VaraPower 3C with SMO Rebel Reflector hits 90K lux and over 1100 OTF lumens.

Hi all,

I have had a 3C VaraPower XM-L 6T on loan for 2 weeks or so now. On the highest of 33 modes it goes direct drive off 3 NIMH C cells which is 4.5A or so to the XM-L 6T. There is no heat issues as the heatsink is copper and has LED bonded direct to the copper heatsink. So, nice pretty beam with pure white light.
http://www.lambdalights.com/flashlights.html

1121.4--1 sec
1041.7--30 sec
991.7-- 1 min
936.9-- 2 min
885.7-- 3 min

At 1m I get 90K lux, but when warmed up minutes later I get 68K~70K lux and 890ish OTF lumens, which is still pretty insane.

The picture below is the 2C XM-L by Lamdalights, but the reflector and heatsink look identical. Only difference is the 3C Varapower has the side knob to twist to go through the modes.

bigc,
thanks for all your efforts you do here. your findings are very helpful in peoples decisions on which light they throw down there hard erned cash on. i know you have helped me in my choices. a big thanks to you bro. :thumbsup:

I've been watching his progress on this light and the VP V2 closely (de-domed V2 performance ) ; must say the process and results of LED direct to copper bonding is astounding!

- Jas.