TK's Emisar D4V2 review

Thats unfortunate. I am going to order one but am waiting to see feedback on how the 3/4000k sst20 leds perform.

Could be I am unlucky, but this is not the tint I am used to.

Maybe a Lee minus green filter can save me. Don’t want to reflow this aux led mcpcb.

BTW. I absolutely LOVE that you can fix the single click mode level now.

What? Yes its yellow but I find the tint to be excellent. Not as nice as a more rosy warm Cree LED but the higher CRI makes it much better for me. And you really have to directly compare it to notice the difference in tint. Unlike the red color objects that really pops-up with the better CRI.
It goes very well with the ‘’chinese golden dragon’’ body color.

I have the same LEDs in the D4S and there is more yellow while the D4v2 is more orange with much less green tint. (maybe its from the AR coating or a different tint bin)

To my eyes the green tint is just barely noticeable, even on a white wall. Unless you directly compare them.

This light is almost perfect and its fun to play with the different modes and multicolor LEDs.

I directly compare it to other 3000k sst20’s in tir optics. And these have way less rosiness. If you have good 3000k sst20 there is a decent amount of rosiness, almost like 7a xpl hi. The sst20s from kaidomain for instance look much better than these.

Oh no that’s not good to hear. I have the D4S with SST-20 3000K and it is not as rosy as the SST-20 3000K from Kaidomain and Nightwatch NS22 but it wasn’t super yellow.

I just bought a D4v2 and asked Hank to give me a mixed tint 2x3000K + 2x4000K to achieve a more rosy tint. Maybe I should have just went with full 4x4000K since I read the 4000K tint is on the rosy side.

Good to hear that the SST-20 3000K is more rosy in the D4v2 compared to the D4S. Then it should be pretty similar to the Kaidomain ones.

I have a 2700K SSt20 (below BBL line) from Kaidomain in a brass Lumintop IYP365 and I don’t find it rosy but far more orange with no green, its more pleasing and relaxing to the eyes but the light is even warmer so less ‘’bright’’ to use during daytime.

Its really nitpicking (also we don’t see colors the same way because we have different eyes). I like all of them unless its ugly cool white LEDs. :smiley:

I think the difference is only from the optic. A more flood light will be smoother and warmer.

If your sst-20s seem green, try it without the glass lens. Without it my D4S is much less green

I know I am a real tintsnob, but these don’t come close to the kaidomain LEDs.

Hopefully mine are just at the yellow side of the colour bin. Curious how you guys will find the tint when you receive it.

Just tried, still green.

Assuming Hank is using the same LEDs for building flashlight that he is also selling for parts, its the exact same LED. HB4 tint.

https://intl-outdoor.com/luminus-sst20-bare-led-p-936.html
Kaidomain 3000k LED

You should really try the 2700k version. If you want blue there is a 7500k version!

Yes I have a non ar-coated glass but I don’t even bother to replace it. The D4S is a bigger D4 meant for outdoor use, you can’t even notice the green on grass. :smiley:

I have them both in front of me. The kaidomain is rosy, the other is yellow with a bit of green. Can’t imagine they are the same led.

You sly dog! I never would have thought it possible to receive such a request.

I didn’t expect him to just say OK so easily too considering such customization adds to work and confusion during assembly. Let’s see if I actually get what I requested.

I ordered a D4S from Hank that way earlier this year and it arrived exactly as requested.

Hi i noticed 6 ramp stages when holding the button. can someone tell me how many lumens each step? thanks

I’d also be interested to know this. I’ve already changed my ramp config, but it’s still useful info.

Unrelated, let’s have a look inside the D4V2’s head:

hi . how did you change yours?

Can you still get the old D4? Because I really don’t like Anduril. I really hate it on my FW3A but I am too lazy to buy stuff necessary to flash it. I also don’t like aux light in there. Serves 0 purpose for my needs, adds to production cost, weight and provides an unnecessary point of failure. Should really be optional.

I welcome all the other changes though, good job there.