wow that stl v2 sure can throw. when i compare the tk 70 with the king, there doesnt seem to be as much of a difference compared to when you just compared the stl v2 to the king.
does the stl v2 throw further than the tk70…no right?
ILF says no but it wouldn't surprise me to much if yours did. Do you have both a tk70 and a stl-v2?
Judging by ILFs beam shots the TK70 will kill it. Maybe the flood makes it appear less bright?
After watching goingprepared’s youtube video on the TK70, he compared it with an olight SR95. The TK70 had a more concentrated beam than the SR95 so I reckon the tk70 will out throw the stl-v2
There is no contest between the two. TK70 destroys it in brightness and in throw.
Anyone who doubts this, oh well I don’t know what to tell you.
Go look at my pictures I posted between the two.
Go to this link on page 1. Not my thread, but I posted what I felt needed to be said. I know for certain here in MO what my results are and neither of these lights will come close to throwing 1000yds. But you can clearly see which one won between the two.
Nice one ILF, it’s your beamshots that gave me new found respect for the TK70,it’s seemingly, still king of LED torches.
Thank you. I have worked hard on my beamshots to try and tell it like it really is at all the distances I show. The STL-V2 or STL-V6(same exact light-different brands) are both nice bright XM-L’s flashlights and throw very well for the price. But there are some that will beat it easily. I have most of them that will. The TN-31 is on my to do list.
The TK70 is a very bright flashlight, and yes it will out throw any other LED flashlight I currently have. But I doubt it will out throw the TN-31 or SR90.
I’ll add from what I have in single XM-L throwers, the Crelant 7G5, Olight M3X, Sunwayman T40CS, and Olight SR51 will all out throw the FandyFire STL-V6 I have. Now some may disagree with me. But that is according to my samples. I would say the STL-V6 is slightly ahead of the ThruNite Catapult V3 I have.
Can yo mention when taling about them why wil TK70 outhrow STL-V2, for us who are lazy t search for the specs.
It has larger reflector or what?
What about these other lights you say outhrow STL-V2. All have larger reflector? More current to XML (or SST maybe?) More polished reflector?
I forgot my EagleTac M3C4 new version driver. There is no contest between it and the STL-V6.
The TK70 is just a beast with 3 XM-L’s with fairly deep reflectors around each emitter. Now granted it won’t out throw your better single throwers like the ones I mentioned above. But for a triple XM-L light, it will beat the rest. According to Fenix, the TK70 is 131,000cd.
And yes the others I mentioned a combination of what you stated in your question above to why they each out throw the STL-V6. The STL-V6 probably puts out right around 48,000 to 50,000 lux@1m would be my guess. The Crelant 7G5 using 4 CR123A batteries according to selfbuilts sample put out 58,000 lux@1m. The Olight M3X I would say is right around 56,000 lux. The Sunwayman T40CS is 54,000 something lux. And the Olight SR51 is right around 52,000 I believe. The M3C4 I have I would say it’s safe to say is around 63,000 lux.
How about comparison of TK70 and XTAR S1 (or S2, I forgot the name).
I do not own any* 3 X XML* (corrected later) flashlight with deeper and wider reflectors so I dont understand it very well.
There is too many different data of lux-readings, different luxmeters etc. SO its hard to tell.
I had OLight M3X and it didnt seem brighter than STL-V2
(ILF do you have real STL-V2 version or some dinodirect UFV2 version with little less wide reflector??)
SOmeone here also tested Olight, Creelant and STL-V2 and results were different.
Maybe we also have to be aware that most of these budget flashlight vary, more or less, in output. Also different batches etc… SO I really dont know, honestly.
Even if STL-V2, some version, is less bright than Olight M3x, Im sure difference is minor…
I have the FandyFire STL-V6 from Deal Xtreme. It’s the exact same light as the SkyRay STL-V2. Rick has both, and he tells me both are the same for throw.
You must have had a weak M3X. Mine is just a hair under my Crelant 7G5. So close it isn’t funny between the 2.
Ask Rick if his STL-V2 will out throw his M3X.
I can show you pictures until I’m blue in the face, but I can’t make you drink.
And showing pictures in auto exposure is doing nothing more than over-exposing the beam. And I’m guessing that’s what these are since there is no data for me to check them.
Use manual settings to show beamshots if your camera has it. Stick with a 1 sec shutter for closer up shots and around 1.4 sec on long shots.
This post is getting out of control. Some of you need to do more reading or buy the lights to find out which is brighter, as for ILF and I have mostly all the same high dollar XM-L throwers and we have done our homework on them. I was the first to buy the cheaper XM-L throwers the FandyFire STL-V6 and the SkyRay STL-V2 and I was telling ILF how great these were for the money but to think that the STL-V2 will out throw the TK70 is insane……
Yes I agree, and this is the first (and hopefully last) time in say this: please research your lights before you ask questions.
A lot of well known lights have reviews here and on cpf, and you’d be hard pressed to not find the information you want there (eg. Head diameters, lux readings, output, modes, batteries, feel, weight etc.).
I thought questions on forums are also OK :o
If someone doesnt want to answer, he doesnt have to
Also, guys, read posts more carefully.
BTW (EDIT)
UniqueFire UF-V2 Vs FandyFire STL-V6 Vs Olight M3X great beamshots 
I somehow dont want to open new topic just for this: I wonder how R5 would perform in STL-V2 reflector???Who knows… Maybe performance wouldnt be so good because different light outout angles from the emmiter, maybe reflector is vbest optimised for XML and maybe it would be partly unused with XPG