When the M43 was released there was no cheap variant of such a light. Today we do have cheap/affordable single 18650 triple and quad lights. It might be tricky if the D4 were priced significantly higher than $35, as people might (= will) find it overpriced. Itās a choice Iām sure, but I also understand the disappointment.
Manker u11 coupon price was $30. Quality host with build-in charger, buck driver, side switch, compact size. Same quality light without manker brand could probably cost much less (utorch?). Make changes to fit quad optics (similar to my quad kit, even less machining in comparing with place for reflector). Optics is not more expensive than reflector. PCB footprint doesnt influence on board self-cost (neverless board is single or quad led). Only thing that can increase price - three extra leds (not big difference between 4xXP-G3 vs 1xXP-L).
Yep
IMHO.
Here the question is not in price. Many were waiting for the same functionality as in the Meteor. And not at all for $ 35. Let it be more expensive. Let it be $50-70. The cost of parts for Indigo is about 15-20 dollars. But not everyone can make a circuit board himself
I just wanted to say that M43 driver could have full smooth dimming but itās more technical issue. Thatās the first time that I see this graphs, who is the source? I might have missed something because Iāve never used M43 only his free beta version āIndigoā theyāre close but not the same regarding to interface and in reality it has completely smooth ramping, as i can see it. So I would prefer not to compare flashlights but more talking about driver features.
Open source? Itās fully open as mentioned above. May be the time for dedicated āIndigoā topic on BLF has come. Spread the light!
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This is the key point.
I would pay even more if it worth it. Anyway I can do it by myself, no sense to argue. We are just discussing why we have that we haveā¦
Disappointment is one thing.
Being rude is anotherā¦
Calling the D4 a āpiece of shitā even before the first user review will not make Hank modify his product
I wish all the Russian crowd that show itself here to bash a new product was that effective to help BLF in making new productsā¦ but it seems easier to bash the Q8 for some peopleā¦
I think it would be interesting if someone from Russia (or any fonarevka member) would offer to sell those nice drivers here on BLF (and in English language).
Especially in Europe it is hard to find interesting drivers.
KD has a couple, but usually with horrible mode spacingā¦ FT is the sameā¦
It seems almost nobody on BLF interesting in hi efficiency driver , and convinient for daily use UI. DD and wow effect are the main thing here. It is great pity)
Yesā¦ Or swapped to fresh one. 4 fresh cells should be enough for some serious use? But I really doubt someone will use turbo that often. We have middle or lower modes if needed.
Sure more options would be better although it is a big pain for small sellerā¦
Or Hank could also offer host option so we could build whatever we want
Youāre very wrong. See the joy after every post in the GXB20/GXB17 threads.
But thereās a place for FET+1 too. Itās cheap and for many uses - itās good enough.
Personally I canāt wait for Emisar D4, though I admit I hoped for a 3-channel driver.
And at the same time Iām seeking for the absolutely most efficient driver that I want to have in another light.
The reality is next. If you wanted to make diy driver, you probably gonna have lots of questions, so that would be rather hard even reading forum through traslator. So I can answer the questions and give a few tips etc. how to assemble some of the fonarevka drivers. For example me and āSerpā know how to calculate Indigo, weāve passed through this way.
Shipping is not an issue from Ukraine itās about 23$/1 kg by air to any EU country. Yeahā¦ I wish it would be cheaper but drivers are rather lightweight. As always need people and good contacts to cooperate. Interesting topic, worth to think about that more detail.
Not really, flashlight market and users demands are different. Donāt think that all of fonarevka hates D4, many folks gonna buy it