Here are a handful of lights I picked to bring out tonight. Before testing them I set them up for a group photo in the order I thought they be ranked from least to most throw. Sitting out on the car for awhile they picked up condensation, and there was a very light fog in the air.
I think the fog gave an advantage to the one warm thrower I had with me, the (now discontinued?) TD01C in 3000K.
This was a quick and very unscientific test at different ranges around the park between 80 and 250 meters – sorry no beamshots this time. But I basically only brought narrow TIR’s with a couple exceptions. Here’s the list.
1) Acebeam L19 green Osram – of course this thing will win everything for throw
2) Wurkkos TD01C 3000K – did NOT expect this much range out of a warm LED but the fog probably helped… it’s still a huge TIR
3) Sofirn IF22A – first time testing this, it’s remarkable for the price and I enjoy the silver
4) Manker MC13 II – noticeably less candela than the IF22A running an 18350 battery but did not test with the 21700 tube – the hotspot is like a circle within a circle compared to the perfect focus of the IF22A
5) Acebeam L35 V2 – a wall of light, obviously not a narrow beam compared to the rest
6) Sofirn IF24 Pro – this thing throws way better than I thought even after swapping the clear TIR for a matte diffused one (from Convoy)
7) FireflyLite P02 osram W1 – I recommended this the other day to someone wanting a small diameter head with lots of throw (rated 450m)
8) Acebeam L35 – modded with 5700K XHP70.3 but the high CRI and diffusion more than offset the extra candela from this LED
9) Convoy S21E SFT40 6500K with FET and narrow frosted TIR – wasn’t as narrow as I thought. I just swapped this from the narrowest clear optic but decided to smooth out the beam. It’s a good all-rounder but less throw than anticipated
Thanks for indulging me. Have a good one!
by Installed64
