I have an L2 & C8+ with the higher power CULNM1.TG and 6a led4power drivers… Sure they are Bright but both of my aspheric setups eat them for breakfast using the same emitter/driver combo
Im pretty sure neither are 500kcd , as i recall Djozz & others only got beyond 500kcd using wavien collar’s
Isn’t 5m a bit short for measuring lux in throwers? I don’t have throwers, but I always see people on BLF saying throwers in particular need a lot more distance to collimate the beam.
The problem are used light meters which may vary a lot in performance and react differently on different tints. Djozz wrote a lot about that.
Larger diameter zoomies and reflectors should be measured on greater distances as you told but for regular lights (50 - 70 mm head) readings should be quite accurate if meter is accurate even at 5 meters.
If you have one of maukka’s calibrated lights (he sells them), he also includes the lux measurement. I asked him and he says he places it on a mount 1m away from his lux meter. So you could compare your lux meter to a calibrated light at 1m too!
My lux meter reads 3% lower than maukka’s readings.
I have several Crelant lights (5 or 6) and have always considered them of good quality.
If you can get your hands on 7T40 with white flat you can get a really good small form factor thrower light.
Not seen that one, but it looks pretty similar to the V6CS that i just grabbed with the SCH86 head basically a small version of the one above the stock driver also puts down nearer to 3.5A which is nice