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
Combined, they don't make as many lumens as the Varapower. But throw a bit better.
Nice pics Don. I wanted to try out that mouse in/out function for a long time on the 2 XML dropins.
This is the perfect opportunity. Hover with the mouse in or outside the pic below for comparision.
Mouse out= KD
Mouse in = Manafont
wow after seeing the beamshots the kd looks depressing vs that manafont..Don what is your kd drawing on high? I know your manafont is 3.4a..just asking because my kd is drawing 3.2~3.3a with the cell I have in it..just wondering if they're drawing the same where the difference would be coming from? efficiency?
Vectrex, that's a really cool feature. I opened up 3 windows and looked at the 2 XM-Ls and the Varapower. Old school. LOL
After seeing this I had to double check and see whether I ordered from KD or MF.
Whew! Manafont it was. 
Yeah, but not price vs. power :p XML will be my next light for sure $)
BTW, Vectrex, very cool hover feature :O I think this is the best way to compare two images.
And it is built-in on BLF ... the third tab on the picture symbol (tree)... so it is even easier than animated GIFs... which can be annoying sometimes.
Little how-to: insert the picture (pic1) as you would normally (with "100 %"-trick ) after that -> picture symbol (tree) -> Advanced ( third tab) -> Swap image -> Alternative image for mouse over (pic2) -> for mouse out (pic1)
Downside is that only 2 images can be compared this way.
great pics don.
Unfortunately I bought mine from Kd. I was surprised at the difference
Didn't know that one. Certainly beats animated GIFs which can get annoying quickly.
I also have the KD dropin but I am glad that I didn't buy the Manafont dropin. The KD dropin drains the battery fast enough and I hope that it lasts longer with less heat... Manafont dropin is good for 1-2 minutes wow-factor. I would like to see a non-P60 1&2x18650 flashlight (with cooling fins) driven like the Manafonts.
Welcome back!
I decided my next vacation will be in Scotland, spotting red squirrels in the woods :)
Great shots, made me happy with my Manafont XM-L purchase (should arrive next week).
Awesome shots again Don.