Just to call it in advance (as I already did when they posted on reddit last month), I think they’re using Wavien collars. I expect the emitters to be something pretty ordinary - XP-G2s, probably.
The Strike of Hyperion is a Jax Z1, which is clear in the pictures at https://www.silentthunderordnance.com/.
They do state it’s based on the Z1 in the description.
Iirc xpg2 modded Z1’s achieved low 300kcd without collars.
For $250 though… not that much better performance than an xpg2 cometa.
Cool. Yet another option in the flashlight market.
As pointed out it doesn’t quite fit ‘budget lights’ but considering STO is offering deft-x performance at a fraction of the cost (and without need for any further modifications!) I don’t think the pricing is obscene.
As far as not disclosing the led type etc… I don’t think that matters too much on a forum like this. We’re reasonably aware of what throws and what doesn’t. Members/modders are always performing tests to squeeze everything they can from a given setup. STO even admitted they’ve been lurking for a while. I wouldn’t be surprised if they already have personal accounts here.
Good luck STO, I hope it works for you 
A cool little mod we finished up the other day, S41 with dramatically increased throw. Boosted throw from 6Kcd to 32Kcd pushing the ANSI throw out to 357 meters. Also added a red lit tailcap, blue GITD tailring, bistro firmware, and a potted driver. A wonderful little light with a good balance of lumens and throw.
Another project we’re working on is possibly some C8 based lights. Results are pretty good so far, the picture below is at 280kcd, although some late night tweaking last night I got up to 294kcd peak/283kcd ANSI (30 seconds). Pretty sure this is the longest throwing C8 ever, or at least that I’m aware of. Crazy throw from a light this size, well over 1km of throw from a little C8.
Is this still with reflector on the C8 ?
Pm price
Interesting S41, I’m guessing it now has an aspheric setup?
Nice, out with lumens in favor of cd, smart to stand out!
@giorgoskok
Yes. PM sent.
@will34
No. We’re still running a the stock TIR in that setup. Which honestly throw wise is just kinda meh, the centers are just a frosted diffuser instead of a proper lens like a carclo. We’ve gotten 33kcd out of a carclo triple which of course has a fair bit less frontal surface area to work with, actually it’s been my EDC for awhile now.
@The Miller
Thank you. 
We just find throwers more practical for our outdoor use, we’ve built and tried high lumen flooders before but they never seem to really impress. We really like throwers more even if they require a lot more finesse to build, I guess that’s the fun of it too. Hopefully we’ll find a market in those who share our love of crazy high Kcd throwers.
Nice lights and good luck w/ your endeavors.
Correct me if I am wrong. You sell “Zoomies”[“Strike of Hyperion”/spot to flood] and Aspheric[Wrath of Ra] lights only?
Most of my lights to walk my Husky CAPO on the trail are modified search lights! I also LOVE throw. However, they have plenty of spill so I can see directly in front of me.
I had a modded Zoomie and did not like it and I would have no use at all for an Aspheric light.
I would think most of your customers would be hunters where they could mount these lights on their rifles.
I guess the question is are you going to build lights like the K40vn-1400L/400Kcd,M2Xvn 1200L/280Kcd?These lights have plenty of Peripheral light[spill] and more than enough throw for their size!Obviously both reflector based lights.
,thanks,Wolfdog Capolini!
280kcd in a C8 is very impressive. Best I’ve seen was around 200kcd with XPG2 S4 2B.
Since old XPG2 is impossible to find, I bet they’re using a wavien collar along with another led. Oslon Black Flat, maybe?
Yes so far our “production” lights have been aspheric/zoomie based but we are working on more production reflector lights, the C8 being sorta the first test of that, with larger lights following.
Bump, just added the new Eye of Sekhmet light and updated a few things. What do you guys think of the EoS?
I saw it on your website last week…looks really nice but I’d like to see some beam shots of the different “performance modes” that are available.
Working on getting some more beamshots, here is one of the 319A. It’s a tricky light to take beamshots of, what is hard to tell from the picture is past the main hotspot and spill there is a more gentle spill that extend well past that out to a total of 150 degrees of beam angle with a brighter area right at the limits. It’s quite an interesting beam profile, cool that it keeps the die image and gets such good throw so we can get the hex image from the 319A or the 260kcd and of course square image from the Night Piercer variant and they still both have spill unlike an aspheric.
Ok…I’m impressed by this review…
Now I’ve just got to make my mind up on which one to get…this is definitely a sweet looking light!!
those wood and copper lights are nice!
like an eveready wood box bicycle light modernized.
I want one of those Eyes of the Squirrel
Wish it has a clip on the back for handfree use or some sort of kickstand. The back should also be magnetic.
It’s a great design but not really taking advantage of the form factor.
Also, a BLF coupon would be nice :innocent:
Yes I do think that Wavien Collar is probably what they use in their lights, and this can also be explained with why most of their lights are zoomies - Wavien Collar works well with aspherical lens.
But not sure how they combine the Wavien Collar with the reflector light like C8 though.