Beamshots of AAA flashlights, January 2010

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This collection of beamshots includes some of the new AAA flashlights, but also some older ones. The penlight are 2xAAA, 3xAAA and a single 3xAAAA. The lights are (Same sequence as picture): 4Sevens Preon I, Titanium IlluminaTi, VersaTi ET10, Fenix LD01 XP-E, Fenix LD01 XR-E, ITP A3 EOS, LiteFlux LF2XT, 4Sevens Preon II, Sunlite Slim, Sunlite Slim2, Fenix LD05, Streamlight Stylus Pro, Sunlite SlimJr
Note: LD01 XR-E is the stainless steel version, the ordinary version looks exactly like the XP-E version, except from the front (Check entry on LD01 XR-E for photos).

All lights are tested with freshly charged eneloop batteries, except Sunlite, where I used alkaline batteries.

BrightnessMax

The new AAA flashlights are close in light output, except ET10 that is a bit special. But when looking at the penlights, there are some huge differences, the new leds has made some very powerful lights possible on small batteries.

Brightness

This graph shows the all the brightness settings for all the lights, as can be seen only some of penlight has adjustable brightness. There are also huge differences in the low levels, the old LD01 does not have a really low level, most other multilevel lights has an acceptable low level.

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Measuring the brightness at 1 meter gives an idea about the throw. This is not only depend on the amount of light from the flashlight, but also the size of the led and the reflector. Sunlite has a very good reflector and a small led, this gives a good throw, next in line is Fenix. Preon and IlluminaTi has a wider beam. ET10 has a very wide beam.



Beam profile
4Sevens Preon I, Titanium IlluminaTi, VersaTi ET10
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Fenix LD01 XP-E, Fenix LD01 XR-E, ITP A3 EOS
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LiteFlux LF2XT NiMH, LiteFlux LF2XT LiIon
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4Sevens Preon II, Sunlite Slim white, Sunlite Slim warm white
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Sunlite Slim2 white, Sunlite Slim2 warm white, Fenix LD05
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Streamlight Stylus Pro, Sunlite SlimJr
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Dark reference
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Beam profile, reduced exposure
4Sevens Preon I, Titanium IlluminaTi, VersaTi ET10
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Fenix LD01 XP-E, Fenix LD01 XR-E, ITP A3 EOS
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LiteFlux LF2XT NiMH, LiteFlux LF2XT LiIon
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4Sevens Preon II, Sunlite Slim white, Sunlite Slim warm white
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Sunlite Slim2 white, Sunlite Slim2 warm white, Fenix LD05
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Streamlight Stylus Pro, Sunlite SlimJr
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4Sevens Preon I
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This flashlight has 3 levels and exists in both twist and switch versions.
Read more about the light and see some pictures in my Danish review

Low, medium, high:
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Low:
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Medium:
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High:
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Titanium IlluminaTi
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This light has 3 levels and twist control.
Read more about the light and see some pictures in my Danish review

Low, medium, high:
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Low:
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Medium:
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High:
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VersaTi ET10
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This light has 2 levels and twist control and a rather unusual beam profile.

Low, high:
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Low:
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High:
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Fenix LD01 XP-E
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This light has 3 levels and twist control.
Se next entry for difference between XP-E and XR-E version.

Low, medium, high:
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Low:
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Medium:
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High:
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Fenix LD01 XR-E
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This light has 3 levels and twist control.
The picture shows the stainless steel version, the regular version looks exactly like the LD01 XP-E show above.

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This picture shows the two versions from the front, the small led is the XP-E and the big led is the XR-E version.

Low, medium, high:
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Low:
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Medium:
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High:
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ITP A3 EOS
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This light has 3 levels and twist control.
Read more about the light and see some pictures in my Danish review

Low, medium, high:
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Low:
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Medium:
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High:
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LiteFlux LF2XT
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This light can be adjusted to any brightness (Between min and max) and it is possible to save up to 5 fixed settings, the light is controlled with a momentary push switch. The light is designed for both NiMH and LiIon batteries.

Minimum, maximum with NiHM:
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Minimum, maximum with NiHM LiIon:
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Miniumim with NiMH:
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Maximum with NiMH:
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Minimum with LiIon:
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Maximum with LiIon:
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4Sevens Preon II
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This flashlight has 3 levels and exists in both twist and switch versions.
Read more about the light and see some pictures in my Danish review

Low, medium, high:
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Low:
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Medium:
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High:
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Sunlite Slim
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This light is single level and is controlled with a forward switch. The flashlight can be bought with different heads, I have tested with cool and warm white.
Read more about the light and see some pictures in my Danish review

Cold, warm:
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Cold:
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Warm:
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Sunlite Slim2
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This light is single level and is controlled with a forward switch. The flashlight can be bougth with differents heads, I have tested with cool and warm white.
Read more about the light and see some pictures in my Danish review

Cold, warm:
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Cold:
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Warm:
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Fenix LD05
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This flashlight has 3 levels and has a switch for control.
Read more about the light and see some pictures in my Danish review

Low, medium, high:
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Low:
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Medium:
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High:
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Streamlight Stylus Pro
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This flashlight has 1 level and has a switch for control.

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Sunlite SlimJr
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This flashlight has 1 levels and has a switch for control.

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