Thread: L.E.D VS H.I.D Spotights

The Nitecore TM36 is powerful with its old school SBT-70 led, but not really a general purpose hunter torch. Nitecore says it weighs 1.344 kilograms - half the weight of a rifle, has 50mm tube, uses 4 x 18650 batts and usually costs anywhere up to $5-800US...... Its old sst-70 type led puts out good power but needs alot of batts to run it - hence the huge weight. You could use it as a spottie but v heavy and you wouldn't want to try to scope mount it. Has approx 1800 lumen output and 310,000 lux for 1100 meter throw. By contrast the all-purpose Maxtoch 2x weighs 1/3rd, uses 2 batts, has 25mm tube for scope or handheld use, has 1450 lumen output but 365,000 lux for higher 1200 meter range, and costs $93US. TM36 range about same range as smaller Maxtoch M24 Sniper - the recent upgrade model.

When designing hunter lights we don't focus so much on lumen output - anything over 1000 lumens is tons for scanning paddocks. For hunter lights we also set maximum weight of just 400gms including batteries. Gadget and I look at the very big lights like the TM36, review their new and old led types etc, but although they can be fun to play with they just don't tick enough boxes as hunters.

Maxtoch 2X is very light at 400gms including batteries, scope mountable or handheld, and performance is up with big 6-7" HID spotlights - somewhere between the 35 and 55 watt models. Will be on sale again next month. Scroll down this page where Quentin tooks pics of 2X showing up cattle easily at 1000 meters:

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...6/index33.html