Cree UltraOK Q5 400Lumens Is A Thrower

And just so you guys know that I know what 400yds is, here's the barn I lit up early this morning while it was dark.

Here's a good picture of the reflector and how it completely surrounds the led housing.

And here's the same exact beam shot picture as above but with the Skyline I. Camera settings are proibably different though and this one is more focused. But you can get the idea that both are throwers.

What about hotspot diameter? Wink

Don't want to be pest, but I already have an HS-802 with a 10cm hotspot at 3m, and if this one is equally small it would be redundant to me.

On the other hand, I like that body (looks the same as my TrustFire F15) and it might work well with an R5 emitter, which would throw a wider spot.

All well,but 400 lumens for Q5 this fantasy,Interesting how much indeed

Give me a sec.

At a distance of 3ft, the hotspot on each:

UltraOK Technology Cree Q5 is 2 and 7/8"

Solarforce Skyline I is 2"

That was manufacturer rated.

It's still a very bright flashlight.

Real there 230-240 lumens. Regrettably,disease of exaggeration cureless beside chinese seller.))Do Not think that manufacturer can indicate such improbable data

Aha, slightly wider than HS-802! May be right what I'm after. Thanks ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS !

Ordering now... We shall see how much they have overdriven that poor Q5. Smile

Will get used for short bursts anyway. And for that price...

Yes,was well measure current

Has Seen this subjects. Here, the manufacturer indicates real data

You welcome. And I wanted to say that this light really did fool me when I first got it. I thought from looking at the picture enclosed with the ad on ebay that it was a thrower. And that it was and then some. I can't honestly say that it will for sure out throw the Skyline I, but I can say at 400yds that it lights that barn above in the picture a lot better than the Skyline I does. That right there is why I made that statement above, but I don't want to be misleading so I will restate this here. That light is one of my best throwers I do know that.

This was the picture in the ad from the seller that made me buy this light. It's not deceiving.

And again, this is where I bought that light.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tactics-Flashlight-Torch-CREE-LED-Q5-400lumens-Strap-/270732825913?pt=US_Flashlights&hash=item3f08ef1539

I personally will highly recommend that light to anyone. I love it!

I bought the same torch from manafont and i love it : http://www.manafont.com/product_info.php/lumapower-mrv-xml-t6-3mode-memory-led-flashlight-118650-p-7246

. However mine is XML. I can tell you this thing is brighter than my ebay X9. It pulls around 2A vs 1.2A from the X9 on the same trustfire flame battery.

I notice you have a really nice collection of lights. May I suggest a DMM ? It'll help you understand your hobby more and keep you safe.

Thanks for the info Tim. I now know another light I must get. And I do have a good digital multimeter coming. Chicago on here is going to help to teach me how to use it. I think I already know how to take a tail cap reading. But I sure do thank the guys from this site who have taken the time and help the guys that don't know much like me.

Do you own any recoil throwers?

No I don't. But I have seen some videos of them I think.

I received mine today. It came with a tailcap edge badly abraded due to inadequate packaging. Waiting for reply from seller.

The light pulls 1.6 to 1.8A, depending on battery. That's a lot for a Q5. But does it throw! The hotspot is wider and at the same time brighter than the hotspot from my mighty HS-802 R2 pulling 1.4A. (EDIT: not true, see my next post). What I'm uncertain about at the moment, is the beam pattern. The transition between hotspot edge and spill is very abrupt, resembling an aspheric (end of tunnel, no context view). With the HS-802 the hotspot proper is real tiny, but there is some usefully bright corona arond it, which widens the view and smoothens the transition to the spill. Hard to predict which one I will prefer after some use. Anyway, they achieved some superb focusing with the UltraOK, that's for shure.

The UltraOK is a MRV clone too, but not identical to the TrustFire F15. The latter is somewhat longer, has slightly thicker walls and is thus heavier. The collar on the F15 seems to be stainless steel, while on the UktraOK it's gold-anodized aluminium. No problem - better heat dissipation, actually.

Planning to do a lux comparison shortly.

Well, here are my comparative readings that I did last night, using the (replaced) Victor 1010A luxmeter set to Max, screened from reflections, distance 8.0m.


UltraOK XR-E Q5 (Soshine 2800, 1.75A):
Luminous intensity I=42.7 kcd, Throw d=413m (for Eo=0.25 lux)


UniqueFire HS-802 XR-E R2 (Soshine 2800, 1.45A):
I=55.0 kcd, d=469m


TrustFire X9 XM-L T6 (Panasonic 2900, 1.80A - eBay):
I=34.9 kcd, d=374m

It appears that the larger hotspot of the UltraOK tricked my eyes previously. It isn't brighter than the HS-802 hotspot, but hey, it's almost 4 times the 802 hotspot area (about 2x the diameter)! Taking this into account, the loss in throw distance is a small price, IMO.

Just for fun I later measured with the same setup:

MXDL SA-28 XR-E Q5 aspheric 25mm zoomer, projecting sharp emitter image (Soshine 2800, 1.00A):

I=16.6 kcd, d=258m