Emisar D18 introduction

Any option with other leds? Nichia 219c or XP-L?

What battery configuration is used?

Its gorgeous Hank.

looks like no aux leds? and how come 3*18650 and not 4 ? wouldnt 20700 or 21700 been better to use for better runtimes? looks like a fun sodacan light tho and nice design the sand color really looks cool Hank :slight_smile:

RIP wallet.

This can’t be less than 100 bucks right?

I’m glad I don’t have to keep this to myself any more. :slight_smile:

This light is really bright. Like, really really bright. I can’t even measure it properly, because it’s way more lumens than I have equipment for. It’s like a Noctigon Meteor M43 but a bit smaller, a lot brighter, and with a smooth/stepped ramping UI.

Just so I have an idea, how many BLF Q8s does it equate to?

almost 3 or so, since it does around 5500+ or something on high drain batteries.

A lot of recent high-CRI emitter don’t come in 4500K. I don’t know why. They go up to 4000K, and they go above 5000K, but they have nothing between. If I recall correctly, this is the case for SST-20, LH351D, and 219C. And if I recall correctly, SST-20 doesn’t even have high CRI above 4000K.

However, there are still ways to get 4500K. With so many emitters, it would be a great light for some tint mixing. Put in a mix of 4000K and 5000K emitters, and the tint should be a nicer color temperature which also has a slighly more pink bias.

It could be arranged like this, for example: 9x4000K, 9x5000K

Or to make things look even nicer, it could use all four emitter tints: 3x3000K, 6x4000K, 6x5000K, 3x6500K

This would probably make a very nice-looking ~4700K beam with vivid color rendering, as long as the emitters have the same Vf.

As for me, this is the optimal configuration:
3x18650
18xXP-L HI 3A
Without AUX led
Black
100 $ hmmm

:open_mouth:
I need to try it! I NEED TO TRY IT!

Basically we wanted to keep the size and weight as small as possible with lots of LEDs, without compromising too much, because always a large mass and volume of a host can be better for LED liefespan and actual turbo power, however there is also a limit into jacket pocketability if a light is too big and heavy, so wanted that aspect to be quite ok.
Glad you like it.

The XP-L HI’s are expensive compared to SST-20’s, 18 XP-L HI’s at around $5.00- $6.00 bucks street price.

Very nice, pricing?
Thank you

nice. Was asking myself today what I should get for my birthday…

Will this be a bit lighter than a BLF Q8? I hope so… body is 4-6 mm thinner, this is good :slight_smile:
And will it be flat or button top?

can we hope for a screw-hole for tripods?

Wow, it looks AWESOME :heart_eyes:

Will it have flashing VIAs like the D4S ?

What driver does this use? Is it an FET+1 like the other emisar lights?

First big lumen light I’ve been interested in in some time :slight_smile:

This is a question I am very interested to hear the answer to. The flashing vias were actually the reason I bought the D4S, as I really wanted an Anduril flashlight. It was a fantastic idea to include such a feature in the driver!

I’m assuming the D18 will by default be running the same firmware as the D4S?

We have a ROT66 killer over here. Without lightened switch, aux led, charging ports and other gimmicks.

3*18650 format is comfortable even for holding the light for long.

I hope you make a 21700 D4 or D4S once.

CCT mixing will result in a better tint, but figuring out how to do it in this light gives me a headache :stuck_out_tongue:

Does it have D4 UI V2, V3 or Anduril?

That’s a rather odd place for a lanyard hole since the hand will be placed over it. And it looks sharp.

@Hank, the 3000K and 4000K SST-20’s you have in stock are binned above the BBL thus the tint of them isn’t super appealing. The 3500K version BlueSwordM sells is binned below the BBL (GA3 tint bin). Can you make a D18 with them after sending these leds to you? Or maybe you are willing so source them. Or selling a D18 without leds and with an adequate lower price.