LED Lenser P7 Aluminum LED Pocket Flashlight, Black

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Advanced Focus System: Can focus the light beam as a spot or flood, without losing quality of light It has a max 320 lumen output on the boost mode and 250 lumen on the high mode – this level of brightness combined with the excellent optics make it a great camping torch and should be sufficient for most campers’ needs.

The P7.2 Torch has a CREE LED light chip which, when combined with the patented Advanced Focus System (AFS), delivers an excellent level of lighting performance, that uniquely combines lens and reflector to deliver a wide superior homogenous flood beam for close-up visibility, together with a sharply focused spot beam for long distance visibility – resulting in one of the world’s best focusing systems for LED torches. As I wrote the cold white XM-L LED in my P7R has been replaced with a neutral white XM-L2 so I could not make a representative review. But if you just want to see some images, go to the TLF, it´s german though: There is a newer version available, the Ledlenser P7, that is brighter and not that much more expensive. SpecificationThere aren’t any other modes that many other torches have, such as firefly, strobe, SOS, red light – but to be honest, I find it makes the torch simpler and straight forward… quite simply, its a torch that provides high quality light. Dynamic Switch ? - Reactive, large single switch controls light options (Power, Low Power, Boost) and is easier to use with gloves on. Thanks for correcting me. I was going off a review I had read of the P7R. I’ll correct my “discussion”. The price is still ludicrous in Australia though!

The LED Lenser P7.2 has a very simple user interface. Half-pressing and holding the switch in allows for 320 lumen turbo (boost) output. This allows for momentary/tactical use, but means that you cannot run the light continuously in turbo (unless you have a thumb of steel). At the zoom/throw end of the beam, there is an almost circular bright hotspot with no spill beam. There is minimal halo effect compared to other zoomy lights. Thus as the zoom/throw end, this light produces an impressive pencil beam of light that is useable (i.e. can identify animals) at over 150m. As for the 18650, yes, you CAN replace the included 2200 mAh, but the maximum length is 69 mm, that means a protected Soshine 3400 is fitting perfectly. BUT test have shown that a 3400 mAh 18650 does not give you a large benefit, same stepdowns, only 15 minutes more light.LED Lenser are known for solidly built lights, and this one is no exception. It has survived many drops onto hard surfaces with no issues. The 5 year (now 7 year) warranty stands by the build quality. The light is only rated IPX-4 due to the zoom mechanism, and thus it is advisable to not use the zoom mechanism in wet weather. The LED Lenser P7.2 is a very popular consumer light, particularly in Europe and Australia, and has been around for a few years. It has improved upon the P7 with improved optics and higher output.

The LED Lenser has an excellent optic system, and I have yet to see a zoomy light with better optics. This optics contains a plastic lens with TIR and aspheric elements. The LED is on a raised extension. This design allow for minimal loss of light when in zoom/throw compared to aspheric lenses where around half of the output can be lost when at full zoom/throw. The larger and slightly more expensive LED Lenser P14.2 uses 4x AA (a battery combination that can reach 1000 lumens from some manufacturers). Unfortunately, the maximum output of the P14.2 is no better than the P7.2 at 320 lumens, though runtimes will obviously be better. I have not seen any PWM with the P7R, and the range when focussed should be around 200-250 meters, someone measured I will quote from a review I´ve found in the german TLF. A fellow forum member measured the time for the P7R: The focusing system is really good and offers that important switch between a high-powered spot, and a nice wide beam.LED Lenser do not publish the emitter type, emitter bin, tint, or CCT. However it appears to be a cool white Cree XP-G2. There is slight purple tint. The CRI is estimated to be in the 70-80 CRI range, and is noticeably better than the LED Lenser P7QC. As the light is resistor controlled, there is no PWM. At the wide/flood end the beam is very uniform, with a sharp beam cut off. This allows for very even illumination of objects compared to the typical hotspot and spill beam of non-zoom flashlights.