TK's Emisar D4 review

That looks like the old D4 clip, from before Hank found a better one.

Look at those beautiful D4Ti flashlights. I’m really sad that I missed out on them, but I’m also kinda hoping that Hank doesn’t release a D4V2Ti so I can give my wallet a rest!

yhou’ve just jinxed yourself. Hank will probably release D4v2 Ti in 6 different colors in an hour and you’ll have to buy one of each! :smiling_imp:

XP-L HI 3A, short tube, and I’ll call it the Noisy Cricket. Hand it to muggles in momentary full output mode and watch them get thrown backwards by the recoil.

yes… i was one of the first ones to get the d4, sadly with the old clips as well… hahahaha

My d4 xplhi seems to be only doing 2500 lumens with a 30q. Top of ramp and double clicking gives exact same output. Is there a setting I could have possibly changed where turbo is not 4000+ lumens.

D4V2 or D4? The D4 uses a much simpler firmware and there’s no way to change the top of ramp brightness; it should be exactly the same as turbo. Is your battery fully charged? It will only put out 4000+ on a fully charged battery

how do u know its not putting out close to 4000 lumens, did u measure it or compared to lights in similar lumens range ? if battery fully charged idk… can u try a different ?

Set your ramp ceiling to 21 clicks and try the light again.

Silly mistake. Battery was not fully charged. But after putting a fully charged battery, I still only got 3000 lumens. I’m getting my numbers just based on a ceiling bounce using my new d4v2 as a reference.
If my new d4v2 sst20 is 4200 lumens I got 500 on my meter. And only 350 with the old d4.
Same cell.
This is at start up.

I’m pretty sure higher intensity/candela leads to higher reading with ceiling bounce readings. The SST-20 is throwier/higher candela.

SST-20 w/frosted optic vs XPL HI with clear would be a closer comparison.

Bought my D4 a year ago. Yesterday my pocket clip came out of my pocket in pieces . I don’t use the clip , but it broke just from lying on the couch, must of rolled over on it. Pretty delicate if that is all it takes. I would not rely on it for all that clip the D4 outside the pocket.

Yeah. One of arms broke off.

No, mine is the newer one. It went on super tight and would not even rotate in the groove.

Most of the snap-on clips I have tried on various lights have broken fairly quickly. I must be hard on them, but I do think they’re built too thin. That is why I now use ArmyTek Wizard clips on pretty much everything.

The ArmyTek clips are wider and thicker than any others I’ve tried. That means they do not fit into the grooves designed to hold a clip on anyone else’s lights. However, if you ignore that, they stay in place just fine. And I have not managed to break any of them so far.

is it possible to transfer the internals of the D4V2 to the D4ti? if so how? im thinking about updating my d4 to the new UI. and i want the titanium body.

please make the titanium version for the D4V2…

… or you can just stick the D4V2 head on top of the D4V1’s titanium body and tailcap. You get worse thermal management without the copper head. But on the other hand the light is also a lot lighter than with the copper head.

It also makes for a surprisingly attractive looking light:

yes but id like the copper heatsink also. just the internals. can anyone show us how to disassemble the d4?

Has anyone used these in a d4v2?

Noticed these are the newest 18350 cells out I believe, I purchased two for 6.fidy