Best Throwers For the Money

Is there a budget here?

I have come across these, perhaps they could be added, if no budget limit?

Niwalker Vostro BK FA01
Nitecore TM36
Deft-X

Cheers

This is a useful info about calculating the throw and how all this behaves:
http://lux.yi.org/throw/

Suggestions deleted after OP changed the criteria.

Deft-x isnt being sold anymore so that shouldnt be added to the list. List should only include readily available lights. You could have a hard to find or discontinued section if you want but I have never seen a deft-x for sale second hand

Sorry, wasn’t aware of that, just saw it at some stage in my browsing…. :open_mouth:

entirely self made category
Name :‘Syri’

throw : ~340 Kcd
lumen : yet to measure (maybe ~750~800 lumen)
led : ~xp g2 with dome
battery : 3 18650 in parallel (can work with just one 18650)
driver : self made with 16 levels from 0.38Amin to ~5 A max (5.7 theoretical max output )
optic : mixed type (maybe we can call catadioptric system) reflector plus aspheric lens
weight : ~750gr
price : ? 2000$

more info in build link here :

Hmm yes budget would be vital in a thread like this.

I added LED and MSRP. Would official or selfbuilt numbers be preferable? I think selfbuilt…

ok since i hate the rules generally lets try to bend them a little, so, since I want this light for myself to play around and progress with different experiments and here we need a price i am putting a price on it just high enough to be sure only I will have it :stuck_out_tongue:

What about the FF4?

Its HID, i think this thread is about flashlights? :slight_smile:

This could get out of hand if I try to list every light. Changed the title to “best thrower for the money” and removed “master thread”. I will let someone else who is better with spreadsheets compile a list of all the throwers if they would like. Also only going to list lights readily available or still being produced. The purpose of this thread is to give buyers a quick reference to the best throwers for the money since this is the question we hear every few days. Will keep the modified light section and highly modified/custom section.

In the modified category I suggest the RMM customized Small Sun ZY-T08. I have one of his Mod Package 1 lights and it is a nice compact thrower for both overall size and price. Not sure of Lux out but it is good

http://www.mtnelectronics.com/opencart/index.php?route=product/product&path=80&product_id=158

The DST is no longer available except for a few private ebay sales (or BLF giveaways) . Might be useful as a reference point, though, as so many members (US, at least) have one. The Defiant 3D is no slouch, either, although also discontinued.

A P60 with the Ahorton lens and spacer is a great pocket thrower, too.

Seems RMM has not options for the modded light so it’s not available for purchase. Who sells the P60 with that lens? Only going to list stock lights or modded lights with a link to the mod thread.

The Jacob A60 is probably the hands down champion thrower of the stock budget lights in cost/throw - like in the 70's kcd, depending on the stock XR-E (1000 or 900). Not sure if there's anything that can compete. Properly mod'ed/tweaked it can achieve 200+ kcd on a de-domed XP-E2, so not much money for the mod either.

With the stock HD2010's, there's a lot of variation from unit to unit, and very much depending on the battery. I'd say roughly 40's, but may be higher to the 60's. Here's some great ref's from rdrfronty:

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/18214

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/22397

https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/25465

I suspect that is an error or the quantity available (1) is wrong. Certainly available when I ordered mine less than 2 months ago. Also orders may be temporarily delayed currently as he is moving back to Seattle for law school in the next two weeks per the Mountain Electronics BLF thread.

I’d like to share the data of my lights that throw more than 300 meters and the price I paid for it:

Stock:

1. Jacob A60 - 66,066 cd - $9.70
2. Black Shadow Terminator - 57,596 cd - $144.00
3. TrustFire X-100 - 49,247 cd - $82.25
4. TangsFire TS-2010 (HD-2010 Group Buy) - 43,923 cd - $21.99
5. JetBeam BC40 - 35,816 cd - $55.50
6. UltraFire PM-8099 - 34,969 cd - $14.50
7. 4Sevens Maelstrom X10 - 30,371 cd - $100.00
8. Convoy C8 T6 3C - 22,990 cd - $16.54

Modified (by me):

1. BTU Shocker (3x XM-L2 T6 1B dedomed on SinkPads) - 297,072 cd - $114.88 plus $49.00 customs tax :frowning:
2. SupBeam K40 (XM-L2 T6 1B dedomed, direct wired) - 182,468 cd - $107.78
3. Yupard M3405 (XP-G2 R5 1A dedomed on SinkPad) - 160,446 cd - $20.00
4. Small Sun ZY-T08 (XM-L2 T6 1B dedomed on SinkPad, direct wire, AR lens) - 151,008 cd - $19.92
5. Police CY-T91 (XM-L T6 dedomed on copper MCPCB, +2xR500) - 85,910 cd - $22.22
6. OEM FTT (XP-G dedomed on Noctigon, +2xR100) - 61,710 cd - $12.50
7. MagLite 4D (6x XR-E mod) - 32,549 cd - $25.00
8. Convoy C8 (XM-L T63C, 10x7135) - 27,830 cd - $16.54
9. Sky Ray King(XM-L2 T6 3B on SinkPads) - 25,894 cd - $37.18
10. LSON Head Lamp (XM-L U2 dedomed on Direct Copper MCPCB) - 22,506 cd - $11.49

Thanks. Does anybody know where we can get the better throwing version (meaning xr-e 1000 or 900) of the Jacob A60?

Hi southland - here’s the test numbers at 10m for the Maxtochs for your OP:

2X = 120kcd and 240kcd dedomed. $75.00
M24 Lightweight = 83kcd and 173kcd dedomed. $68.50
M12 (single 26650) = 98kcd and 205k dedomed. $67.50

Just thinking …. you could divide them into price categories - best performers in each class e.g.:

0 - 25$ e.g. Small sunC10 and Jacob A60
25 - 50$ e.g. yezls
50 - 75$ e.g. maxtochs
75-100$
100 - 150$
$150 - 250$
$250 +

You’d need to use average kind of prices - not short super specials or end of run deals etc.