Surefire M-6 versus MAG 951

[black bear]

SUREFIRE M-6 versus MAG 951

The Surefire Guardian M-6 arrived from Cabela's two days ago.
Last night with the aid of my son and a couple friends I set out to take some pictures for a COMPARISON SHOOTOUT

I mounted both flashlights in a tripod by aid of my home-made gizmo. Lacking another tripod for my camera the pictures in the basement come out blurry, but for our purposes, which is to show the amount of light projected by each one, they will serve.

I took the pictures of the shed with the camera set in the tripod from fifiteen yards and the light of both flashlights coming from 43 yards away.
At such short ranges you can see that the Surefire M-6 is impressive, although you can see the superiority of the MAG 951 without question.

In the basement picture you can observe how the side spill of the MAG 951 shows more illuminated area, even that the focus of the MAG 951 is far more concentrated than the M-6. So this is explained just by the massive output in lumens by the MAG 951.

Pictures I could not take due to our road being so busy with traffic will have shown how at 112 yards the superiority of the MAG 951 is demonstrated, as it put so much more light in the target (a tree) than the M-6 does.

I have had a stop sign ranged (with my laser range finder) at 243 yards (they are reflective, so they show very well). But the people agree with me is that if somebody would have been standing near it, the light of the MAG 951 would have been sufficient to show him well.

The flashlights mounted in the tripods.





The Surefire M-6 flanked by the MAG 951 and the Black Bear 678 lumens
(I also took Beamshots with the Black Bear 678, but I will show them in another thread in comparison with the M-6, not to make this post too long.



Beamshot with the M-6



Beamshot with the MAG 951



Tool shed beamshots from 43 yards:

Beamshot with the M-6



Beamshot with the MAG 951



I will point out that seeing in person is easier to appreciate the difference between the two lights, even better than in these pictures.

I am very happy with the results of my shootout


information about my ad in another forum deleted to comply with THR forum rules,

Best regards,
black bear

 

[gl22man]

Hmm, never heard of a mag 951 but it does look impressive!! Looks like you are using a potted wa185 bulb and 3 of elektro lumen battery adapters. By the way which bulb did you have in the m6 the mn20 or the mn21? As i'm sure you know 1 is 250 lumens and the other is 500 lumens. I have the m6 and by the looks of that pic. i would have to say you had the mn20 bulb (250 lumen) in there.Try it with the mn21 and see if that makes a difference.... As for your rolls royce of battery carriers would those be fivemega units?
Mike....

 

[black bear]

I used the Surefire M-6 with the 500 lumens lamp, the flashlight was a new in the box from Cabela's and inside was NOT a LOLA (low output lamp assembly) lamp, just a coupon for one for when they become available.

It makes not difference if I use the R. R. adaptor or the plastic one's, pushed to 10.8 volts with the high current batteries I use the bare bulb will do 1234 "bulb' lumens when taking into account the 23% of light lost thru the reflector hole and lens reflection, I get 951 "torch" lumens.

And with my pictures I have demostrated how much more light 951 lumens from my MAG 951 is than the 500 lumens of the Surefire M-6.
thanks
Best regards
black bear

 

[DigMe]

Hey, blackie,

Don't you think it'd be more appropriate to keep your ads in your thread in the Trading Post sections? No one else is allowed to spam their products in other forums.

brad cook

 

[black bear]

Dig Me,
Thank you for pointing out a breach of the rules, I have deleted that part from my thread.
best regards
black bear