I had forgot all about TKās Tom Tom post, I was back focused on the light again. Then Tom brings it up and now itās topical again. I think he shot hiself in the foot by bringing it up.
Iāve been thinking on that too, I would like to get some Luxeon V 4000K into it!
Recently, I started thinking about the possibility to add a tritium vial in the tail cap, but that may be dependent on the thickness of the metal (to dig a place for the trit)
I would have liked some LH351*B* but they donāt like direct driveā¦
So itāll be SST20, maybe Iāll try a 3000K + 4000K + 5000K mix to see how it goes.
Maybe Orange LEDs if itās there for Halloween
Iāll configure Anduril to discrete ramping, floor level 1, ceiling level 130 (max 8 x 7135), and 7 steps. This puts max 1 x 7135 at step 4.
Iāve been using discrete ramping with my ROT66 and I think I prefer it this way. Of course, if I need more options, it only takes three clicks to go back to smooth ramping.
If I have the free time, Iāll do a 3-way comparison to decide what emitter choice I like best:
The ease of modding will depend on whether Lumintop glue it together, as was their intention.
Please not, at least for the BLF run.
Has that been kiboshed yet ?
Lower Vf leds donāt concern me, actually my preference for overall efficiency and consistency of output, in linear mode. This has X1 and X7 7135 banks (I think), which is enough to sustain more than enough output for my needs, and as much as something this size can reasonably sustain, thermally.
Actually this driver (DELās ISTR) is a key attraction, together with the lack of bling stuff (e.g lighted up this that and the other).
I see the FET as a novelty feature, of little practical use, for me, for a few seconds. But fun.
As a compact, factory triple, with an attractive driver and firmware, at a price which I would exceed just trying to cobble together e.g. an S2 myself, I still want one.
The tail e-switch keeps it short, but adds a lot of complexity and potential for future problems. Time will tell. At least it is in the right place, tail, not side. It also makes it interesting.
Efficiency is in opposition to consistency of output with linear drivers. That is to say, consistency of output is provided by lower Vf, but using a linear driver with a large difference between LED Vf and battery voltage results in more energy wasted by the driver.
Not really. Keep in mind that they were only considering using glue on the tail cap. So the only mods it might effect are removing the clip and bypassing/replacing the tail spring.
All the more likely mods, swapping emmiters, lenses, etcā¦ are not effected.
How much of an effect does bypassing the tail spring actually have? I know PFlexPRO swears by it (claiming ā200 lumensā worth of reduced resistance), but if it was actually such a major difference maker, wouldnāt it be more of a standard feature rather than something only seen in mods?