Various lights with lumen estimates

LED Flashlights – General Info
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Light Battery Lightbox H Lightbox M Lightbox L Estimated lumens on high
Fenix E01 AAA 37 8
MDXL "3W" NiMH 77 17
TiKey 3xLR44 81 18
BLF DeLight NiMH 85 19
Powerlight NiMH 94 21
Aurora SH0031 Alk. AAA 142 32
Ultra-budget C3 clone 2xNiMH 163 36
Golston "7W" 2xRCR123 390 87
Trustfire XP-E F23 AAA NiMH 396 33 88
Uniquefire S10 NiMH 575 128
Romisen RC-C6 RCR123 618 166 137
Aurora SH-035 NiMH 644 201 26 143
Hugsby P32 NiMH 650 189 144
Aurora SH-033 RCR2 744 221 33 165
Solarforce L2R Solarforce low voltage R2 2xNiMH 779 173
Trustfire XP-E F23 10440 850 82 189
MX Power ML-310 14500 857 220 190
Trustfire Z1 RCR123 889 82 198
Ultrafire WF-502B R2 single mode 18650 940 209
a first batch Aurora SH-034 RCR123 1016 304 39 226
Ultrafire WF-504B with the 5 mode R2 18650 1102 449 168 245
Trustfire F22 14500 1210 535 115 269
Ultrafire RL-118 RCR123 1260 145 280
ROP Low 6D NiCd 1401 311
Uniquefire R5 5 mode XP-G R5 18650 1565 164 84 348
Trustfire R5-A3 14500 1600 576 356
Ultrafire WF-503B DX MC-E 18650 1636 675 364
Piritlight SG-L8 MC-E 18650 1735 665 237 386
Solarforce L2M DX P7 18650 1956 199 435
Ultrafire Wf-504B KD MC-E 18650 2310 1575 61 513
Ultrafire WF-501B M bin MC-E 18650 3220 1237 165 716
ROP High 2x32600 3250 722
Varapower prototype 4C NiMH 8290 1842
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I think it would be better to just update the OP with the new information. Keeps it more clean so we don't have to scroll down to get the information. Thanks for your hard work Don.

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Please note the various qualifications and caveats in the first post. There are likely errors in the method and measurement, not to mention calibration but the lux numbers for comparison are reliable for comparison with other lights measured on the same lightbox as the method is consistent.

Light Battery Lightbox H Lightbox M Lightbox L Estimated lumens on high
Fenix E01 AAA 37 8
MDXL "3W" NiMH 77 17
TiKey 3xLR44 81 18
BLF DeLight NiMH 85 19
Powerlight NiMH 94 21
Aurora SH0031 Alk. AAA 142 32
Ultra-budget C3 clone 2xNiMH 163 36
Akoray K-106 NiMH 222 49
Golston "7W" 2xRCR123 390 87
Trustfire XP-E F23 AAA NiMH 396 33 88
Smallsun ZY-C85 full zoom 14500 456 101
Uniquefire S10 NiMH 575 128
Trustfire F22 NiMH 586 249 55 130
Romisen RC-C6 RCR123 618 166 137
Aurora SH-035 NiMH 644 201 26 143
Hugsby P32 NiMH 650 189 144
Trustfire R5-A3 NiMH 650 360 144
Smallsun ZY-C85 14500 654 145
Uniquefire AA-S1 NiMH 665 148
Ultrafire C3 SS Q5 NiMH 718 249 49 160
Aurora SH-033 RCR2 744 221 33 165
Solarforce L2R Solarforce low voltage R2 2xNiMH 779 173
Aurora SH-035 14500 785 250 36 174
Trustfire XP-E F23 10440 850 82 189
MX Power ML-310 14500 857 220 190
Trustfire Z1 RCR123 889 82 198
Ultrafire WF-502B R2 single mode 18650 940 209
a first batch Aurora SH-034 RCR123 1016 304 39 226
Akoray K-106 14500 1077 239
Ultrafire WF-504B with the 5 mode R2 18650 1102 449 168 245
Uniquefire S10 14500 1112 247
Trustfire F22 14500 1210 535 115 269
Trustfire F22 14500 1254 563 122 279
Ultrafire RL-118 RCR123 1260 145 280
Ultrafire C3 SS Q5 14500 1391 620 128 309
ROP Low 6D NiCd 1401 311
Uniquefire AA-S1 14500 1445 321
Uniquefire R5 5 mode XP-G R5 18650 1565 164 84 348
Trustfire R5-A3 14500 1600 576 356
Ultrafire WF-503B DX MC-E 18650 1636 675 364
Piritlight SG-L8 MC-E 18650 1735 665 237 386
Solarforce L2M DX P7 18650 1956 199 435
Ultrafire Wf-504B KD MC-E 18650 2310 1575 61 513
Ultrafire WF-501B M bin MC-E 18650 3220 1237 165 716
ROP High 2x32600 3250 722
Varapower prototype 4C NiMH 8290 1842

