I just got mine this morning. Not as pink as I feared. In comparison to my E11 and Jetbeam AA it holds its own very well, or at least perceptively so. Will do proper measurements later on.
Yeah but Klarus is claiming 700 lumens, while to 2 lights I compared it to are 500 lumens and are noticeably brighter . I purchased it based on it’s claimed lumen output alone. IMO, it’s a huge disappointment.
BTW, I changed the title of this thread.
I think you got a lemon because not as bright as 500 lumen lights would mean 400 lumen or so. The Mi7 should have about 550-600 lumen according to many other tests here.
Very possible. I can only go by the one I recieved . It seems to work nomally. No flicker, modes work normally, etc. My 14500’s work perfectly fine. What else can I say?
atbglenn thanks for post! I almost bought one. Glad I waited. Coupon price + 700 or more lumens is a recipe for strong sales.
2 reviewers have measured the light at over 600 lumens. It should be brighter than your 500 lumen lights unless you got a lemon.
Also it still sounds like you’re comparing brightness by looking at the hotspots. This is NOT how to do it. You need to point the light at the ceiling and look at the reflected light at the floor… or use an integrating sphere. Hotspots alone can be very misleading. For instance, the Klarus might have a smaller dimmer hotspot and yet still be brighter than your 500 lumen lights due to wider spill. If you’re trying to measure total lumens produced by a light you cannot look directly at the hotspots.
It’s also possible you got a lemon. My recollection is that even with the same brightness bin there’s a +–20% brightness range. It’s possible your Klarus just happens to be at the bottom of that range while your 500 lumen lights are at the top.
A third possibility could be your cells aren’t high enough quality or are too old to get maximum output. I don’t have this light myself, but my favorite 14500 cell is the Efest purple IMR from Mountain Electronics. With one of those in my modded 1xXPL HI Skilhunt DS16 with FET driver and my light is as bright as my SC600w III HI. So well over 1100 lumens for a brief period of time.
So who here has tested it with an accurate sphere? Anybody?
The Op says it’s not kickin out the light it should. I tend to trust folks on this forum and Klarus tends to overstate lumens anyways. The g30 puts out 1900 from a claimed 2450. I agree, wait til folks get the G20, there’s gonna be a s$&tstorm!!
Look guys, I’m not a newbie with flashlights. I have around 50 over the course of the last 5 years and never been more disappointed. I don’t care what ceiling bounce might say, I go with what my eye says. And it say’s this thing sucks. It’s true my particular Mi7 could be on the lower end of the scale when it comes to output. But that’s how I’m judging it. That being said, I’m not a happy camper. That’s all I can say. Buy one at your own risk.
Glenn
Edit: someone marked this post as rude? Who ever it is, get a freaking life!
I guess nobody has an accurate sphere here but you can take other lights to compare with from the home made sphere. For the GB price this is probably the cheapest and brightest AA light you can get. Is there even a brighter 1xAA light? I mean we are talking about a keychainlight price and it even offers lock out and battery checker. Even with 550-600 lumens it makes sense to buy it.
Since you ask, Yes there is. Nitecore EA11 for one.
Ok, but i guess not much more and that thing was designed for unprotected high drain 14500IMR batteries, its also much thicker and more expensive. The Klarus is for normal protected 14500 batteries. The nitecore is also much dimmer when using eneloops compared to the Mi7.
Be warned that the EA11 also has very large parasitic drain.
Mine drained a full IMR 14500 to 0 volts after just 2 weeks of non-use. Definitely use tailcap lockout if not planning on using it within 24 hours.
May be your Nitecore EA11 has large parasitic drain, but my 2 Nitecore EA11 lights do not. 
Actually I think it’s a defect only present in some EA11 samples. I saw people reporting the same problem on CPF. Some had the problem some did not. Also my EC11 and EA21 do not have the problem.
Great, I was hoping that somebody would make a comparison between Manker E11 and Klarus Mi7.
Looking forward to this and thanks!
K.
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* [quote=atbglenn] Look guys, I'm not a newbie with flashlights. I have around 50 over the course of the last 5 years and never been more disappointed. I don't care what ceiling bounce might say, I go with what my eye says. And it say's this thing sucks. It's true my particular Mi7 could be on the lower end of the scale when it comes to output. But that's how I'm judging it. That being said, I'm not a happy camper. That's all I can say. Buy one at your own risk. Glenn*
I received the Mi7 from atbglenn over a week ago. I have to concur with him. The light is putting out maybe 300-350 lumens at best on AA/NIMH/or 14500. I Dont believe it recognizes a 14500 battery. IT IS DEFECTIVE. I contacted BangGood and after 3 back and forths, instead of replacement they want a Video. They have the original order # and understand that the light was sent from him to me, yet seem to doubt the word of two fairly experienced flashlight people from a reputable flashlight forum. Both of us have been around going on 5 years. However BanGgood resolves this is up to them. I refuse to make a video of a defective light. It would take an integrating sphere to get them to believe us. So Banggood, do as you see fit. I don't know how I could better convey to you that this is a defective light. The OP deserves a replacement.
How about amp readings as proof?
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* [quote=atbglenn] Look guys, I'm not a newbie with flashlights. I have around 50 over the course of the last 5 years and never been more disappointed. I don't care what ceiling bounce might say, I go with what my eye says. And it say's this thing sucks. It's true my particular Mi7 could be on the lower end of the scale when it comes to output. But that's how I'm judging it. That being said, I'm not a happy camper. That's all I can say. Buy one at your own risk. Glenn*
I received the Mi7 from atbglenn over a week ago. I have to concur with him. The light is putting out maybe 300-350 lumens at best on AA/NIMH/or 14500. I Dont believe it recognizes a 14500 battery. IT IS DEFECTIVE. I contacted BangGood and after 3 back and forths, instead of replacement they want a Video. They have the original order # and understand that the light was sent from him to me, yet seem to doubt the word of two fairly experienced flashlight people from a reputable flashlight forum. Both of us have been around going on 5 years. However BanGgood resolves this is up to them. I refuse to make a video of a defective light. It would take an integrating sphere to get them to believe us. So Banggood, do as you see fit. I don't know how I could better convey to you that this is a defective light. The OP deserves a replacement.
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is not neccesary a sphere. I think with a luxmeter will be enough for see if there are the same output on the center of the beam with NimH and with 14500…