500 lumen Surefire, what could possibly go wrong? That is a serious upgrade from my 200 lumen 6PX. $155 bucks is a bit steep, but when is Surefire ever not expensive.

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I have been driving my 300hp Z around for a few months now. It seems when I drive it all the time I get used to the power, its not until I get back in my Subaru that I notice the difference. Playing with bright flashlights is a much more mundane example of the same principal.

Out of the box 200 lumen does not seem like a whole lot. Ya its bright, but how much brighter is it really?

So last night we had just turned off the lights when my wife asks, “You have your new Surefire over there?” She had hers and she wanted to see how much brighter my new 6PX is over her plastic version of the 6P. Think she know what I like…

The 6PX has two modes 15 lumen and 200 lumen. This is what 15 lumens looks like projected against the wall of our master bedroom. This is probably 15-20 feet from where I am holding the light.

200 lumens lights up the room pretty well.

The old 6P projected 80 lumens. The old LED design also had a much whiter light. The new LED design almost appears to be incandescent. 15 lumens does not get lost next to 80 but its not exactly impressive.

As you would expect 200 is quite a bit brighter than 80. 2.5 to be exact (isn’t simple math fun).

Well that was all the excitement I could handle for one night.

I got mine from LAPoliceGear. Amazon would probably also be a good bet. Its worth noting that LAPoliceGear sent out an email today saying the price was going up on Surefires, make what you will.