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Posted: 12/18/2013 6:49:13 AM EDT
I'm just not sure 20,000 is enough. Only 18 bulbs?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/UltraFire-18T6-20000-Lumen-18xCree-XM-L-T6-5-Mode-Memory-LED-Flashlight-Torch-/161177030607?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2586e64fcf ETA it has been found much cheaper: Quoted:
Here is the same light for $130. http://www.aliexpress.com/item/high-power-22000LM-18-x-Cree-XML-T6-Led-Flashlight-Torch-Lamp-for-5-x-32650/1557534167.html I've found it listed in a few spots, and it's listed anywhere between 20k and 26k lumens. Real world output is probably 50-60% of that, but would still be a fun toy View Quote |
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If it doesn't blind your opponent, it might at least cook them.
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I think I'll get one and mount my M&P Shield on it as a backup
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Wow, that is impractical as heck, but I kinda want one too. If it really puts out even close to 20k lumens, that thing would light up my neighborhood. 18650 batteries are fairly available and not too expensive, depending on where you buy them. Plus they are rechargeables (which I am sure you would need with something this power hungry).
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That is fucking sig line worthy material. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Everything looks bigger when an Asian chick is holding it. That is fucking sig line worthy material. That's the only thing that kept my ego intact in college Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Strobe mode? You're going to be inducing seizures on half the continent...
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Damn. Use that in a HD situation and you'll end up blinding yourself and your attacker. I kinda want one
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Bright enough to cook a turkey and heavy enough to club said turkey? Sign me up!
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My only question is;
Is that the most powerful model, and if not where can I buy the most powerful model? I keep 2 car batteries in a backpack for just this kind of application! |
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I don't really know that much about flashlights. So help me out: Exactly how bright is 20,000 lumen? Give me some perspective.
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I don't really know that much about flashlights. So help me out: Exactly how bright is 20,000 lumen? Give me some perspective. 25 60watt light bulbs. overdriven and focused directly into your retinas |
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Quoted: Quoted: I don't really know that much about flashlights. So help me out: Exactly how bright is 20,000 lumen? Give me some perspective. Pretty much lol. Now I kinda want one. |
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And there I was wondering if the 450 lumen light on my rifle was excessive.
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I don't really know that much about flashlights. So help me out: Exactly how bright is 20,000 lumen? Give me some perspective. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=59182 It's still amazing they picked that thing up and moved it a 1/2 mile inland. |
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If anyone bought this, please ditch the Ultrafire batteries. One fizzling may make for a good toxic joke, but that many Ultrafires in one light is going to be like a poisonous 12 gauge buckshot round going off in your face when (not if) they blow up.
Also, the incredibly shallow reflectors will likely not throw very far at all. Up close that fucking thing will burn your retinas even if it makes half that power. Consider me a skeptic. No ANSI standards, and no runtime specs. I think someone over at Ultrafire had a "Hey, hold my beer and watch this" moment. It's the size of one Maglite but makes more lumens than every Maglite ever made combined. Pretty funny considering 5 years ago they were knocking off Surefires, and now they're making power that Surefire could never dream of even in their regular lights. |
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Alright who's going to take one for the team and purchase this to make a video for us
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I don't really know that much about flashlights. So help me out: Exactly how bright is 20,000 lumen? Give me some perspective. View Quote About 40 times brighter than the brightest Surefire. 100 times brighter than their pistol lights. 10 times brighter than the brights on a modern car. Consider what I said above about reflector depth though. Lumens are only half the equation contrary to what Surefire has led the market to believe. If it doesn't make candela like a car headlight, it will only seem bright up close. Lumens would be like a shotgun (spread), and candela would be like a rifle cartridge's round (distance). If you had a 200 lumen 50,000 candela light and a 500 lumen 15,000 candela light side by side, you would pick the 200 lumen light as being brighter as the intensity is more focused. There's a balance, and most US manufacturers disregard it and sell based solely on lumens, just like with this 20,000 lumen light. |
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A decent 500 lumen light will illuminate an area enough to identify objects as people at 200 yards. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I don't really know that much about flashlights. So help me out: Exactly how bright is 20,000 lumen? Give me some perspective. I notice that less than ideal atmospheric conditions can really play havoc on how far you can see, just like with optics. On a misty, damp night, it can be hard to see 50 yards sometimes. |
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A decent 500 lumen light will illuminate an area enough to identify objects as people at 200 yards. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I don't really know that much about flashlights. So help me out: Exactly how bright is 20,000 lumen? Give me some perspective. my 850lm nitecore is brighter and has more flood then our halogen scene lights on the firetrucks. i frequently use it instead as it's faster and brighter. i am currently building a couple of the offroad lightbars on a pole system to replace them. we should get about 4-5x the light with less power needed. |
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Quoted: I notice that less than ideal atmospheric conditions can really play havoc on how far you can see, just like with optics. On a misty, damp night, it can be hard to see 50 yards sometimes. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I don't really know that much about flashlights. So help me out: Exactly how bright is 20,000 lumen? Give me some perspective. I notice that less than ideal atmospheric conditions can really play havoc on how far you can see, just like with optics. On a misty, damp night, it can be hard to see 50 yards sometimes. |
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