geepondy
Flashlight Enthusiast
The first three pictures of the individual beamshots were taken at a distance of 8 feet (ceiling height) at a shutter speed of 1/4 sec and a exposure setting of F3.6
Arc LS
The Arc LS is a recent flex failure second with a CR123 battery pack.
Badboy Yellow
The Badboy Yellow is in a minimag configuration. I happen to have alkalines in there at the moment but the battery configuration makes little different to the output.
KL1
The KL1 is mated to a E1 body as I wanted to keep all at a 3V configuration but at least with fresh cells, my eyes can't tell the difference in brightness whether attached to an E1 or E2 body. Sorry the beam is off center but I'm not going to retake it at this point!
Finally a shot of them all together.
The camera appears to be exaggerating the coronas in all three lights unless the camera is true and my eyes are being fooled. Use for brightness comparision only and as you can see, the Surefire wins in this category.
Conclusion: To my naked eyes, both the Arc LS and Badboy have relatively white center areas with a slight green corona. The badboy beam is slightly more purer out of the two but it's close. The KL1 is violet thruout, even in the center but is noticeably brighter then the other two, certainly in the center hotspot. For my personal preferences I think I prefer the warmer tones of the badboy and ArcLS. The slight green corona is not apparent in real life use whereas the violet beam of the Surefire appears to be more so. As we all have come to know however, there is no such thing as a perfect Luxeon and even Surefire appears not to be immune to it's deficiencies.
What is your opinion for the most desireable beam out of the three?
Arc LS
The Arc LS is a recent flex failure second with a CR123 battery pack.
Badboy Yellow
The Badboy Yellow is in a minimag configuration. I happen to have alkalines in there at the moment but the battery configuration makes little different to the output.
KL1
The KL1 is mated to a E1 body as I wanted to keep all at a 3V configuration but at least with fresh cells, my eyes can't tell the difference in brightness whether attached to an E1 or E2 body. Sorry the beam is off center but I'm not going to retake it at this point!
Finally a shot of them all together.
The camera appears to be exaggerating the coronas in all three lights unless the camera is true and my eyes are being fooled. Use for brightness comparision only and as you can see, the Surefire wins in this category.
Conclusion: To my naked eyes, both the Arc LS and Badboy have relatively white center areas with a slight green corona. The badboy beam is slightly more purer out of the two but it's close. The KL1 is violet thruout, even in the center but is noticeably brighter then the other two, certainly in the center hotspot. For my personal preferences I think I prefer the warmer tones of the badboy and ArcLS. The slight green corona is not apparent in real life use whereas the violet beam of the Surefire appears to be more so. As we all have come to know however, there is no such thing as a perfect Luxeon and even Surefire appears not to be immune to it's deficiencies.
What is your opinion for the most desireable beam out of the three?