Is there any competition for my Surge?

Well?
For around the same amount of money. Does the Surge have an equal in light output, throw? My Princeton Tec Surge cost about $28.00.
I didn't think so. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinser2.gif

it doesn't have an equal in output to my knowledge, but the Responder 4AA should throw almost as far, for closer to $15.

I've owned mine for about a year and I'm still totally blown away by how much throw and total output the Surge has for the price. To my eyes, a 4D Mag (even with a stock bulb) has a tad more throw, but certainly not the total output. And not as small as the Surge.

Yeah, if you're just talking about output vs. price, it does:

How about a 1 or 2 MCP cheapo spotlight from Target or where-ever?

Personally, I'd rather have the Surge, but since you asked, there it is.

At $25.00 The Thor Stomps your surge in to dust specks on the beach. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nana.gif

Theepdinker

a surge is not 7.5 watt
I measured about 500 ma thru one of the aa cells
so it is more like a 5.5 to 6 watt light
(2 sets of 4aa in parallel)
try to cary a thor on a 10 mile hike.
the surge will blow away a thor after the thor has been on for 45 minutes.

UK SL4 & 6 ? They both can be had for less than $30.

wo? (=where?)

Try brightguy.com

Hey Theepdinker - where are you finding a Thor for $25?

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woolfam said:
Hey Theepdinker - where are you finding a Thor for $25?

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Over on the lanterns thread they have been saying the Thor was being found for around $25.00 at Costco.

Thanks for the info on the Thor - Sorry to hijack this thread.

According to the info at Brightguy.com, the SL6 is about 2 inches longer, a bit bulkier in the hand, and heavier (20 oz vs 10 oz) than the Surge. A small price to pay for almost double the lumen output (200 vs 115).

http://www.brightguy.com/detail.php?Sku=UND18017

http://www.brightguy.com/detail.php?Sku=PRISGE8BK

But then again... you already knew that. You *know* the UK SL6 is calling you, MLong...

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB1&Number=750953&page=2&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=365&fpart=all

Why try to resist? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin07.gif

For $25, you could mod your Brinkmann Legend LX with a Surefire P61 Lamp Module, yielding 120 lumen output for 20 minutes.

http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/prrfnbr/206/sesent/00

The mod instructions are here:
http://flashlightreviews.home.att.net/mods/legendlx_p60.htm

Anybody know how the Surge or SL6 would perform with NiMH batteries? Would the decreased internal resistance compensate for the reduced voltage, compared to alkalines? I've read that lithiums in the Surge are contraindicated, as the lamp is already driven very hard by alkalines, and will likely blow out if pushed by lithiums.

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woolfam said:
Hey Theepdinker - where are you finding a Thor for $25?

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Costco which is a warehouse type store in the US has them.
They waited until I bought mine before putting them out... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon23.gif

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Hookd_On_Photons said:
According to the info at Brightguy.com, the SL6 is about 2 inches longer, a bit bulkier in the hand, and heavier (20 oz vs 10 oz) than the Surge. A small price to pay for almost double the lumen output (200 vs 115).

http://www.brightguy.com/detail.php?Sku=UND18017

http://www.brightguy.com/detail.php?Sku=PRISGE8BK

But then again... you already knew that. You *know* the UK SL6 is calling you, MLong...

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB1&Number=750953&page=2&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=365&fpart=all

Why try to resist? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin07.gif

For $25, you could mod your Brinkmann Legend LX with a Surefire P61 Lamp Module, yielding 120 lumen output for 20 minutes.

http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/prrfnbr/206/sesent/00

The mod instructions are here:
http://flashlightreviews.home.att.net/mods/legendlx_p60.htm

Anybody know how the Surge or SL6 would perform with NiMH batteries? Would the decreased internal resistance compensate for the reduced voltage, compared to alkalines? I've read that lithiums in the Surge are contraindicated, as the lamp is already driven very hard by alkalines, and will likely blow out if pushed by lithiums.

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Nice post!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/happy14.gif

I guess I'm going to have to rephrase my question.

Is there any competition for my Surge's light output for the same money or less and in the same SIZE as the Surge. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

a 2C mag with 3x123 and 5-cell krypton bulb seems to be right in that neighborhood for performance and can be had for a few cents under $20, all told (at least, that's the best price I could manage). Or, for about $2 more you could cram 4x123 and a 6 or 7 cell bulb in the same body.

Yup!