Agro
(Agro)
April 12, 2018, 5:27am
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beam0:
The brightness difference is minimal, NW has better color rendering; go outside and beam a CW light into some green trees, shrubbery or other green vegetation, then shine a NW at the same objects, you’ll immediately see the difference and what I mean.
Colour temperature and rendering are unrelated. Virence offers 6500k LED with CRI 9080.
Nicolaas
(Nicolaas)
April 12, 2018, 7:42am
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beam0:
beam0:
Nicolaas:
Hmmmmm…………Thrunite getting on the “1*26650+XHP35 HI+USB charging port - Wuben/Astrolux/Manker/etc” bandwagon?
I wouldn’t call that light either a thrower or a Catapult. At best a baby catapult.
Just look at the size comparison with the Cata V5, different league altogether.
They should have given it another name.
It looks nice but, no thank you.
Grtz
Nico
Not a thrower?
This out throws the V5:
V5……105400cd………649 meters
V6……140650cd………750 meters
—> My cata V5 (changed led only for XP-LK HI V3 3C - great tint) does 184.000Cd.
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Also which model of Astrolux is 1*26650+XHP35 HI?
—> Not sure, have to look it up. maybe I was wrong there……in which case sorry,
Catapult V2 SST-50, from 2010? Out of production now I believe, I don’t think you can buy those anymore. Yours sounds great though.
—> Nope, was the V2 XML series. BLF DD (FET) driver and dedomed XM L2 U……2 I think.
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Nicolaas:
And no, you’re right, neither of these lights have a XHP50 HI. So what?
My M2X does 1200Lumen and my Catapult V2 1550. Why need a XHP50?
I just don’t see the point of having an XHP50 HI in a small light with only one battery.
I guess you mean XHP35 HI?
—> Yes, that is what I meant
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Nicolaas:
If you want a small light, with one battery, that throws out a good amount of light and has good throw, use any
decent one-cell thrower, give it (near) direct drive and put a dedomed or shaved SST40 in it.
It will beat any one-cell light with an XHP50 HI (XHP35 HI)
I’ll have to look into SST40. Do they make it de-domed or would I need to shave it myself? Also do they make it in a good NW tint? (I prefer)
—> The SST40 exist only in 6500K and 7500K versions, so quite cool.
MTM sells them on Noctigon boards and you can order them shaved ($5 plus per led).
This will lower the Kelvins a bit, but it will not go NW. Very even tint tho, like with Cree’s HI series leds.
Is SST40 a very tight beam? I’m not looking for a pencil beam thrower, I’d like some spill with decent long range (700m plus)
—> The SST40 has roughly the same die size as XM-L2 and/or XP-L HI so spot will be roughly same size. Not as pencil as with dedomed XP G2 or smaller.
Here’s what I’d like:
Single cell
Side switch
NW tint
Has some spill - not pencil beam
Decent long range (700m plus)
What do you recommend? (off the shelf, without modding)
Here’s the one’s I’m considering:
Catapault V6
Utorch UT02
Emisar D1S
Maeerxu M8
—> considering your wishes I would recommend the Cata V6, although I’m not sure if Thrunite makes them NW of the shelf…… byut apart from that it has everything
you want and Olight quality in my opinion is still one of the best around.
Cheers
Nico
maukka
(maukka)
April 12, 2018, 9:02am
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In theory yes, but it is immediately apparent which one brings out the greens better when you compare CRI70 6500K and 4000K emitters in a similar thrower. Add a bit of moisture and the gap widens.
netprince
(netprince)
April 12, 2018, 1:53pm
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I can go either way for throwers. I understand warmer tints are better for seeing what your pointing the light at… but sometimes its fun to have a light saber with a bright white beam.
beam0
(beam0)
April 13, 2018, 2:01am
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Subject continued in a new thread to prevent hijacking: Color rendering definition, does CCT play a role?
Riku
(RT--)
April 28, 2018, 3:57pm
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I can now see a neutral white option in the dropdown menu!
But nothing for Europe.
beam0
(beam0)
April 29, 2018, 9:13am
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Thanks RT— That’s awesome!
beam0
(beam0)
April 29, 2018, 9:14am
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I know the pineapple knurling keeps in style with the previous Catapults, but I really wish this had the same grippy knurling of the TC20.
amaretto
(amaretto)
April 30, 2018, 1:39pm
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Some measurements and beamshots, if you are interested. It’s the cool white version.
hIKARInoob
(hIKARInoob)
April 30, 2018, 11:27am
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Thanks! :+1:
Nice review and very nice beam shots! I love the comparison with the V2 where the battery tubes are about the same in diameter.
beam0
(beam0)
April 30, 2018, 1:23pm
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sp5it:
Terrible tint shift
Were you referring to the white wall beamshot? I don’t notice any terrible shift I couldn’t live with in the outdoor shots.
I didn’t try to translate but I assume that’s the CW version.
beam0
(beam0)
April 30, 2018, 1:25pm
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Yes thanks for posting!
The outdoor beamshot comparison (GIF) photos in that review are awesome! (and most helpful!) The Thrunite blows away all the other lights .
Its larger reflector provides a much wider beam than UT01 and all the others, but with comparable throw… and even better throw than most of them.
And the CW tint is not bad at all, looks MUCH warmer/nicer than the Manker, Haikelite, Nitecore and Olight!
Newlumen
(Newlumen)
April 30, 2018, 1:56pm
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Maybe we might get shipping notice for the thrunite v6 today.
Geuzzz
(Geuzzz)
April 30, 2018, 2:23pm
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Thnx for sharing! Off topic: gotta love that D1s beam.
Great light for size and price.
Nicolaas
(Nicolaas)
April 30, 2018, 6:13pm
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Agree.
Tested with around 185.000Cd. Not bad on one (big) cell and with a 50mm reflector.
But……too small for my hands and my liking.
I go for the Amutorch.
Grtz
Nico
So basically this light is a convoy l2 with a e switch?
If the price came down a lot maybe in a year or two I might get one.
180k throw is nice, my old xpg2 c8 hits around 170k.
Need to send off my sliced sst40 and see what numbers it’s hitting in my convoy l2