Beamshot comparison Xtar, January 2012

This comparison is between a couple of Xtar lights and some other lights at around the same size.

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I have included the following lights (Same sequence as picture): Xtar Wk21, Xtar Wk25B, Xtar Wk26, Sunwayman V10R Ti, Fenix LD15, Fenix E15, 4Sevens Qmini 123 warm, 4Sevens Qmini AA warm, 4Sevens Quark AA, DQG AA

Notes:
Wk21, Wk26, V10R, Quark AA and DQG AA used LiIon batteries.
Wk25B, LD15, QminiAA uses NiMH batteries
E15, Qmini 123 used CR123 batteries
4Sevens light are rather old.


BrightnessMax

This chart shows the total light output measured with a ceiling bounce. The Wk21 is the brightest of the Xtar lights, but it not really using the full power of a XM-L led.

Brightness

Comparing all the brightness settings it can be seen that half of the lights uses 3 levels, then there are 3 with two levels, one with 5 levels and the V10R with fully adjustable brightness.

BrightnessLux

The lux measured at 1 meter. The Wk26 has most throw, both because it is one of the light with high output, but also due to the deep reflector with the small led.

Weight

The 3 Xtar lights has more weight than the twisties, that is probably due to the larger size and on the Wk21 due to the magnet.

Summary

User interface: TS: Tail switch, Head: Turning the head is used in the user interface, Ring: A ring is used to adjust brightness.

Price

The Ti light is very expensive compared to the rest (no surprice there), the Wk25B and Wk26 are very economical lights.

Note: Some prices are from internal selleres outside USA.
Note: The warm Quarks was a special edition, the current Quarks are cool.



Beam profile, high power

Xtar Wk21, Xtar Wk25B, Xtar Wk26:
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Sunwayman V10R Ti, Fenix LD15, Fenix E15:
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4Sevens Qmini 123 warm, 4Sevens Qmini AA warm, 4Sevens Quark AA:
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DQG AA
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Beam profile, high power, reduced exposure
The reduced exposure makes it easier to compare the hotspot.

Xtar Wk21, Xtar Wk25B, Xtar Wk26:
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Sunwayman V10R Ti, Fenix LD15, Fenix E15:
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4Sevens Qmini 123 warm, 4Sevens Qmini AA warm, 4Sevens Quark AA:
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DQG AA
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Beam profile, lowest setting
Single level lights uses the same picture as above.

Xtar Wk21, Xtar Wk25B, Xtar Wk26:
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Sunwayman V10R Ti, Fenix LD15, Fenix E15:
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4Sevens Qmini 123 warm, 4Sevens Qmini AA warm, 4Sevens Quark AA:
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DQG AA
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Beam profile, lowest setting, increased exposure
Increasing the exposure makes it easier to compare the low settings.

Xtar Wk21, Xtar Wk25B, Xtar Wk26:
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Sunwayman V10R Ti, Fenix LD15, Fenix E15:
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4Sevens Qmini 123 warm, 4Sevens Qmini AA warm, 4Sevens Quark AA:
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DQG AA
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Trees at 9 and 14 meters

Xtar Wk21, Xtar Wk25B, Xtar Wk26:
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Sunwayman V10R Ti, Fenix LD15, Fenix E15:
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4Sevens Qmini 123 warm, 4Sevens Qmini AA warm, 4Sevens Quark AA:
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DQG AA
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Dark reference:
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Xtar Wk21
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Read more about the light and see pictures and measurements in my review.

Low, medium, high:
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Trees at 9 and 14 meters:
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Xtar Wk25B
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Read more about the light and see pictures and measurements in my review.

Low, high:
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Trees at 9 and 14 meters:
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Xtar Wk26
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Read more about the light and see pictures and measurements in my review.

Low, medium, high:
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Trees at 9 and 14 meters:
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Sunwayman V10R Ti
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Min., max.:
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Trees at 9 and 14 meters:
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Fenix LD15
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Low, high:
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Trees at 9 and 14 meters:
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Fenix E15
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Low, medium, high:
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Trees at 9 and 14 meters:
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4Sevens Qmini 123 warm
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Low, medium, high:
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Trees at 9 and 14 meters:
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4Sevens Qmini AA warm
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Low, medium, high:
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Trees at 9 and 14 meters:
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4Sevens Quark AA
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Low, #2, #3:
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34, high:
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Trees at 9 and 14 meters:
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DQG AA
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Low, high:
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Trees at 9 and 14 meters:
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