black baer 84
09-23-2005, 15:24
MAG 951 VERSUS SUREFIRE M-6
The Surefire Guardian M-6 arrived 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 fifteen 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.
Runtime: The Surefire M-6 will run for 20 minutes in six batteries 123’s for a cost of $9.96.
The MAG 951 will run for 30 minutes putting out double the light for FREE (as the light is rechargeable)
Cost: The Surefire M-6 cost twice as much as the MAG 951.
The flashlights mounted in the tripods.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/M-6tripod.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/951tripod.jpg
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.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/MAG951M-6andBB.jpg
Beamshot with the M-6
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/M-6beamshot2.jpg
Beamshot with the MAG 951
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/MAG951bas2.jpg
Tool shed beamshots from 43 yards:
Beamshot with the M-6
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/shedM-6.jpg
Beamshot with the MAG 951
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/ShedMag951.jpg
I will point out that seeing in person is easier to appreciate the difference between the two lights, even better than in these pictures.
Best regards,
black bear 84
The Surefire Guardian M-6 arrived 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 fifteen 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.
Runtime: The Surefire M-6 will run for 20 minutes in six batteries 123’s for a cost of $9.96.
The MAG 951 will run for 30 minutes putting out double the light for FREE (as the light is rechargeable)
Cost: The Surefire M-6 cost twice as much as the MAG 951.
The flashlights mounted in the tripods.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/M-6tripod.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/951tripod.jpg
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.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/MAG951M-6andBB.jpg
Beamshot with the M-6
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/M-6beamshot2.jpg
Beamshot with the MAG 951
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/MAG951bas2.jpg
Tool shed beamshots from 43 yards:
Beamshot with the M-6
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/shedM-6.jpg
Beamshot with the MAG 951
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/blackbear11784/ShedMag951.jpg
I will point out that seeing in person is easier to appreciate the difference between the two lights, even better than in these pictures.
Best regards,
black bear 84
