So we tried some more beamshots. This time we went out on a very dark country park trail. Took 13 throwers ranging from a dedomed SR90 down to some C8’s. The target was a “special” sign I made out of a 8ft x 12ft tarp. We backed up about 295m (322yd), got the camera out, and had some fun. Did a set at the full distance to show the flood on the lights and then did a full set zoomed in good to see how much light actually got to the sign.
I think the shots came out pretty good this time. The photos are really close to what we were seeing in person.
Anyway, here we go.
Here are the 13 lights -
Thanks for all the effort. Those shots taken at wide and then zoomed in really give us an indication of the individual performance of each flashlight :bigsmile:
I think you’ve set the standard for all future beamshot comparisons. Great work!
Yeah I think I like this setup. Shooting down the forest trail shows how floods or how concentrated the beam is for lights. The trees go for anout 200yd and then an open field the last 100yd. The total of 295m i think is a long enough test to mildly challenge thowers, but still allow decent photos. And this forest trail actually looks really cool in person when a big light is doing it’s thing. The BTU just lights everything thing up. It looks like daylight down there. I’m still very impressed with that light. Awesome light output and awesome throw.
Also find it interesting to see how similar the dedomed SR90 is to the TN31 now. Their lumens are fairly close with the dedome putting the SR90 in the 1250otf range. I hated dropping the 700otf it did, but I gained 51k with it, so it’s a worthy mod. Their beam styles are also very similar, though the SR90 being stronger by a bit.
It also looks like something is off again on the M3C4. That light is usually one of the stronger XML throwers, but it was trailing the pack this time, same as my last beamshots. Gotta check into it.
Another thing to note is with the C8’s. Both T6 lights are fairly hard driven, as well as the KE-5 T6, are somewhere in the 3.6a range. Where as the U3 one is around the 3.0a range I think. Thus why the T6’s look as good as it did.
Truthfully my brother and I have a lot of fun getting out and testing the lights or doing these beams. Gives us another reason to break out the lights
Unfortunately the quality of the shots deteriorates some by the time they get down sized and linked on a thread, but I guess they are still useable.
And with two of us in the hobby, it seems like one of us always has a new light coming in. So out comes the light box or outside we go for some beamshots or lux readings.
I’ve got a TN31mb coming and my brother should have a Tk75 soon too. So both by next month. So that will add to my serious contenders to the mix. So we’ll be going back out again soon having some more fun.
The C8’s and KE-5 are very respectable lights for their price. They are all 350-400m throwers, if you measure down to .25L. They still average about 100m behind the name brand medium sized throwers. But that’s mostly because the C8’s have smaller heads. Though that small head gives a nice flood vs the bigger more expensive lights.
Obviously I love my big higher end lights. But I’m smart enough (or not blind like some on the “other” forum) to appreciate the value many of these budget lights offer.
Hey rdrfronty, don’t you or your brother have either the Small sun T08 or T13? That’s probably the biggest bang/buck thrower (apart from Jacob A60 of course), and they really outdo themselves if dedomed and resistor-modded. My T13’s doing over 80kcd@1m measured at 4m, just by dedoming and running 3A at emitter. And that’s with makeshift cheap glass lens (I broke the original), it does 90k with the glass removed.
Very interested to see either of them on this throw test.
We’ve got three A60’s. The one on here is stock, but the other two are getting modded slightly this week. One of my brothers will do 72k with the dome still intact. Pretty impressive considering its only had the stock star reset with better thermal paste and running on an IMR. This stock one posted likely only does 50k or so, but haven’t tested it yet.
As for small suns, we only have a Zy-C10-S and a ZY-T29. We have have to check out one of your T08 or T13. Sounds pretty sweet.
love your shots and setup. ill be looking forward to your beamshots of all your new throwers…like the tk75…wish you had a tk 70 up in the mix.
man, im sorta wanting a btu now. mean thrower, but what really gets me is the flood/spill vs the other throwers.
kinda wanna sell my tk70 for a btu since its smaller.
im surprised that a60 outthrows the hd2010….is that right?
love your shots and setup. ill be looking forward to your beamshots of all your new throwers…like the tk75…wish you had a tk 70 up in the mix.
man, im sorta wanting a btu now. mean thrower, but what really gets me is the flood/spill vs the other throwers.
kinda wanna sell my tk70 for a btu since its smaller.
im surprised that a60 outthrows the hd2010….is that right?
The A60 does out throw the Hd2010. We tested them against each other a couple of months ago on a dark park road with the lux meter. The A60 is a legitimate 500 meter thrower to .25 lux and the HD2010 maxed out about 450 meters. Rdrfronty can link you to the chart we made after that contest if you like.
