New Maglite XL50, anyone notice more lumens than XL100: Shouldn't the higher end model with more options have the better lumen rating?
269884
I have an xl50, and it's a great little flashlight. Plenty bright, and I can appreciate the 2 output modes to conserve battery life. Spill and throw are also adequate for just about any situation. My only complaint, however durable the light is, it's not very ergonomic. It's round cylindrical shape lends itself to be easily dropped if your hands are greasy or wearing gloves. Therefore, it has ended up being more of a power outage light or for the car as opposed to backpacking light or emergency light for me. No holes for a lanyard and doesn't stand on end well. Still, despite these, the flashlight lives up to the maglite name and is a great flashlight to keep in the bedstand and is plenty durable.
434477
The ultra is 500 lumens, this is not an ultra. This light is a old model.The light manufactures are fighting it out for highest lumen output. This is great for out door use but unusable indoors do to bounce back.
818232
I haven't noticed anything different in the beam other than the upgrade being a good deal brighter. I own both the xt11 and the upgraded version and think they are great lights. I am happy with the upgrade and feel it was worth it.
237383
Absolutely an upgrade, 630 lumen! I have 2 TLR-1s, needed another so went for the HL. It is much brighter. Part of my training is with night shoots/restricted visabiltity and you can really see the difference between the friendlies and the bad guys, helps with that split second decision. I will be upgrading the other 2 I own this week.
2053972
I just ordered one last week and got the newer 385 Lumen one. I guess they sold all the old ones.
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.
1285135
Amit, I only have the MagLite and so cannot compare the two. I can say that the MagLite is pretty impressive and i'm very happy with it.
1266349
I'm not sure at the moment, I'd have to get it from my wife and disassemble it to find out. However, I can say that while it's definitely not 1000 lumens (it's very nearly as bright as my Maglight XL200, which is certified 200 lumens), it WAS indeed an excellent purchase for the price that I have yet to have any real reason to regret in terms of the cost vs. value received on this light. Just make sure you have the correct type of battery and a charger. If I get a chance any time soon, I'll try and see if I can find out exactly what type of bulb is in the one I received.
1619322
It's a little over 100 lumens. Those who wrote 200 and 300, are only comparing output to generic lights that are fraudulently rated higher than their actual output.
1114878
I would go with what the package specifies which is 180 lumens. The descriptions in Amazon are not always accurate. Regardless, a "difference" of 10 lumens in a flashlight isn't going to make much of a difference anyway.
1075650
They are both really good, but if I'd known about XL model I probably would have gone for it instead. I love the 2" micro adjust on the XL as that's totally handy. I also love the toggle on the head clamp because it's a cool way to do it, but also it's easy to reclamp instead of undoing the screw like on the lesser model. I think the $20 or so more for the XL is worth it for those features, but I'm not going to get rid of the standard stand.
2249188
the xl50 is out already looked at one at home depot last week, there the same output since the xl100 have been updated but it doesnt say it on the packaging, the xl 100 has more features and motion sensor,
466901
The Maglite XL200 is a similar light. I trust that one. I don't have any experience with this light.
1852389
I was wondering the same thing, Nick - because this product description doesn't give any info about lumen rating, I went to the Coleman site, and the model number (2000009460) is the same on both this product and the CPX™ 6 Classic XL LED Lantern on the Coleman site. The running hours are a big discrepancy, as you note -- if you believe Amazon, it lasts 25 hours on high and 50 on low; whereas the Coleman site has it lasting 15 hours on high and 125 hours (!) on low. If either the vendor or someone from Coleman is monitoring this, maybe they can clarify.
1970970
Don't be fooled by all the shills for the seller. It isn't even 100 lumens. It's a perfectly acceptable light, just available elsewhere here for $8 for the exact same setup. If you do the math, there is no way that the voltage supplied by 3 AAA batteries is going to provide 500 lumens of light unless there are capacitors involved and then a half second of light.
786821
Terralux has different lumens for their different models. Best to go to their site directly.what's nice about these lights is you have 2 different lumens by pushing the button. High and low.
866448
Lumins don't seem to mean much as far as brightness. I finally went by colortemp. Higher the temp the brighter. I just used a dimmer.