Waiting for shipment with great anticipation but “giggles’ in such a large engraving is kind of a turn off.
IIRC, that was a personalized, one-off kinda thing. But, I would love to have mine like that. Or, better yet, no flats at all.
Yeah, it is just a custom engraving on my own light.
I would like to see a small “Giggles” engraved under the logo but never intended for something this large on the final light.
Although it seems others prefer giggles not be on the light at all, they must be real fun at parties lol.
I am not attached to either setup, never been one to care about the brand names and logos on something.
I hear ya. I usually unstitch any labels, logos, or branding from my clothes when it’s easy enough. Still, I think a big honking Giggles is appropriate here!
Please leave the host unbranded. Then each owner can have the light etched to suit their personal preferences. That is unless everyone agrees that FLASHPILOT would be a nice name to enhance the overall appeal!
Great photos you probably scared that raccoon lol. I can’t wait. I want the giggles logo…
Agree I’m buying 2-3 of these and don’t care for the engraving 
unless it’s on the back of the switch section
I’m GOOD with the GT the way it is, no large tube branding of any sort!!
I think BLF GIGITY-GIGITY sums it up for me! 
:+1:
Thank God I have a bead blaster, just in case…. 
i am very happy its 4000k, most my long range lights are cool white and when it gets humid/foggy they become useless and a crappy halogen spotlight out throws them
Yep, ditto that here.
+1 
Here are some wall shots for comparison. They are not very good but shows the tint ok.
These are the only stock lights I own, this one is a astrolux S2 (Aka, blf A6) in the 5A tint flavor.
The A6 is a bit yellower and the beam has much more tint shift in it. Like I said before, the V2 looks like a small sun. Particularly as you turn the brightness up.
This is a solarforce P6 with a CW emitter for comparison.
Did you take any lux readings for the second prototype yet?
I did, they seem to be about ~4% higher on average then the V1 BUT as I said before my readings can vary by +/-10% depending on the day, humidity ect. Which is why I don’t post the actual numbers.
I also can’t get good readings at distance due to these factors, the calculated CD goes down as I move back further.
Although I might take some longer range readings again now that I have this warmer LED to see if it fairs any better.
Once we are done with V2 for the approval process I plan to send it to VOB to do some direct comparisons with the V1 that he still has.
The farther back you go the more realistic the numbers become, I don’t think any of us lives in a vacuum 
Yes but the calculated numbers on a light like this should at least maintain past ~~5-7M.
Ideal numbers should come at around 20m+ as they did in VOB’s test, not the case where I live. They would start dropping after 5-7m.
Also if I took them outside to get longer range they would drop even more.
Basically I just don’t have the right conditions for getting good throw numbers, too much humidity and city dirt in the air to allow for that.
You’re talking about the candela dropping, not the lux dropping, right?
They shouldn’t maintain past 7m, that would only be in ideal conditions in a vacuum.
The farther you go the more atmosphere there is and the more accurate your values get.
Hey! I thought you were on my side!
I have access to a glass bead booth as well. With any luck, there will be no branding or markings on the host to contend with.
Can you explain why the drivers look so different?
Proto 1:
Proto 2:
If the positive voltage goes through the center spring and post, how does the negative voltage get to the driver on Proto 2 since it’s missing the bigger ring on the driver?
I remember you saying the new battery carriers are now all metal. We’re the early versions plastic on the ends? Is that why the driver needed the extra bigger ring?
The new carriers do seem completely metal on the ends. Do the Proto 2 lights now conduct the negative voltage through the driver hold down ring?