It’s hard to say what really makes a wow light. I guess it means lots of something or a surprising lot of something for it’s size.
I’ve got a ff4 and ff3 that I think make pretty good wow light, but they are hid and they pretty much all are wow lights. Just these are compact.
I have a ton of MagLite Mods one that produces 530k lux and another that 7 imr 26650 that is around 14000 or so lumens. These good, but I’m pretty wowed by the C8 mod with a dedomed xml2 u3 that I got from RMM that pulls 5+ amps off a single imr 18650. But my favorite is one of my MagMods that produces 300k Lux and 2000 Lumens.
Any light that I have is WOW light for my friends they are mostly at 5mm white leds level
If I show them
Olight i3 ->“WOW, what a small flashlight and so bright”,
Skilhunt DS20 -> “WOW, this thing is so powerful”,
Acebeam X40 or TN31 -> “WOW, just WOW.” at this point they either think I am messing with them or that I am weird
OL’s triple xhp is a wow light even looking at the screen on my computer :cowboy_hat_face:
I have a deft-x but it’s not my favourite (hence I’m selling) but I have other lights… a box of them!
tk75vn
modded courui
xhp70 LUM 5-90 reflector in tk61 host
sbt-70 aspheric
tk61vn with KD reflector
I recently sold a maxtoch m12. I fitted it to an adjustable gun mount with recoil. Was a dedomed xml2 on copper and direct drive. That thing had surprisingly good throw for it’s size. Needless to say the new owner was wow’d.
Hmm… after proof reading my post I realized I could be on the wrong forum with this lot :money_mouth_face:
My XA6 XP-L triple is the same, even with a wide optic it makes a lot of light, it can start fires, and with TK firmware it’s a usable ECD light. I do have a modded small sun T08 that makes an impressively bright spot but it’s not usable for much.
I gave my best wow light to Xandre (actually, he demanded it ;-) ), it is a small AAA-twisty, the Ultafire LZZ-06 modded with a XM-L2 and 12mm BLF17DD driver, build thread here: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/25476 . It does 1000lm at start-up, settles at 700lm after 30 seconds, and finishes the Efest 10440 after 5 minutes