Mag-Lite 3rd Gen LED D-cell lights: 2D - 524, and 3D - 625 lumens

Wait-what?! :open_mouth:

When did this happen? How is the heatsinking? Is it…is it still American made? For $45?

If so, then that UF-T90 clone from focalprice just got bumped off the top of my acquisition list.

Programmable modes also:

General - press once for full power, twice for low power, 3 times for eco (super low)
Outdoor - press once for full power, twice for low power, 3 times for strobe (fast flashing)
Law Enforcement - press once for momentary on, twice for full power, 3 times for eco (super low)
Tactical - press once for momentary on, twice for full power, 3 times for strobe (fast flashing)

Staying competitive or playing catch-up?

I checked both sites and saw NO info on the XM-L2. Do you have a link please?

I hope the hell these are finally heat sinked properly and they got rid of that stupid cam focusing system. If not, its just another piece of garbage for the bin.


[image pulled from brightguy.com]

Looks like its destined for the bin then XD

I’m sure that Maglite would not put out a high power torch like that without properly sinking the emitter. Let’s wait and see a teardown.

The head is shaped differently and the switch button is different. Be interesting to see one torn apart, but not for $45+ dollars.

For a minute there, I thought they hired OL full time to mod the lights for them. :bigsmile:

You know they will have done this right and it will be interesting to see how they drive an XM-L2 with just 2 D cells.

Somebody buy one, tear it down and do photos. The suspense is killing me!

Ebay has them too, free shipping and about $46.

Sorry, I’m new so I wasn’t sure if it was OK to post links. I figured when in doubt err on the side of caution.

Here you go:

http://www.zbattery.com/Flashlights/Maglite-2-D-Cell-LED-3rd-Generation-Flashlight

http://www.zbattery.com/Flashlights/Maglite-3-D-Cell-LED-3rd-Generation-Flashlights

http://www.brightguy.com/Maglite/Maglite+LED+3rd+GEN+D-cell+Flashlights#prettyPhoto

No doubt other retailers will start carrying them and the price will come down.

Mag who? Never heard of them!!! :Sp

$52 shipping to Canada!

Playing catch up. I have a rechargeable led mag that isnt nearly as bright as my XinTD C8. They should have put the new MTG2 in it instead, IMO.

Hmmmm.
$46 for a Maglite 3rd Gen that you know you’re still going to tear apart and modify anyway?

Gotta feed all those dogs pulling the sleds and replace employees eaten by polar bears.

Running an MT-G2 off 2 alkaline D cells? Unworkable, probably would need ~10A from the cells after voltage sag to run 3A to the emitter. And add ~$20 to the cost.

6 1/2 HRs on high for the 2D and 16 HRs on high for the 3D is amazing!!

Very good news ! That mean we will see many outdated models for very cheap soon but its a bad news for the modders and their pricey maglite mods.

I bet they get the inspiration from the forums, like Thrunite did with the TN32.

Who’d thought that Mag would come out with a high-amp boost driver?

Good on them. They’ll definitely have a programmed step-down to achieve those ANSI runtimes but they should be regulated, unlike the Chinese big, bright, ’n cheap XM-L/2 lights inundating store shelves.

These almost definitely share internals with the LED MagCharger, so heatsinking AND focusing should be much improved over the traditional model. If so, they have a smaller focal adjustment range with no dark spots. Just a little Cree Rainbow :wink:

Edit: By “regulated,” I mean this (courtesy Robin Wang at LED-Resource.com):

Mag uses switched-mode buck and buck-boost drivers with programmed stepdowns, whereas the cheap, bright (XM-L/2), 3-cell torches locally available to consumers today simply use unregulated drivers with PWM modes (no voltage conversion—just MCUs driving FETs, resistors, and capacitors).

The beauty is the design grants the user a period of full output (mostly) regardless of battery condition upon turning on while leaving enough juice for extended runtime. It’s also kind of a product of the ANSI specification game but I can hardly blame them.

Guess you didn’t see the first magled lights taken apart? Everything was in the bulbpost and the ‘heatsink’, about 8mm diameter,0.5mm thick. They compensated for heat by reducing current (to about 50%) which happened in a matter of two minutes.

Those runtimes I’m SURE are untegulated times.