ITP A6 Polestar beamshots comparison
This beamshot is extracted from my Danish A6 review.

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I have selected some common MC-E/P7/3*led lights and a HID light for comparison. The following lights are included (Same sequence as photo): ITP A6 Polestar, OLight M30 Triton, EagleTac M2C4, EagleTac M2XC4, Fenix TK40, Titanium L35.

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A6 is in the middle of the led lights with the amount of light it produce, M30 is below it, M2C4 is just about the same, M2XC4 and TK40 is brighter. A HID produce much more light.

Brightness

In this graph I have collected all light levels for all the lights. The A6 and M30 both cover a wide range of brightness with only 3 settings, buth it is a rather big leap from medium to low.

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Measuring lux at 4 meters shows that A6 is no thrower, it is the light with the least amount of throw. This is no surprise, because it has a very shallow reflector. No led light can match the HID in throw.



Maximal brightness

ITP A6 Polestar, OLight M30 Triton, EagleTac M2C4
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EagleTac M2XC4, Fenix TK40, Titanium L35
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Maximal brightness, reduced exposure

ITP A6 Polestar, OLight M30 Triton, EagleTac M2C4
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EagleTac M2XC4, Fenix TK40, Titanium L35
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Maximal brightness, longer distance

ITP A6 Polestar, OLight M30 Triton, EagleTac M2C4
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EagleTac M2XC4, Fenix TK40, Titanium L35
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Minimal brightness with increased exposure
The mimimum brightness is very low on these light, I has increased the exposure on these pictures to better see the beam.

ITP A6 Polestar, OLight M30 Triton, EagleTac M2C4
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EagleTac M2XC4, Fenix TK40, Titanium L35
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ITP A6 Polestar
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Low, medium, high:
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Longer distance:
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Low:
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Medium:
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High:
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Longer distance:
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OLight M30 Triton
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A MC-E light that can use multiple battery combinations with either LiIon or CR123. Brightness is selected with a extra button on the tailcap.
Read more about the light in my Danish review.

Low, medium, high:
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Longer distance:
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Low:
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Medium:
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High:
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Longer distance:
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EagleTac M2C4
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A P7 based light with 2x18650 LiIon batteries or 4xCR123 batteries. Brightness and strobe is selected with a ring.

Low, medium, high:
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Turbo, longer distance:
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Low:
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Medium:
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High:
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Turbo:
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Longer distance:
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EagleTac M2XC4
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A 3xled based light with 2x18650 LiIon batteries or 4xCR123 batteries. Brightness and strobe is selected with a ring.

Low, medium, high:
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Turbo, longer distance:
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Low:
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Medium:
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High:
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Turbo:
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Longer distance:
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Fenix TK40
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A MC-E light with 8xAA batteries, the light has 4 brightness settings and 4 flashing settings, change of brightness is done by holding the button down for some time, a double click will select a flashing mode.
Read more about the light in my Danish review.

Low, medium, high:
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Turbo, longer distance:
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Low:
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Medium:
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High:
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Turbo:
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Longer distance:
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Titanium L35
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A HID light with a buildin LiIon battery, it has two switches, one to turn on the HID bulb and one to turn on the auxiliary led light.

Low, high, longer distance:
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Low:
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High:
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Longer distance:
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