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And it would be odd if the 12000 MCD was the brightest of the two. It sells for $25,
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OK, I am probably wrong on the units. I read that the capital M was meg and the little m was milli, anyway you are not going to beat 150 lumen's for $25.
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I bought the 12000 MCD light today at a gun show. I tried to compare it to my regular 3 D cell maglight. Really impossible by eye given the color of the light, but they were fairly close, with the 3 cell probably a little brighter.
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Yeah, MCD must be milli. I can beat any 3 "D" incandescent Mag with just a 3 watt LED.
I go back to my Streamlight. 75000 candle power is about 295 lumen's. So that's about .004 lumen's per 1 candle power.
The fact is that 150 lumen's is pretty good. The old standard for years was a 3 "D" Maglight at about 45 lumen's, so we have come a long way. I think the best hand held lights are LED lights. I have a palm size Surefire with a Cree R2 LED that is about 230 plus lumen's. I am getting ready to upgrade my Wolf Eyes light to a Cree LED and Turbo head that will give about 280 lumen's. If you look on the flashlight sites you can buy up to about 400 lumen's LED for less that $100. Another good choice is a Life+Gear LED at Target for about $39 that has 210 lumen's and runs on 2 "C" batteries.
Try this site. I have purchased several things from them with good deliver and reliability.
http://www.lighthound.com/
and
http://www.batteryjunction.com/