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Are either of these regulated?
Are either of these regulated?
\Are either of these regulated?
Buy whichever one is cheapest. The difference between 37 lumens and 47 lumens is imperceptible.Which version should I buy if I get one?
I have both and actually prefer the 37 lumen version.
It throws better, which is why I like it better.
Side by side the 47 beam is whiter. It also lights up nearby better.
It just depends on what you're after in a Solitaire.
Now regarding throw, neither throws very far, but at a distance the 37 lights stuff a tad bit better. Like instead of dimly see-ing a small circle of a shed at 50 feet you see a broad circle of the same shed at 50 feet... dimly, but more area is lit.
For $10 or less, both are winners in my view.
Last night I did a side by side with a 47 and 37.
The 37 was on/off without a lot of variance in the beam. It was a beam whose spot remained about the same regardless of how much it is twisted. The change was in how ringy things got. So a twist of about a half turn was all that was needed. Further twisting made things turn ugly with virtually the same forward lighting and spill.
Have you had any flickering issues with them? The last couple mini maglites I've bought have been crap, I had one of the first LED ones that they came out with and it was awesome, it was my EDC for 4 or 5 years, it survived several pretty brutal drops from 15-20 feet and finally a 2 foot drop while walking through my garage killed it, it still works, but only when it wants to. It's more or less retired now. The body on that one isn't worth fixing. I bought an AA Mini pro to replace it, but it ate batteries, I lost it and never missed it. I went back to the regular AA LED mini... this one flickers and has to be smacked frequently to get it to behave.... it's not reliable. Truthfully I only have 1 maglite that I like right now, the 2D DL series that I keep in my truck, it's been great. I have another 2D DL series that I think has a switch issue, it was a gift from a family member that bought it on sale at lowes. It would cost me more to send it in and get it fixed than it cost on sale. It was in an unopened blister cell, so it's not like it was a return or something. My sister also received one (identical to mine)at the same time... hers is slightly better than mine but not much.
Thanks for that comparison. That helped me determine that mine is one of 37 lumen lights, because a partial turn of the head turns it on in it's most focused beam and much more turning just makes the beam ringy.