Max lumens...? Anybody knows?
901483
One hella lot. This flashlight throws the longest and brightest beam I've ever seen. My dad had a 5-D cell bulb type years ago that was the top of the line flashlight. The Maglite has it beat. I have an old Maglite 3-D bulb type and the Led version blows it away. I do not know how anyone could be disappointed with this flashlight!
901484
My packaging's dated '2/15' and has 168 Lumens, 412m beam distance, 42533cd, 80h, weather {waterproof ? anyone know what the cloud + rain symbol means ?}, and good for a 1m drop...
2128350
Don't know about the actual "lumens" but, I bought these out of frustration with my previous Philips Sliverstar lamps that gave me only 15 months of life. And, that was after two complete sets of the Philips product. So far, I'm on my 3rd year of life on this set of GE Nighthawks, and their brightness seem comparable to my previous Philips Silverstars. Hope that helps.
1568732
Try this link, as I have found it helpful: http://www.bulbamerica.com/wattage-lumens-brightness.html
1483852
DLJ, I've been running mine for quite sometime. They replaced 12v 4w incandescent bulbs and here is what I can say about these. The lumens is close to a 4w, the color is slightly cooler but still warm that people can't tell it's LED. The match up very nicely to 20w equivalent LED spotlights I put on the same system. And the beauty, not one bulb has gone out yet, running daily on a dusk timer for. 4, 6, or 8 hours depending on daylight season.
2076909
I doubt the lumen output is anymore than 50. These bulbs were a complete waste of money and are not powerful enough for driving at dusk let alone at night.
2084802
I don't know how to measure lumens but i doubt this is anywhere near 2000 lumens. It is the brightest flashlight i own and i own a bunch. I just walked out in the street to test it. The light traveled more city blocks than I could count street signs....far far more than 8 blocks. I used this flashlight and my 10x42 binoculars to read a license plate at 1200 yards. So it illuminates farther than I can shoot accurately with my .300 Win Mag. So it is as many lumens as I need.
1389854
Sorry I have no way of measuring the lumens, but it is very bright at focal point, hurts the eyes if stared directly even from 5 feet away. I'm happy with the brightness. The only thing is it's small
2094050
I don't THINK so. I checked the package and there is no indication of the Lumens. We have a retail store and I have bought these MANY times over the past few years. All I can say is they are bright and do well in our retail environment although I don't know the Lumens. We have been very happy.
1878178
55 Lumen Output (Estimated Max Lumen output only - actual performance depends on operation conditions, cells used and flashlight. Much better than original bulb,brighter and batteries last longer.
2240985
Actually, it depends on what you mean by "Maximum brightness" as the P12 starts off at 950 Lumins (aprox) in the highest mode, but then starts lowering the light output after about 3 minutes in order to protect the lamp from overheating. It will keep lowering the output until somewere around 400 lumins were it will continue to run the manufacturer advertised 60 minutes for CR123's/1h 15m for a rechargeable 18650. My first use showed closer to 40min on CR123s of questionable quality.
1743806
Black Diamond doesn't specify individual levels of lumens. They list the light as 130 lumens at it's maximum setting, though.
293008
This model is 500 lumens. I doubt you would be able to tell the difference between the two different powers.
802246
It should be noted that "lumen" can mean many things depending on how you obtain a lumen measurement. At one foot away with the "zoom" at max spread the light produced 4800~4900 lux which is about 450 lumens/sq ft. Though when focus to a point the light produced over 90,000 lux which is about 8,300 lumens/sq ft. Unless you can find definitive data that explains the lumen of this light (or any other light in existence) the advertised brightness of a flashlight is meaningless. It's would be better to look up the datasheet for the Cree XML emitter and search for visual examples of the light (using quality 3.7V 18650 Li-Ion bats of course).
2071954
I have to go with the 230 lumens. Its very bright. You don't want to run it to long on that high setting.
212727
I just looked at this on a different website. The package said it's 157 lumens (cheaper on amazon).
194578
Not sure of the reason for the variance. From what I understand, if you use rechargable lithium batteries, you'll achieve maximum lumen output.
1785523
Regret ... No idea ... the model I received is not even competitive with my Mag-Lite XL100 spec'd at 103 Lumens. I am surprised Amazon has not taken this to task!