Great post really enjoyed looking at those beamshots. Thanks for posting them. The XMLs really just put out a ton of light, huge spill and still pretty good throw. I love using my nailbender XML/L2P light, but have to admit I have more fun with my MPP-1/L2. That thing just throws like crazy.
I reckon that throw is a lot less of an issue after 600 lumens which all the XM-Ls can hit with ease. In what is essentially a tunnel between the trees, they are actually too bright - the 3 lumens from a Zebralight H50 on low was plenty. Much over 100 lumens in that sort of environment just dazzles you. Though I must confess to having a huge grin and a 1500 lumen light with me as the assistant and I wandered through those trees at night.
yeah 40 meters for sure..I use a smooth reflector on my kd and it turned it into a pretty good thrower with a defined hotspot..much like the manafont beam profile..worthy upgrade..
Don - Thanks for all your hard work, I really enjoyed reading that, cheers
It was actually fun to do, if a bit chilly. I need to find a slightly longer range area though, for those lights 55 metres wasn't enough. I've never had much luck with beamshots with my DSLR but need to give it another try the next time I'm up there.
Which will be after I fix my exhaust.
Wow Don, thanks for all the beamshots/work. For those of us with little to no collection of lights, this helps out a lot. What host are you using for the Manafont XM-L drop-in?
Nice shoots Don.
Can you re-roder then with the Xm-L ,xpg and xre etc.
Thanks Don! I'm glad you and the assistant are having lots of fun. That area reminds me a lot of Alaska but with a whole lot less snow.
Solarforce L2m with a KD coated glass lens. If you've had the light a while, the coated lens gives you something like two brightness bins increase in light output. Just cleaning the plain glass one gave something like a bin's worth of increased output.
Thanks pal. Wanna guess what I'm ordering when I get home from work? 
Can do, quite easily.
XM-L lights
EastwardYJ J06
Uniquefire HS-802 XM-L 3A driver
KD XM-L T6 dropin
Manafont XM-L T6 dropin
Mr.Lite J4 XM-L mod (14500)
XP-G Lights
Ultrafire C3 R5 (14500)
Mr.Lite LT3 (16340)
Ultrafire C303
Yezl S5 (14500)
Trustfire R5-A3
R4 P60 dropin
MC-E Lights
Piritlight SG-L8
M-bin MC-E dropin
P7 Lights
Aurora AK-P7
DX P7 dropin
XR-E Lights
Aurora SH-032
Aurora SH-034 (16340)
Trustfire TR-801
Romisen RC-C6 Zoom
Romisen RC-C6 Flood
Romisen RC-T5 (2x18650)
Romisen RC-T6 (2x18650)
Solarforce Skyline 1
MRV
RQ
Zebralight H50
SST90 LED
Varapower 2000
XP-E LED
Trustfire Z1
Osram LED
Ultrafire RL-118
Chinese Luxeon 3 clone
Golston 7W
36 Nichia GS 5mm LEDs in a Fusion 36 Mag dropin
Thanks Don
Welcome back Don! Its a good thing that you brought along only a small portion of your flashlight collection, or else your car might have bottomed out from all the extra weight! There’s nothing better than being able to use flashlights out in the woods and away from the ambient city light. Its quite obvious that you had a lot of fun with them. Thanks for the great pics. The Manafont XM-L dropin sure puts out an unbelievable amount of light for a P60.
Huge thanks Don for the awesome shots. They really put into perspective how powerful some of those lights are, especially the xm-l's. This will be a very handy reference. Muchly appreciated:)
Don, is that Manafont sku# 5720 ? How/what are you running it in?
I think I am going to have to get one of those
Don, also thank you very much. Your pictures are indeed a great point of reference for these lights
So while we're in the question asking phase of this thread , do you have the sku for the coated lens at KD? I'll owe you a beamshot with Texas coyotes in it.
yes that is the bright one..the hi, mid, strobe one is crap..
Yes, that's the one. Fed with a single 18650. Pity it isn't 8.4V capable for use with 2 18650s for better runtime. It's put in a Uniquefire L2 (Solarforce L2 clone) or a Solarforce L2m. Wrapped with enough foil to make it difficult to shove the dropin into the head - I use the head threads to force the dropin into place.
Sounds good.
Can't remember offhand but I got the link from here.
I'm pretty sure it is 28mm in diameter and I know they were $2.99 each so I think it is this one.
Excellent shots, Don. Looks like Eastward J06 and Manafont XM-L droppin are the winers, a lot of light :O