Cabelas xpg 5 watt, clear as mud?

I ordered one from cabelas, but called today to talk to the product specialist, unlike the jon e hand warmer, he seemed to know about lights.

Long story short he agreed as far as led lamps were concerned that were compact the xpg 5 watt was best over all in power and run time.

When it came to brightness he said leds were never as bright as a standard bulb and further more, the 20 led unit they sell was brighter than the xpg.

I then told him I have a few led lamps and they are mainly dim to the point you can look directly into it and not get blinded or blink. I asked if that was the case with this, he did say no and reverted to teh fact it was bright, but I almost feel like I made a mistake ordering it.

Are these $100 led flashlights effing bright, freaking bright, or yeah, thats bright man, but my dollar store light is brighter.

you will not be disapointed
in it's output

you should have shoped around a little

shopped around? Is there something brighter, smaller with a longer run time and white LED?

Cabela's has a satisfaction guarantee that's for real. If you don't like it, all you're out is shipping.

cheaper I think

I do see other people make lights, but like mentioned I know and would feel fine with returning it to cabelas than someone who makes lights on the side.

I think it a 5 watt nuwaii(I could be wrong)
they can be bought cheaper (I smashed my hand so my responses are short sorry)

Oh, I think I see now. The xpg 5 watt light at cabelas is another name brand flashlight which sells for less than cabelas wants for theirs with their logo on it??? If its a few bucks I dont think I will flip out that much. If its 50 bucks, yeah I would.

I have one thing to say and that is SUREFIRE. You will never have a problem with one of those! I guarantee it! For your purposes I would probably look into the L series ( L1-L7)

-tom

Check out the Surefire KL1 or KL4 head on the new Vitalgear bodies, which come with a clickie switch I believe.

Surefire KL1? 1 watt 17 lumens??? Isnt that dimmer than the xpg 5 watt 117 lumens???

There's an old thread on that Cabela's light if you want to look for it.

I believe the KL1s have 3 watts now. It seems Surefire somewhat underrates their lumens and runtimes. Depends on what lumen/size/runtime tradeoff you're looking for.

It sounds like you will be using this light on a regular basis (for reading?). In that case, I would probably go with a rechargeable. My Tigerlight is bright as hell (300 lumens I think) and runs for about 1.1 hours, and it's rechargeable, although it takes 10 hours to recharge from empty. And it costs around $100.

One light has an INCREDIBLY hard time doing it all.

My best lights are hybrids. Streamlights all. Twin Tasks 1L 2L 3AA and 3C and 3CXP Xenon/LED.

The 3CXP is the closest to do it all that I have. It has LEDs for close up and walking around, and a Xenon beam that BLOWS all the TTs AWAY! for brighter and throw.

Only 5W LED I have is my Space NeedleII (3x123 in M*g 2C). It is BRIGHT! But doesn't stay bright for a real long time.

Best LED light I have at this time? Toss up. Elektrolumens Starlux (3D 1W 30mm optic) is my big best LED.

Lambda 3W Drop in pill is my best small light (2NimH AA in a minim*g).

A hundred bucks sounds kinda high.

What does this have to do with your question? Not a damn thing!

Nevermind!

Nawww, I just want a pocket spot light with the white LED lamp and use off and on. No more than a minute at a time or less. Mainly to spot things on flyers, spec sheets and at or under the hood of trucks.

I did find a thread on it and it was somewhat useless. I did search for the 5 watt lamp mentioned earlier, it looks the same and it was priced over 50 bucks, but I did not know the website or would of placed an order with them.

Well, anyway, I already ordered it and think that will be the only way to really find out if it works for me from what I can gather here.

Just received an email that my order was shipped. I checked the shipping status and see it arrived in Richmond at noon today. Maybe tomorrow or Friday I will get to play with it???