Looks great… But I wish it had higher regulated current. I would rather have a 4mm longer light to accomodate 6 more AMC 7135 chips on the cell’s side of the driver, like the FW3A. 750+ lumens vs only 150 lumens regulated current.
Damn. I was done buying flashlights… Spent so much money already lately on lights and trits, but got to have one of these. My smooth green D4 deserves to become a shelf queen.
Nice work Hank, in the lead for best pocket rocket in the market again.
I don’t think it’s quite a deal breaker for me, but it’s certainly a reason to keep using my FW3A. It’s the primary reason I keep using my FW3A instead of my D4, even slightly moreso than the fact it runs Anduril.
On the bright side, with Anduril on the new D4 I should be able to cap the ramp at something reasonable like 300 lumens to limit how much power I fritter away. The new option to make it always switch on at any desired level (such as max regulated) will be really useful too.
Don’t worry, the 3-channel driver is nice but also overrated. Sure it is a nice thought to have it in your light, but the slight efficiency gain you get in medium modes will not be noticable in your runtimes.
I seemed to notice that my FW3A goes for longer at the maximum regulated ~800lm level than my D4 at the same sort of brightness. Is this most likely because I just keep overshooting and ending up with 1000lm+?
Anduril will surely make it a lot easier to know how much output we’re getting. So glad it’s now included on Emisar’s newer flashlights.
Are external dimensions the same?
I think that magnet addition would increase the length (even for those who don’t use it) which would be a small step back…