I need a little comparisons and opinions on popular budget throwers...

unknown00101 · July 31, 2015, 9:42pm

Here’s Tom’s mods on the Yezl (62kcd, 900lm Stock)

Quote from Tom:

I got several Y3’s and several HD2010’s and one Courui bought recently from Kaidomain. See post #128 in this thread. Basically, the Courui stock out throws the Y3 and HD2010. Thinking roughly 45-50 kcd for the HD2010’s, 50-60 kcd for the Y3, and I measured ~75 kcd for the Courui stock. All stock #’s. The Courui did better than what I thought, but as I mentioned earlier in this thread, I believe they made minor mods from the earlier versions. Of course all these lights are subject to the Chinese lottery – you may get a good one, may get a bad one. HD2010’s are XML T6, while the Y3 andCourui are XM-L2. The HD2010’s are basically direct drive so high amps (for the good ones), but the Y3 and Courui throw as good or better at much lower amps – better cell life, less heat, etc.

Tom’s thread on the X3 (36kcd, 666lm stock)

Usually just search the name of the flashlight you’re looking for, followed by “kcd” or “cd” and you’ll get some good info.