Beamshots of AAA flashlights, January 2010
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.
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.
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.
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
Fenix LD01 XP-E, Fenix LD01 XR-E, ITP A3 EOS
LiteFlux LF2XT NiMH, LiteFlux LF2XT LiIon
4Sevens Preon II, Sunlite Slim white, Sunlite Slim warm white
Sunlite Slim2 white, Sunlite Slim2 warm white, Fenix LD05
Streamlight Stylus Pro, Sunlite SlimJr
Dark reference
Beam profile, reduced exposure
4Sevens Preon I, Titanium IlluminaTi, VersaTi ET10
Fenix LD01 XP-E, Fenix LD01 XR-E, ITP A3 EOS
LiteFlux LF2XT NiMH, LiteFlux LF2XT LiIon
4Sevens Preon II, Sunlite Slim white, Sunlite Slim warm white
Sunlite Slim2 white, Sunlite Slim2 warm white, Fenix LD05
Streamlight Stylus Pro, Sunlite SlimJr
4Sevens Preon I
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
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Titanium IlluminaTi
This light has 3 levels and twist control.
Read more about the light and see some pictures in my Danish review
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VersaTi ET10
This light has 2 levels and twist control and a rather unusual beam profile.
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Fenix LD01 XP-E
This light has 3 levels and twist control.
Se next entry for difference between XP-E and XR-E version.
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Fenix LD01 XR-E
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.
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.
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ITP A3 EOS
This light has 3 levels and twist control.
Read more about the light and see some pictures in my Danish review
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LiteFlux LF2XT
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:
Minimum, maximum with NiHM LiIon:
Miniumim with NiMH:
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Minimum with LiIon:
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4Sevens Preon II
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
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Sunlite Slim
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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Sunlite Slim2
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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Fenix LD05
This flashlight has 3 levels and has a switch for control.
Read more about the light and see some pictures in my Danish review
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Streamlight Stylus Pro
This flashlight has 1 level and has a switch for control.
Sunlite SlimJr
This flashlight has 1 levels and has a switch for control.