Edit: By calculation, the R5-A3 should be no more than 280 lumens which is what I think it should be. From the DX spec it is driving the LED at 1300mA. The R5 bin is 463-493 lumens at 1500mA. So, by calculation 13/15 x 493 = 427 lumens though it'll be less than that as the output is not linear with current. The conventional reckoning is that 70% of the LED's output makes it out the front so at best the output is 280-299 lumens rather than the 356 lumens my lightbox/meter/calculations come up with.

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Makes sense. I'll see if anyone wants any more measurements - if I've got it I'm happy to measure it - the measuring just takes a few seconds to do.

Once that's done I'll tidy up the first post, add comments and qualifications and put in the best data I can get. I've had to work every day for the last month or so, but a colleague has kindly offered to cover this weekend for me so if it works out, I get my first weekend off since June. Then I'll do the tidying. If not it'll get done shortly.

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Thanks for all of your hard work Don. I don't care what everyone around here says about you because you're alright in my book. Wink

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Thanks for the vote of confidence :) ;)

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Hey Don what about the bargain of the century the MRV lunapower.. also i don't suppose you have any runtimes on said light do you?

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I will get to it at the weekend if the wonderful Pam is working for me. If not, I'll get it done ASAP.

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Thanks Don your a STAR !!!

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Very nice Don! This is an excellent resource. It's on the frontpage and sticky'd.

Quick suggestion: If you select all the cells in the table and click on cell properties you can set the border color to #000000. It would look like this:

Light Battery Lightbox H Lightbox M Lightbox L Estimated lumens on high
Piritlight SG-L8 MC-E 18650 1735 665 237 386
Ultrafire WF-501B M bin MC-E 18650 3220 1237 165 7162
Ultrafire WF-503B DX MC-E 18650 1636 675 364
Ultrafire Wf-504B KD MC-E 18650 2310 1575 61 513
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Thanks for all the hard work Don!

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I'll certainly clean it up - at the moment it is just copied and pasted from a spreadsheet - I hope I can make a much better looking table once I've got all the data together.

The biggie for me is the errors - I got bitten hard by that once in a lab job. If my results had been correct, someone was going to jail - it turned out my results depended only on how long the spectrophotometer had been switched on... :(

I plan to go through the light collection and get numbers for most of them. Since I'm doing instantaneous peak readings they only take a few seconds each - it takes longer to make sure I'm using fully charged cells in everything than it does to take the measurements.

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Don't you think it would be more useful to take the reading after at least 30 seconds or so - not going for the highest output, but real-life performance?

IMO it makes the comparison more practical...

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Can do. It might be interesting to have both. This suit? The numbers are on the whole lower as I just grabbed cells that were lying around.

