Nice review, could you please tell me how you did the nice graphs? Do you have an automated setup somehow that takes values and plots them into a table/graph? thanks.
Wow, this seems like a very well rounded flashlight!
I’d adjust mode spacing a bit and maybe add some more modes but this is still decent.
At 184μΑ a 4000mAh battery fully charged would drain itself in 2.48 years. Or 3.37% per month
A few Qs, do the different temp emitters have the same lumen outputs, is the lens AR coated and anyone know if my old King Kong 4000mAh 26650s will be able to fuel this beast?
O-rings come with the light. I’m using the Shockli IMR26650 5500mAh battery however and it’s bright. Very happy with the light even in mode spacing. My only gripe is that turbo cuts out at too low a temperature. With its mass the light is just starting to feel warm when turbo cuts off. It took several turbo resets to get it warm. Some resets only a second long.
Regarding the output vs light’s temperature, in theory colder temperatures produce more lumen.
With that being said, I would suggest to leave the output hunting game aside and pick the a tint that you like, cause nothing can beat a tint that’s pleasant to your eyes
As said, the ultra thick o-rings arrived with the flashlight!
Even in a floody light if the output is high enough you’ll have way more blowback/backscatter from a cooler temp. I see beamshot vids all the time where you can’t see what they’re aiming the light at, at all. :weary:
You can never have too many lumens, if you wash out one situation then you an find another where you don’t have enough. That said lights have modes for this reason.
It’s a thermal sensor set so low that it trips in about 30-45 seconds. Light barely feels warm when it steps down. Repeated turbo clicks after that last 1-3 seconds.
I don’t mean the output is too high, but rather that the cooler the temp the more light scatters in the air and the more the beam is visible… which wrecks eye adaptation and obscures whatever you’re pointing the beam at.
I wonder if anyone has tried to put some thermal pads on top of the driver to dissipate the excess heat.
That way the Turbo runtime should be increased.
I might try to purchase some pads online and see if things improve (they should).
I just ran it partially with the electronics outside the host. The driver slightly heated up then kicked in the drop. I believe she is just programmed too low on temp kick in. I don’t have any on hand but a big dab of thermal doping will probably help. In or out, kick in is about the same time