Has anyone tried one of the above and if so any thoughts on it and how realistic is the run time is and any idea how long it’d last with a standard AAA battery???
I tried a P5R.2 recently and after 5 mins of it being on the output dropped MASSIVELY … switch it off and back on again and you suddenly have full output back again, the quoted 4 hrs run time …. the light was blinking after about an hour to say the battery was pretty much dead.
Even if the M3R only got a good hour but WITHOUT significant loss of lumens after just a few minutes I’d seriously consider it … especially if a standard AAA lasted a “reasonable” amount of time … but if it’s output dropped as badly as the P5R.2 then I’d give it a wide berth … I’m not sure if one is regulated and one direct drive or where I might be able to find that information out???
Anyone has any comments / experience they could share would be much appreciated!!
My thoughts….M3R is 10440 light that cost 3-4x UltratTac K18. M3r offers less power than K18…and is 10cm length….I do not know why anyone want to spend around 60USD in this light.
What I’m looking for MUST focus which I don’t think this does, it’s also only 20 mins run time on full power which again is why ’I’m asking about something that theoretically has 2 hrs run time as I#m looking to improve on the 40 odd mins a SK68 gives.
Nice little torch but just doesn’t suit what I’m after unfortunately.
focus? sorry….I do not see any advantaje for focus light. 2 hours of runtime many lights, I do not undersatnad you, others offer same power with better quantity of light with and without focusing…
I cant find much info on the light i would say at 220 lumens you would be looking at around 40 mins max with step down the times heavily depend on the battery and the emitter.
Try using it for shooting at night when you’re trying not to light up the neighbourhood and scare off other quarry and you very quickly will Again which is why I’m trying to keep it as small as possible to keep the weight down to an absolute bare minimum.
If I could describe the perfect torch it’d be something the size / weight of an SK 68 but with a bit more power (the P5R.2 definitely had this) and about 1.5 hrs run time without dropping in power.
The SK 98’s are very close, in a perfect world I’d like something that bit smaller / lighter and more pocketable …. if the runtime had of been as advertised with the P5R.2 or as I say even down to 1.5 hrs then I would have found it!!!
I own one and like the p5r.2, steps down after a couple of mins. Continuous use, at least an hour but not an hour at full power. Zoom is not that concentrated(led die zoom) compared to p5r.2 .
Note that using aaa cells wont give you the same output as 10440 cells.
Ahhh OK, thank you for that …. it’s such a shame, it seems they obviously do it to try and get the run time but for some purposes totally destroy the point of buying a high ish lumen torch in the 1st place and is so miss leading.
I realised AA cells wouldn’t give the same output, I guess it’d be around 100 … but that is just a guess.
Do you happen to know if this is teh difference between direct drive and regulated (sorry I’m relatively new to torches / terminology) from the little I know this almost seems like skewed regulation ie it’s designed to do it after a relatively short period of time.
Bit of an afterthought but is this the same with ALL LED Lensers or are there some that don’t and if so is there anyway I can tell the difference between the ones that step down fairly quickly and the ones that don’t??
They actually quote this on every page of their website but when a torch is blinking at you at I’m guessing 3.2v approx to tell you the battery is about to cut out after only 1 hr … it’s never going to last 4 hrs as I guess it’d die fairly shortly afterwards and if not to have a torch that blinks every 30 seconds for 3 hrs is totally unacceptable anyway.
If that was the case and the voltage had dropped, how come you switch it off and immediately on again (literally within 2 seconds) it instantly goes back to full power … the battery wouldn’t have enough time to recover …. I think it’s something they’ve built into the software / driver just to be able to advertise misleading times they think may sell torches.
Actually, the M3R has a 3-mode driver: high-low-strobe.
I own an M3R but was not impressed. For about the same size and for far less $ you can get a much more practical #3 zoomie. The #3 zoomie holds a AA-size battery with 3x the capacity of the AAA in the M3R. The #3 is also much easier to mod for vastly greater output.
The XPG2 version should have the tightest focus. The XML2s will have a larger, but dimmer hotspot. However, in flood mode the XML2s will produce more lumens.
Thank you for that, I found it written at the bottom not long after reading this
I’d love to know how the mid level setting of 210 or 250 lumens depending which version you get compares to the SK68 on high and if it’s as bright / brighter.
Only higher tier lensers, like m7r and above models have better regulation (step down to 70% compared to 20% in lower models )
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Do you know if there’s anywhere I can find out which step down by how much and after how long …. I’ also interested in their M5 which is quoted as 5 hrs with a standard AA which could potentially be a great pocket light but also good for cycling in the dark as well if the numbers / run time are relatively realistic … but not good if the step down is much.
Seriously don’t buy one of these … complete carp and 620 lm …… yeah right, the supposed 250 lm setting is walked all over by a 140 lm torch that’s probably 10 x’s more likely to be accurate than one of these.
Nice case and a wrist strap isn’t worth $22.00’s as the torch really isn’t any better than an SK 68 … I was so disappointing I won’t even bother to try and compare run times!!
Again which is why I’m trying to keep it as small as possible to keep the weight down to an absolute bare minimum.