I have these lights so I may as well test them. The reason I say these were a pain to test is that both ramp up the output for like 30-60 seconds and then start falling off. I use the ceilingbounce app to record runtime, and I turn the light on in a Texas Ace lumen tube before the test so I can scale the recorded output. But when a light quickly changes output this becomes more difficult. Testing a light on turbo that drops off, usually just pulling one data point later after it stabilized is enough to feel confident in the graph scaling. I often do this near the end because just moving the light can change the ceilingbounce reading a bit. But a light that is always increasing or decreasing, it’s tougher. So the Tasco run likely has a wider margin of error than other tests I do. If the light was interesting enough to bother, basically doing two timed runs where I spot check several times with one run, and one where it isn’t moved would give more confidence. I sometimes do this with other lights, I might only record 20-30 minutes and I’ll spot check where the output had flattened out.
Anyway, here it is:
Because I’m sure Tasco has put their name on a wide variety of lights over the years, here’s a photo. Also it helps show how large these lights are relative to some 18650 lights that will have significantly more lumen-hours of runtime:
I doubt anyone is in the market for either of these, or that the Tasco can even be found anymore. But maybe you’ll find it interesting regardless.
As an aside, the XL200 would actually be decent if it didn’t have such horrible standby drain. It has a neat UI, it’s one of the few Maglites with a good beam pattern, and the 3xAAA isn’t as big of a deal for a light you leave in the junk drawer or whatever. 90+ minutes of “light” is better than 90 minutes in the dark. I would likely have gifted it to someone by now but it will kill a fresh set of batteries in a month or so. If one used it all the time, especially with Eneloops, this probably wouldn’t be an issue. But it makes it totally unsuitable as a just-in-case sort of light.