Light Battery Lightbox Immediate Lightbox 30 seconds Lightbox 2 Minutes
Fenix E01 AAA 37 33 32
Powerlight 1 NiMH 64 64 62
MDXL "3W" NiMH 69 72 73
TiKey 3xLR44 81 71 64
BLF DeLight 1 NiMH 135 144 128
Aurora SH0031 Alk. AAA 142 99 100
Ultra-budget C3 clone 2xNiMH 144 111 83




Uniquefire AA-S1 NiMH 565 557 531





Akoray K-106 14500 1055 1019 1004





Uniquefire S10 14500 1112 1017 962
Trustfire F22 14500 1254 1128 1030
Uniquefire AA-S1 14500 1255 1183 1162





Ultrafire C3 SS Q5 14500 1391 1259 1122





Trustfire R5-A3 14500 1630 1482 1416





ROP High 2x32600 3760 3600 3080
Varapower prototype 4C NiMH 8650 8330 6260


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Very nice job Don. Thanks

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Looking really good!

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Light Battery Lightbox Immediate
Fenix E01 AAA 37
Powerlight 1 NiMH 64
MDXL "3W" NiMH 69
TiKey 3xLR44 81
Lumapower MRV SE Low 18650 110
BLF DeLight 1 NiMH 135
Aurora SH0031 Alk. AAA 142
Ultra-budget C3 clone 2xNiMH 144
Mrlite Lipstick AAA NiMH 214
Akoray K-106 NiMH 222
Golston "7W" 2xRCR123 390
Trustfire XP-E F23 AAA NiMH 396
Smallsun ZY-C85 full zoom 14500 456
Uniquefire AA-S1 NiMH 565
Uniquefire S10 NiMH 575
Trustfire F22 NiMH 586
Romisen RC-C6 RCR123 618
Lumapower MRV SE Medium 18650 630
Aurora SH-035 NiMH 644
Hugsby P32 High NiMH 650
Trustfire R5-A3 NiMH 650
Smallsun ZY-C85 14500 654
Akoray K-103 10440 697
Ultrafire C3 SS Q5 NiMH 718
Aurora SH-033 RCR2 744
Solarforce L2R Solarforce low voltage R2 2xNiMH 779
Aurora SH-035 14500 785
Trustfire XP-E F23 10440 850
MX Power ML-310 14500 857
Solarforce Skyline 1 2 CR123 880
Trustfire Z1 RCR123 889
Ultrafire A30B RCR123 909
Ultrafire WF-502B R2 single mode 18650 940
a first batch Aurora SH-034 RCR123 1016
Akoray K-106 14500 1055
Ultrafire WF-504B with the 5 mode R2 18650 1102
Uniquefire S10 14500 1112
Trustfire F22 14500 1254
Uniquefire AA-S1 14500 1255
Ultrafire RL-118 RCR123 1260
Ultrafire C3 SS Q5 14500 1391
ROP Low 6D NiCd 1401
Uniquefire L2 w DX 5 mode R5 dropin 2 RCR123 1437
Lumahunter MRV SE 18650 1462
Uniquefire R5 5 mode XP-G R5 18650 1565
Uniquefire L2 w DX 5 mode R5 dropin 18650 1578
Trustfire R5-A3 14500 1630
Ultrafire WF-503B DX MC-E 18650 1636
Piritlight SG-L8 MC-E 18650 1735
Solarforce L2M DX P7 18650 1956
Ultrafire WF-500 2 18650 2020
Ultrafire Wf-504B KD MC-E 18650 2310
Aurora AK-P7 18650 2420
Ultrafire WF-501B M bin MC-E 18650 3220
ROP High 2x32600 3760
Varapower prototype 4C NiMH 8650
Hugsby P32 Low AA NiMH
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Great work, Don! You are a real sport to take everyone's input and re-do the tests. It is kind of neat to see how some of them sag after a couple of minutes. I agree some of the lumens readings seem high, but it's still a great comparison of one light vs. another and, man, you have a lot of lights!

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If I were to do all of them, it'd take quite a long time. What would be fun would be a way of collating all the information in one place - probably need a lot of hyperlinking to make it useful or the result would be a monstrous mess. I think I have around 100 lights now - will try to get them all in one place and count them some time soon.

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Do you have an ITP A3 to test?