Has anyone done some rough runtime tests for lowest moonlight mode?
What are people thinking it would get? Days, weeks, Zebralight runtimes?
EDIT: I also wanted to add that I posted a while back because I received one with a mis-soldered head spring.
Kudos to Neal and co. for taking care of me. I received a new head that works great!
I’m trying to my head around the SST-20 option. Is the only advantage color rendition, but at the expense of green tint at low levels? I know it will run hotter, not be as bright, and it probably won’t throw farther because it’s not as bright (all vs Cree).
Same here, I got one because it was cheaper & I am planning on changing emitters. I hope I am surprised & will like it, but the things you mentioned make that very unlikely in this light.
Color rendition between a Medium CRI HP-L HI & a Higher CRI SST-20 just does not mean that much to me.
To many trade offs for little or no gain ’to me’. ymmv
Results between the emitters should be the same as for the Emisar D4.
Basically, only SST-20 70 CRI 5000K throws farther.
SST-20 95 CRI 4000K, like that used in the FW3A, is dimmer. Expect the same throw as XPL HI. The light should be high CRI with beautiful R9 (reds really pop), but produces noticeably less light and more heat.
A CRI of 70 is 6 times as much color error as CRI of 95, and the 3D option is reportedly greener than expected. These are also a less green tint bin of SST-20 than most of us have used before. I don’t think you’re giving up much with SST-20 vs. XP-L HI - just a little efficiency in exchange for a huge increase in color vividness and accuracy.
I think I’m waiting for the FW3T and other colors before I buy more though.
Well…. okay, but by that logic a CRI of 95 has an infinite amount of color error compared to an incandescent light (CRI 100).
But in real-world use…?
I like high CRI too. But, it doesn’t seem like a huge improvement over a typical Cree neutral white. Definitely a big improvement over crappy cool white, though.