High Lumen Budget Flooder

LED Flashlights – General Info 18650 Flashlights
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I am currently searching for a relatively budget nice wide beam, flood based flashlight.
Around the 6000 Lumen Plus area.
Preferably using 18650 cells (as I have plenty spare)

My budget is around the £80 ($110).
I currently own both a Wowtac A5 and Imalent DX80.

I have tried and tested the Sofirn SP36 CREE XPL2 version. Good throw for its size, but beam was not as wide and floody as I prefer.

I am looking for a flood based flashlight that will fill the gap between my EDC Wowtac A5 and my Imalent DX80.
Would prefer to be able to purchase from amazon UK or other UK Seller as I have a bit of a fear of purchasing from the likes of banggood and aliexpress, due to shipping times and unexpected import duty and taxes.

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If you want more flood than the SP36, it sounds like an Emisar D18 with the floody optics is in your future.

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Yep, the Emisar D18 might be a good candidate

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Might the new 8000lm SP36 with SST40 LEDs fill the gap? Not sure how floody it is compared to the XP-L2.

Another option might be a single cell hot rod like the Lumintop FW21 Pro or Astrolux EC03.

Or, put some DC-fix or scotch tape over the lense to get a floodier beam on your SP36.

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This.

My Tacklife has a G3 with hideous tint-shift, but would be nice and throwy. A layer of real diffusey DF, and it’s a great flooder, perfect for indoors as an around-the-house light.

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I too bought an SP36 (and a Convoy M3) and felt that it wasn’t particularly floody. However a sheet of diffusion material over the lens helped turn it into a “wall of light”.
The sheets have I found by disassembling old Laptop monitors. DC Fix would be the other option although not the cheapest.

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The Fireflies ROT66 can do 10,000 lumens and includes a swappable “45 degree bead flood TIR Optics lens”.

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Can any of these sustain 6,000 lumens?

My Acebeam X80 (soda can light, 20K lumens max) can only sustain 2,500 lumens without getting too hot.

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[quote=dave1010]
Might the new 8000lm SP36 with SST40 LEDs fill the gap? Not sure how floody it is compared to the XP-L2.

I have noticed the new sofirn SP36 Pro and would like to see a review on sofirns new flashlight.
Unfortunately I cant find any yet.

If it does have a slightly better flood than the SP36 it could be a good option for me. Especially with its 8000 lumen output and sofirn usually sell through Amazon

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There are oodles of lights in this range. Emisar, Noctigon, Mateminco, Astrolux, Lumintop, Nightwatch, Sofirn and many others offer such a beast.

Lights that have low throw specs per lumen spec are the ones that are going to have the widest beam and the most flood.

Nitecore E4K, TM9K, Astrolux EC03, Imalent MS03, Lumintop F21 Pro are lights in my collection that put out wide beam. There are many many others.

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Richbuff—-
How do you find the Imalent MS03?. I have been looking into this flashlight.

How does it sustain any higher lumen output especially 13000 lumens!. From such a small flashlight.
Also how long does its 1- 21700 cell last at the higher lumen settings?.

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It wont last to long on higher/highest settings it has an insane power draw. Below is manufacture specs you can also find reviews with more comprehensive runtime.

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I use this pocket rocket, and all of my other pocket rockets, for briefly lighting up a large amount of area with as much light as possible for just one second or two, just to identify target points that I am looking for, and then I immediately throttle back down. Also, it is approximately 10,000 real lumens. You can get normal run time by selecting normal modes. The higher modes are only good for a few seconds or so. No pocket rocket can defy the laws of physics. The short burst turbo mode is there, for when you need it or want it.

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Have a look at the Hakelite MT03 TA Devourer - Haikelite MT03 TA Devourer review (3*XHP70.2) 21,000 Lumens | 1Lumen.com
With a coupon it should be within your budget.

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Convoy L6