What would be the best 2000 to 5000 lumen flashlight to get under $75?

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M6 or M6 with modifications. That will give you a nice set of modes, plenty of light, side clickie, and a safe multiple battery configuration.

http://www.fasttech.com/product/1519900

This is may put out more light, possibly a lot more, but rear clickie isn't as friendly to use, most likely has a terrible set of modes, and batteries in series isn't as safe.

There's also the Supfire L1.

It already has the output you want, but you can get 5000 lumens with a resistor mod. Maybe over 7000 lumens if you install XM-L2 U2's on direct bonded copper mcpcb's.

Even swapping those XM-L's to direct bonded copper stars will get you close to 7000 lumens.

So let's says $63 for the light, $10 for emitters, and a little time with a soldering iron.

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Also check this out to see exact specifications of XM-L's and XM-L2's: XM Family Binning & Labeling

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Cree's data is only good up to 3A if used with a terrible mcpcb.

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and what's the best 3000-5000 lumen then without mod, under 75$?

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What do you mean by “the best”? The brightest? Throwiest/floodiest? Best quality?

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The most aladeen.

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:slight_smile: :frowning: :slight_smile: :frowning: :slight_smile:

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I posted a similar question Here member 18sixfifty is working on a review for a flashlight in stock form is 7000 lumens and it is $79. I am going to wait for his review and decide between the supfire m6 and this 7000 lumen mystery light.

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Took me a while, but I finally found the thread again.

Might have some luck with one of these.

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That was a great link. Thanks! More to think about.

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This one?

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I saw this one:

SecurityIng® IP67 Waterproof 3 X CREE XM-L L2 LED 4100Lumens 5 Modes Super Bright Flashlight Torch Hard-Anodized Finish, Anti-abrasive, Free-scratch, Shock-proof CREE Newest XM-L L2 Bulb LED Light Lamp Torch for Hiking, Riding, Camping

But I don’t like the battery types.

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I would go for a supfire m6, the srk style lights are bright and have nice form factor. 4x18650 give long enough runtime.

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+1 on the Supfire M6 train, especially with the mod.

I gave one to my uncle who lives in the middle of nowhere, Pennsylvania, along with four batteries and a charger, as a new years present. They get power outages quite often, and once he showed me what lights he is using, well, it felt wrong that he didn't have at least one decent light.

Anyway... fast forward to about a month back, asked him how he liked the light. He had a complaint... said it was too bright :D

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There's nothing wrong with the battery types. Use the adapter tubes so you can use 18650's

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Rebranded TR-J19.

iirc the Trustfire version rocks a pretty weak driver stock. Perhaps the SecurityIng version has improved upon it? If not you’re probably looking around the lowside of your inquery at ~2000 lumens on that one.

Also like leaftye said, that little black tube is an 18650 spacer. It may rattle around a bit but it will allow the use of 18650 instead of 26650.

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I did it. I purchased the Supfire M6 with mod option 1. Thanks you for the link, and thank you everyone for all the great suggestions.

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rather envious of your purchase here. I just cannot buy every light I like however. If I had (4) decent cells already in my possession, I would have bought this light, but I don’t, so I didn’t. What a great offering!

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I wish I could buy every light I wanted too, but unfortunately I cannot afford it. I wanted to get a good deal and a great flashlight. I would of never known such a light existed until I became a member here on BLF. Thanks everyone for the great help and information!

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I just got my Supfire M6 with mod 1 from Mountain Electronics. It is awesome! 7 modes from low to high. Lights up far away trees. Makes the side of my house look like day time! Super nice! Highly recommended.