Are Lumen ratings on Flashlights really accurate? Is the one flashlight really going to be more than twice as bright as the lumens imply?
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Jamie, I've seen that 'Nu-flare' light under a different brand, and it is brighter, but you may be disappointed with quality. For the price, the Maglite XL100 or even the XL50 are great buys, and available at local outdoor/hardware stores. My friend has the XL100, seems a little complex to operate some of the features, I chose the XL50, and at 104 lumens, it is too bright for some work.
1078951
Not tested but it is seriously bright and it is certainly brighter than my friend's which claims to be 360 lumens. For me it is bright enough and I cycle through some pretty dark areas ...
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Peter, I looked back at my orders and I bought a UTG- 2 in 1 Tactical LED Flashlight with Red Laser here at amazon and paid 66.25 and sold by.- Optics Planet,Inc... The light has 150- Lumen of light output and 500- Meter Laser... I've liked mine very much I've gotten Presure Switches on each side of the trigger one for light & other for laser. And when I hit them whatever I'm aiming at is dead. my brothers or using it out in south tx and want them mounted on some AR-15's. Mine is mounted on a GSG-22 and I take Ear shots... Hope this helps you somemore good luck in your search my friend. John B. Peter, I looked back at my orders and I bought a UTG- 2 in 1 Tactical LED Flashlight with Red Laser here at amazon and paid 66.25 and sold by.- Optics Planet,Inc... The light has 150- Lumen of light output and 500- Meter Laser... I've liked mine very much I've gotten Presure Switches on each side of the trigger one for light & other for laser. And when I hit them whatever I'm aiming at is dead. my brothers or using it out in south tx and want them mounted on some AR-15's. Mine is mounted on a GSG-22 and I take Ear shots... Hope this helps you somemore good luck in your search my friend.... » Read More Peter, I looked back at my orders and I bought a UTG- 2 in 1 Tactical LED Flashlight with Red Laser here at amazon and paid 66.25 and sold by.- Optics Planet,Inc... The light has 150- Lumen of light output and 500- Meter Laser... I've liked mine very much I've gotten Presure Switches on each side of the trigger one for light & other for laser. And when I hit them whatever I'm aiming at is dead. my brothers or using it out in south tx and want them mounted on some AR-15's. Mine is mounted on a GSG-22 and I take Ear shots... Hope this helps you somemore good luck in your search my friend. John B. « Show Less
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Not in my opinion. Go the Energizers website and they list 130 lumen - http://www.energizer.com/flashlights-lighting/flashlight/Pages/led-spotlight.aspx I've had one for about 4 years and it is REALLY BRIGHT. I've had lights with 1,000,000 to 6,000,000 rated candlepower, and this light equals my 1,000,000 candlepower light. If you need an explination about Lumens and candle power go here http://www.theledlight.com/lumens.html I'm amazed this has only 130 lumins. They say the battery lasts 11 hours. I've not changed mine for 3 years and have used it a lot. I will only use a bright light and this one is bright. I'd buy it again and rate it 5 stars.
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I have them in my lasers and my flashlights. then again I don't use 60 lumen flashlights they are 200 and up.
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Each 5050 LED is rated ~15 lumens. 540 lm is probably more accurate for this one.
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It says 600 Lumens under information about the product. But if I had to guess it looks more like 400 Lumens. 600 would be more like a brighter mag light flashlight. Still good for the price and all though.
2031990
I am not sure. However, the light appears to put out that much light. It is very bright. So far, the output seems to be appropriate for the claimed amount. My reason is that it compares favorably with a hand held flashlight that puts out 300 lumens. I have several with various outputs. This light is very effective for camping and for emergency lighting.
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Simple answer, no. Not even close. It is bright, but not the advertised 1,000 Lumens.
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I don't know what the lumens is on the MagLite I use mine every night for inspections and it is very brightI don't have to get as close to what I'm inspecting because of the brightness and I have dropped it numerous times and never phased, I have a surefire G-2 on a weapon it may not be quite as brightbut it's right up there
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It should be noted that "lumen" can mean many things depending on how you obtain a lumen measurement. At one foot away with the "zoom" at max spread the light produced 4800~4900 lux which is about 450 lumens/sq ft. Though when focus to a point the light produced over 90,000 lux which is about 8,300 lumens/sq ft. Unless you can find definitive data that explains the lumen of this light (or any other light in existence) the advertised brightness of a flashlight is meaningless. It's would be better to look up the datasheet for the Cree XML emitter and search for visual examples of the light (using quality 3.7V 18650 Li-Ion bats of course).
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I would go with what the package specifies which is 180 lumens. The descriptions in Amazon are not always accurate. Regardless, a "difference" of 10 lumens in a flashlight isn't going to make much of a difference anyway.
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I cant really tell you how many lumens because i dont really know. But it's super bright. You really can't go wrong for the amount of light you get for under $10. You can just use the basic double AA wich makes it a huge plus for me.
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well, you got lucky actually. It's slightly better.http://flashlightwiki.com/Cree#XM-L
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I don't know the lum's, but its not the brightest flashlight I own, but that's not its primary job either.
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I can't tell you the actual lumen setting for the SOS setting, but I can say that is pretty bright. I would assume that the SOS setting will run for a while because it's intermittent, even though I would prefer a steady strobe settings instead. It's a very well built flash light, but remember this thing runs off of 9 AA batteries, which all get linked together in a battery pack. But it is as bright as you would expect from 1000 lumen, and it's not much bigger than a standard 2 d cell flash light. If it means anything, I have 2 of these, and when you focus the beam tight on the high setting, you can feel the heat coming off the light. I can't tell you the actual lumen setting for the SOS setting, but I can say that is pretty bright. I would assume that the SOS setting will run for a while because it's intermittent, even though I would prefer a steady strobe settings instead. It's a very well built flash light, but remember this thing runs off of 9 AA batteries, which all get linked together in a battery pack. But it is as bright as you would expect from 1000 lumen, and it's not much bigger than a standard 2 d cell flash light. If it means anything, I have 2 of these, and when you focus the beam tight on the high setting,... » Read More I can't tell you the actual lumen setting for the SOS setting, but I can say that is pretty bright. I would assume that the SOS setting will run for a while because it's intermittent, even though I would prefer a steady strobe settings instead. It's a very well built flash light, but remember this thing runs off of 9 AA batteries, which all get linked together in a battery pack. But it is as bright as you would expect from 1000 lumen, and it's not much bigger than a standard 2 d cell flash light. If it means anything, I have 2 of these, and when you focus the beam tight on the high setting, you can feel the heat coming off the light. « Show Less
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Not the same. Only 800 Lumens compared to 850 Lumens. May differ in other ways.