I received my E12R 2 days ago, seems to be decent light, easy to hold and work with and has a lot
of functions however, I am disappointed with the light output. I ordered and received the XPL2 HD 6500
emitters and while it does put out some light, it pails in comparison to my MF01MINI, my Lumintop EDC18,
my FT02S with the XHP70.2 6500 and, has even less output than my very old Skyray 6XT6.
Either the 12,000 rated lumens of this item are grossly overstated or, as an example, the FT02S must
be putting out a lot more because, as you can see, it totally blows the E12R out of the water.
I know this is a very unscientific test but, I took some average readings from my LX1020B Lux meter and the
results are as follows, These were all obtained from a distance of 5 feet, all with fully charged
batts and Samsung 40T 21700’s in the E12R the MF01MINI and the FT02S.
As I said, it’s a nice piece that does output some decent light but, since both it and the
FT02S are stated to put out 12,000 lumens, Fireflies must be very generous with their
lumen ratings.
How did you measure the lux with your meter. Did you point the light at the meter or ceiling bounce the light with your meter facing up against the ceiling?
And mine came with Simple UI as default. Curious to hear that yours came otherwise… Anduril2’s stock config is for Simple UI to be the default and Loneocean’s config files don’t seem to override that setting.
If you point your light direct at the meter, what you are measuring is the intensity and not lumens. Even my tiny TX25cvn with the 700lm W1.1 will measure higher than all the lights you listed. Even ceiling bounce measurements heavily favor throw lights. The E12R is a very floody light. I have both the E12R and MF01 Mini, the E12R definitely makes more lumens than the MF01 Mini.
Another possibility is you probably haven’t entered Turbo on the E12R. In order to get to Turbo, you have to double click after reaching top of ramp.
Referring to the E12R vs EDC18, the E12R should be throwier based on shear output and similar beam patterns. It’s likely he’s not entering turbo or maybe using a really bad cell.
Yes, amazing output, floods night into day. One thing I’ve noticed though which differs from my
other Anduril lights is that, this one must be fully ramped up to high before it will go into Turbo.
If it is not on the highest ramp, double clicking will only take it to max ramp, then if I double
click it from there, it just returns to the previous lower ramp setting. Not a problem
now that I know this but I wonder why they would have set it up this way? On all of my other
Andruil lights like those mentioned in my original post along with the MF01S, I can jump to turbo
from any ramp level.
That is not a Fireflies decision. It is how Anduril 2 UI was decided by TK and the BLF community. Though personally I dont like having to ramp to top of ramp inorder to double click to turbo.
