NIGHTWATCH Seeker NS22 (XHP50.2/SST40 and SST20): discount code posted in op (XHP70.2 now available too)

Ouch man. I had been really worried about my teeth recently, you see I hadn’t been to a dentist in 13 years and that was to get my wisdom teeth out at 19, I hadn’t had a teeth cleaning in probably closer 15 years so I was super worried and nervous. Turns out I didn’t have a single issue other than really bad calcium build up. Cleaned it all off and they were just as shocked as I was!

Hope it’s going well for you sir.

Thanks

Your a young pup at 32! :laughing: It went well,no pain at all. Last one I had was in 1991. Two at once! My jaw muscles were sore for Two days!

This endodontist and his Two partners[he owns the practice] have done more than 50K root canals!

He is 57 and has climbed 6 out of the 7 highest Mts. in the world,Mt. Everest is the last one left which he is doing this year.

These guys have these cool head lamps,not there exact name,I told him I can get it modified, change up the tint and add some throw so he can blind his patients!! lol!

So, basically put in the SST-20 3000k in your NS22 to the headlamp…

That would actually be very nice. Color rendering would massively improved, along with throw. Would really help.

Sound good,except I would not be the one doing it because I do not know how!! Can not be that hard,i just do not have any experience. Maybe when I retire in 5 years I can learn!

I swapped the switches in my Nightwatch NS02 with the NS22 and I think I like it better. Forward switch is now in the light with a cigar grip and the reverse in the other.

just got mine. Testing run time w/ my 50E.

3000K does NOT say to double cl. for Turbo. Double cl. for strobe?

Mine only seems to have 3 modes!

Details:
1.LED:SST20
Output:1250lm
Beam Intensity:90,000CD
Distance:600m
Modes:L (0.1A)-M (1.5A)-H (3A)-T (5A) double clickes strobe

I think i was wrong about the dbl click.

I am not Totally sure that you are wrong!

Neales directions states “Double click” for strobe for my SST-20 3000K version. First the terminology is incorrect,it is DOUBLE HALF-PRESS.

That is not right,Mine Triple Half presses for strobe.

I put my sunglasses on and went into a dark closet! No,comments!..….I Double half pressed as soon as light went on or in any mode. I tried to determine if it got brighter. It seems like it did but I am not positive. I have no equipment to verify.

Maybe tonight on the trail I will be able to tell.

So,I either got 50 minutes of high w/ ending voltage of 3.66V W/ MY 50E………OR maybe that is turbo and my light is 3 modes[not including strobe]! I do not know!

oh,yeah,This is a FIRST in regards to the UI,A Reverse clicky

The LED changing tints so much fools you. Also, on mine, there seems to be a small surge in current when you change modes. It takes a second or two and settles a full 100lm less. Not sure why that is.

I never had this UI and then to add to the confusion he lists: 4 modes and strobe which on mine is a triple half press NOT double. I seem to have 3 modes[minus strobe] and when I double half press I am NOT sure if it gets brighter! :person_facepalming:

Modes:L (0.1A)-M (1.5A)-H (3A)-T (5A)
double clickes strobe

Maybe I do NOT have L[0.1A]…it seems to me, regardless of tint shift that I would notice 3A[H] Changing to 5A-TURBO.

NIGHTWATCH NS22 W/ 21700 TUBE

COMPARISON

U21vn XPL PDT———NS22 W/21700 Tube——-TX25C2vn DD/Single mode XPG2

Can’t wait to get mine SST20 4k and XHP 50.2 5k —- 3 weeks and still in China I think

The Two corners are burnt,no way that is normal.

It’s normal for this emitter

No bond wires or are they hidden by the burnt look?!

What emitter is in POST #1 Photo of this thread?

Isn’t that a SST20? Or is it SST40 POSSIBLY?

It’s the SST-40.

Check photos here: Luminus SST-20-W 4000 K CRI95 color and output test

Strange UI.

You can toggle between two groups of modes:

Group 1. L-M-H-T + Strobe (2 half press)

Group 2. L-M-H + T (2 half press) or Strobe (3 half press)

To switch from one group to the other one you have to make 4 very fast half press. If they are not fast enough the firmware interprets that it is a mode change, not a group change.

It is a bit difficult because the reverse switch is very hard and the speed must be high.

I noticed that at the first moment my flashlight had four modes and after playing with it there were only three. Try to do it

This is what mine looks like…courtesy of djozz. He states BROKEN BOND WIRES!

OK,SIR,maybe it[SST-20] is copying off of the Oslon Black flat w/ the missing corners!

The difference is,the SST-20 looks burnt and the Oslon does NOT.

wolfdog I know you like to be super dramatic but the light stops working when the bond wires are broken. The “burnt” look is just how all of these emitters look. Maukka’s review looked the same.

In fact, you can barely see the bond wires in this picture because of the dome.

Here is the bond wires from his review: