Not seen anyone review these side by side, but the gumf about the Cree MC-E meant I had to take a look – that and a m8 instantly wanted the P7 when I showed it him…
Now before you get too excited I must admit to loosing my camera whilst out on our drunken Xmas bike ride… sorry, no pictures.
Anyways I got one of the MTE SSC P7 900-Lumen 5-Mode Super LED Flashlight , it’s the dogs dangly’s as far as I’m concerned, been running it with my (tired) HID and been amazed.
So I took the plunge and purchased a MTE M3-2 Cree MC-E 8-Mode LED Flashlight
It only arrived today, so I’ve only had chance to trying under the stairs and in a short darkened corridor, in these highly scientific test conditions:
The P7 definitely has a brighter center spot on all modes (fricken 8 mode on the MC-E is a nightmare), though on the high beam it’s neglible.
The spot of the MC-E though is about 1/3 to 1/2 as big again though, than that of the P7. On our tacky purple wallpaper (we will get to re-decorate one day) the P7 overall reflection is very glarry (if that makes sense), where-as the MC-E lights it up clearly, without any hint of glare.
Not sure why that should be, oh and though the MC-E has a bigger reflector, the actual output ‘ring’ is the same size as the P7.
Will try them tonight in the dark (unfortunately not riding) and see how they perform at a distance – not sure when I’ll post next though – if anyone is intersted that is…
I apologise in advance for any slate-ing I get for using the wrong terminology
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Bugger, where the preview button? (Wow an EDIT button)