily show how the light looks in real life (although most are pretty close), and in a lot of cases are slightly under exposed (in order to get a good comparison with the really bright ones), but they can be used to reliably compare all of the different lights.
All lights are either on their brightest setting, or at their best focus. I haven't included low modes.
I'll group them loosely, but if anyone has better suggestions on how to format this post, feel free to let me know!
The distance to the back of the treehouse is 10 meters.
Now to the beamshots!
Maglites
Mini Maglite 2AA, Vacuum Bulb
Mini Maglite 2AA, Xenon Bulb
Maglite 3D, stock Krypton Bulb
Maglite 3D, HPX40 Bulb, 4C Cells
Maglite ROP/LE (3854-H, 2x18650), MOP Reflector
Maglite ROP/LE (3854-H, 2x18650) FM Bi-Focal Reflector
Maglite Squawk of the Pelican (3D, 3754-H, 4C Cells)
Cheap, Rubbish LED Lights
MXDL 3W AAA light from eBay
SAIK SA-8 w/Aspheric Lens
SAIK SA-8
Stanley MaxLife 3-6-9 (9x5mm LED)
Dorcy 2xCR123 Light
Energizer HardCase 2D
Energizer HardCase 2D modded with XR-E
Ultrafire WF-500 Incan
Ultrafire WF-500 w/3x XR-E Dropin
Generic 13x5mm LED, 3xAAA
Generic 13x5mm LED, with a 18650 jammed in it
Ultrafire C3 SS w/Q3-5B XR-E (14500)
Quality Lights
Jetbeam Jet-III M, XR-E Q5
Elektrolumens MC-E III Mag (Triple MC-E)
Raidfire Spear, modded with SST-50, DD from IMR18650
GMC Twin 100W H3 Spotlight
45W Modded HID Spotlight
Mac's Tri-EDC, 4500K, 18350
ma_sha1 Built 2C Mag, regulated 5.5A SST-50, LDF Lens
Elektrolumens Wall-of-fire Quad P7
Jetbeam M1-X
Quark Ti AA (14500)
iTP A1 EOS SS (16340)
ma_sha1 Built Stainless Steel SST-50 EDC w/LDF Lens (18350)
Solarforce L2 w/ LumensFactory EO-9 (2xIMR18650)
Solarforce L2 w/ Nailbender Linger Special Dual-XP-G
That's it for now... There's more lights in the mail!
Since I started on CPF a bit over a year ago, I've been through a few different flashlights. Unfortunately, not all of them have made it into this beamshot collection, but many have. There are some extremely rubbish lights here, and some very good ones. I'd like to share these photo's with you all, and hopefully someone will find them useful.
All the photos have been taken with the same camera, at the same settings. The photos don't necessarily show how the light looks in real life (although most are pretty close), and in a lot of cases are slightly under exposed (in order to get a good comparison with the really bright ones), but they can be used to reliably compare all of the different lights.
All lights are either on their brightest setting, or at their best focus. I haven't included low modes.
I'll group them loosely, but if anyone has better suggestions on how to format this post, feel free to let me know!
The distance to the back of the treehouse is 10 meters.
Now to the beamshots!
Maglites
Mini Maglite 2AA, Vacuum Bulb
Mini Maglite 2AA, Xenon Bulb
Maglite 3D, stock Krypton Bulb
Maglite 3D, HPX40 Bulb, 4C Cells
Maglite ROP/LE (3854-H, 2x18650), MOP Reflector
Maglite ROP/LE (3854-H, 2x18650) FM Bi-Focal Reflector
Maglite Squawk of the Pelican (3D, 3754-H, 4C Cells)
Cheap, Rubbish LED Lights
MXDL 3W AAA light from eBay
SAIK SA-8 w/Aspheric Lens
SAIK SA-8
Stanley MaxLife 3-6-9 (9x5mm LED)
Dorcy 2xCR123 Light
Energizer HardCase 2D
Energizer HardCase 2D modded with XR-E
Ultrafire WF-500 Incan
Ultrafire WF-500 w/3x XR-E Dropin
Generic 13x5mm LED, 3xAAA
Generic 13x5mm LED, with a 18650 jammed in it
Ultrafire C3 SS w/Q3-5B XR-E (14500)
Quality Lights
Jetbeam Jet-III M, XR-E Q5
Elektrolumens MC-E III Mag (Triple MC-E)
Raidfire Spear, modded with SST-50, DD from IMR18650
GMC Twin 100W H3 Spotlight
45W Modded HID Spotlight
Mac's Tri-EDC, 4500K, 18350
ma_sha1 Built 2C Mag, regulated 5.5A SST-50, LDF Lens
Elektrolumens Wall-of-fire Quad P7
Jetbeam M1-X
Quark Ti AA (14500)
iTP A1 EOS SS (16340)
ma_sha1 Built Stainless Steel SST-50 EDC w/LDF Lens (18350)
Solarforce L2 w/ LumensFactory EO-9 (2xIMR18650)
Solarforce L2 w/ Nailbender Linger Special Dual-XP-G
That's it for now... There's more lights in the mail!
