I re-did my wiring for current measurement and got now results from 7.0A up to 7.7A, which might be nearer the real value. [I'm still not sure about the wiring.. It might still restrict the current a bit?]
Holding the wires and operating camera at the same time isn't easy, but here's some kind of proof of the measurement:
And as I was at it, I thought that I would measure the beam intensity at the same time (@4m, calculated back to 1m):
DRY NW Turbo 20.1kcd
King NW High 22.7kcd, Low 2.7kcd
xed888: The pictures you added above don't show up to anyone, who's not logged in to taschenlampen-forum.de.
Added the following to the review:
Ceiling bounce figures for a five minute run indoors, ambient temperature 24 degrees Celsius (DRY Turbo vs. King High):
After the five minute run the DRY was "almost too hot to touch". King was only "hot", significantly cooler than DRY.
Amazing! How´s that possible? 8)
Driver-efficiency or just plain raw bulk on cooling?
between this and dr jones, sounding like driver, and maybe even cell? efficiency
I was wondering why I couldn't see his images
Nice graph :)
Part of DRY's sag may by battery related though, it's direct drive, whereas I think I've seen an image of the KING's driver which has coils, so I guess it uses three buck drivers and thus is regulated.
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With that 4th cell, it's going to have more staying power. IIRC, each LED has it's own driver too.
updated the pic links. sorry about no mouse overs. no idea how to do that
i'll do it for ya..mouse off for Dry..on for king..
Seems like the King is the New King
The King is Dead
Long live the King
vice versa?
Unless the guy posted it wrong, i made sure i copied it properly.
it does look like the dry is still brighter.
yeah the Dry is easily brighter in those pictures..maybe he posted it wrong?
there shouldn't be that big of a difference between the two as posted in the pictures..the pictures look like the king on high and then on low lol..
UPDATE: the DRY in those pics were modded to 6.5A. LOL!
ahhhhh haha love it..
It those pics are posted correctly than the DRY is easily brighter. Modded to 6.5A? I hope that really is a joke 
Will that even realistically make a noticeable difference? Sure seems like a waste based on the XM-L chart and the law of diminishing return is replaced by the law of negative return, haha.
I meant the mouse over pics were opposite of the post above them, but now they're not. i checked like 3 times before i posted.. it must have been my browser
The KING is brighter. Period :D
My King NW is a bit brighter than my DRY NW, when using the cells I used, in the temperature I tested them etc.
The bottom line is that both of them are bright.
After that it's more about personal preferences:
- Side vs. Tail clicky? [Side]
- Gold vs. Black? [Hmm.. It's not really gold, something between gold & bronze, and it's different -> Gold]
- Body design? [King, for sure!]
- Electric vs. Mechanical switch? [Electric is fine]
- Do you need the med mode? [Well.. I can live without it]
- Does double-click to off bother you? [Less than going through all the modes in DRY to see that it was really left on Turbo]
- Do you need the additional runtime provided by fourth cell in King? [Not really, but it doesn't harm either]
So, right now, my choice would be the King. But DRY is not bad either, so I simply love having them both!