Received my first order of AR coated lenses. They look good to me, but I’m no expert. They measured dead on with the advertized dimensions. I took some quick comparative lux measurements. Cells were not fully charged to start and were not recharged between measurements. I did several measurements, switching lenses between each measurement. This was not precise measuring at all. Just a rough comparison. The below are averages.
With a JM26 (58mmx2mm), I got the following lux measurements at 10 feet:
Stock 9080
AR Lens 9780
Increase 700
7.7% Increase
With a mystery SRK (55mmx3mm) at 10 feet:
Stock 1982
AR Lens 2130
Increase 148
7.5% Increase
With a old stock C12 (42mmx2mm) at 10 feet:
Stock 3720
AR Lens 4050
Increase 330
8.9% Increase
I can’t seem to find a working 27 mm lens light tonight.
Thanks ImA4Wheelr. They look good going off your figures. I put one in my rebuilt 2 x 26650 HD2010 and it certainly hasn’t cut the light output. Yes I’m a fan also.
Thanx there mrs! Damn these are cheap, $1.50 free shipping from my VIP account, and looks like they are legit true AR lens from ImA4Wheelr's tests. KD and FT supposed AR's are worthless. I got to add up qty and size of what I could use and put in an order. Basically it's 4-5 for the price of one UCL.
I'm thinking that 58 x 2 lens should fit an A60 fine. I used a 59 x 2.25 UCL/p lens from flashlightlens.com, and it was too tight and had to file it down a bit. Not sure bout the thickness - someone should measure the stock lens, forgot what it was...
Ooops! Yes, you are right! It must have been the 52.1 mm UCL/p lens I filed down. You really don't have to be so precise though - there's some slop. a 50 x 2 mm lens would be fine, I'm sure. If I was able to jam in a 52.1 mm lens with very little filing, a 50 or 51 would fit. I struggled with that filing and ended up not getting much material off, but did scratch the lens . Actually some replacement lens at different sizes fit better than stock lens - 1mm one way or the other is typically fine, but still best to measure and see for yourself.
I will surely ask him, I'd have to measure when I get home, but I'm thinking 50 mm would be fine. I know the one I'm using is over 51, but I'll measure all this - I got one mod'ed and one stock Jacob right now.