The SST-40 already does that amount of lumens with significantly more throw than the XHP70.2 would have so that would be rather pointless.
I’m guessing 3800-4200 lumen, which again is kinda pointless unless you want a larger hotspot in my opinion since the 3v XHP50.2 can reach the same output with the original driver and will have more throw due to being a smaller emitter.
Actually that’s true. I needed to cut my spending in the fall and haven’t bought a light since then. Honestly….it was really hard initially. Still quite hard for like half year. Now….it’s OK. I learned not to desire mediocre lights. Or even OK lights. And ones that may be excelent but don’t match my needs well.
Actually since fall there was not a single must-have light release for me. F.e. I haven’t bought FW3A and I don’t miss it. I believe it’s great but for every of my uses I have a better light already.
This one….is not a must-have either. But I rarely use my Haikelite MT07S because it weighs too much. This should be able to produce a reasonably close beam with much smaller weight and still good enough thermals. And my financial constraints are going to get looser soon.
Still - feasibility depends on UI, unless it’s good I won’t buy.
And on performace - it surely will underdrive the LED somewhat but how much? If too much I won’t buy.
Fried egg beam somewhat worries me as well though. If it delivers both of above point I’ll still need to think whether this light is great enough.