My previous experience with very yellow NW lights has put me off from them. I have come to find 5700K is okay (xhp70.2 and xpl).
I put a Nichia 219C D280 80+ CRI 5000K behind a 60Ā° pebbled TIR in a headlamp and really like it. Except for the lower output. For headlamp use I need good color rendition. I sometimes have to identify wire colors in automotive use where CW is not the best choice. I might try a SAMSUNG LH351D 4000K 90CRI LED in a headlamp. I donāt think Iāll loose much output and maybe get even better color rendition? I hope itās not yellow! Lol
Also, I guess Iām lucky I donāt notice PWM. :partying_face:
I have yet to find anyone on BLF with my particular preferences.
About the FW3A, mostly just waiting still. I hear Lumintop wants to adjust a part by half a millimeter, and needs Fritz to update the CAD modelā¦ so kinda just waiting on that.
My problem is that I donāt know anyone selling this led on a mcpcb. I can buy the led from MTN E and the mcpcb from led4power, but I canāt put them together (reflow). Do you know of anyone selling this combo?
Arrow sells 5000K 90 CRI. They donāt sell it on an MCPCB though. It does work on XP/219 size MCPCBs.
Iām not sure what to suggest other than learning to reflow. It does not take a great deal of skill or special equipment. Hereās a demo of reflow with a lighter. If youāre concerned about breaking stuff, Arrow has cheap LH351Bs and you can test for functionality using a lithium button cell and a couple wires.
Hum, despite I get your point, and despite trusting the team, I guess we may be talking about modding this before the FW3A is completed/ out for sale/ delivered.
Even this is my specific case, and even if I donāt know how it will look with the XPL or the LH351 emitters, I am sure (well, 95% at least) that I will probably mod it with Luxeon V emitters just because I love how they make the beams look!!
Brainstorming about modding is something that may even help the FW3A Team to get some nice things on the final version of the flashlight, be it UI, look, internals, emittersā¦
And, again, being a fan of this project despite delays and all the stuff involved, I trust, appreciate and thank the work done and to be done! :+1:
Of course people are talking about modding it on BLF, whether it exists yet or not. Thatās what we do here.
And given that itās a FET triple with Carclo 105xx optics, thereās sufficient information to predict the results of most potential mods. Iām sure Iāll be modding more than one of mine because Iām sure I want one with SST-20s, and there will probably be more emitters that interest me.