Budget light output

This table of measurements is based on Don's readings at Budget Light Forum. Most are budget lights, but there are some 4Sevens lights and a not-at-all-budget Varapower 2000 in the list too. The readings are taken with uncalibrated equipment, so the lumen readings are just estimates, but provide a good basis of comparison. Remember that lux measures peak beam intensity and throw, while lumens measure total light output. See Light Output Measurements for more information.

The original document is a publicly available Google spreadsheet and has some additional information like product links, throw, and runtime, though not for all lights. You can get to it at the link above.

You can sort this table by any column. If you want to group the AA lights by brightness, click twice on "Lumens at 2 min" to sort from high to low, then click on Battery and scroll down to the AA NiMH section.