Awesome work pseudoblue - good to be in V4!

Does anyone here in M'sia have experience with M@g hotwires? I.e. Mag85/Mag11/Mag09?

I'm already running a WA1185 in my Seraph on 3xIMR18500 and it's awesome bright (I'd guess about 1500 bulb lumens, maybe 900 OTF - and I love it floody) but it gets way too hot to hold after a minute of use!

So, I've got a Mag2D on the way ready to mod into a Mag85 as well as a Mag09 (Using FiveMega's 1909 bulb for > 2000 bulb lumens!). I was just curious if anyone here has played with these hotwire M@gs and how they compare to what they have. I just hope my 2 packages from US don't go missing... (Already lost 2 packages in the past few months)

I recently (i.e. 4 days ago) got a 1909 bulb for my [still in the works] modded Mag 2D w/ Kiu & 3xIMR26500 - compared to the 1185 bulb, it puts out more light, however, it doesn't really seem to throw any further. Mainly just a larger hotspot, as it has a larger filament. I like it though

Yup, just for further clarification - you have to measure the voltage when the light is turned ON. (This is because the voltage when it's on is lower than when it's off. For example, your cell may read 4.1V when being tested with the light off, but when the light is on, it may drop down to say 3.8V)

Unfortunately, for most lights, it's hard to measure the voltage when it's on.

Ultrafires tend to be hit or miss - you may get one which works fine, or one which doesn't. Personally, I would suggest you check out the iTp A1/A2/A3 series - They are around RM80 and are a good start in the flashlight world. I myself give them to friends because they are cheap enough, simple, and decent. The A1 runs on 1xCR123 battery, the A2 runs on 1xAA and the A3 runs on 1xAAA. You can check out the reviews here: iTp A1 & A2 review and here: iTp A3 review

Furthermore, (assuming you're in M'sia and close by) you can always go to a shop like GadgetWorld2u to test them out first before buying them (and while you're there, check out other lights!)

All the best!

Unfortunately, throw is loosely correlated to the size of the flashlight head (i.e. the reflector or aspheric lens size) - so whatever you end up with, it'll have to be on the bigger side. If you want to throw 220meters, I'd say you'd need > 50000lux.

Take for example my Mag09 (Mag2D with a 2000 lumen CL1909 bulb) which outhrows the Mag85 and DBS w/ reflector by quite a bit. I'd estimate it in the 45000-50000lux range - and even that only faintly illuminates objects 230meters away. So you'll probably need > 50000 lux.

I'd say your best best would be a DBS/Tiablo A9 w/ aspheric, or a Mag1D with SST-50 dome removed, if you're trying to keep things small.

I don't think any of these fit your budget, but at least you know what lux range you'd need

This post has been edited by hoongern: Oct 1 2010, 08:09 AM