Looking for a very throwy budget light

Not the XHP70 ver

currently on banggood for 31USD with these 3 SST40-W options:
Cool White 6500K
Neutral White 5000K
Neutral White 5700K

Which would you recommend?

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SST40 5000K or 5700K

XHP50.2 is an ugly beam with a yellow spot

The XHP50.2 looks far brighter in that picture. any reason other than the yellow spot to go for the sst40?
For 5 dollars more you seem to get double the lumen. that seems like a good deal to me.

I just bought the XHP50.2 version 5700k on a flashdeal on banggood. i hope it suits me, thanks a lot for all the helpful replies

the FT03 is the best budget thrower atm… hard to beat either emitter…

Also, are there any mods that people have done to for instance turn the Emisar D4 into a thrower by slapping a lens on it or something along those lines?
i myself 3D printed a light diffuser for my d4 under which i can slide coloured plastic films to adjust the colour tone. i was wondering if people have done the same but with lenses instead of diffusers.

Not small lights. Only 1 I heard of was the blf gt with huge lens.

If you have timr. I would wait for the emisar d1s v2. That’s probably going to be the next thrower hype.

I thought about that, but decided to buy the FT03 XPH50.2 as size wasnt really a consideration as i dont want a thrower as an EDC, and the shape of throwers in general seems uncomfortable to EDC, so i dont really see the value in such a small thrower. though i must admit its beamshots look very impressive for its size.

Hi Petelele

What’s the budget? (I have a GT for sale)
Otherwise the FT03 is bang for buck, cant beat that, should be available for 32$ or so.

Remember the SST40 will outthrow the XHP50, which gives more flood.

My best budget thrower is c8+ with flat white led. Pretty incredible throw. I have all the parts to make another one. So if you are interested i can make you one for the money I have in it. Im also in Nl. Dus stuur me een PM als je interesse hebt;)

I own both. Love them both.

The sst-40 has a tighter beam and therefore more throw.

The xhp50.2 has a floodier type beam with a wider hotspot and therefore less throw. Both are extremely impressive for the features they have such as usb c charging and their price point.

But as far as the tight throwy beam pattern you described, the sst-40 version would give you that.

I had assumed the difference would be near nothing since the XHP has twice the lumen, the website i saw said the sst40 had 50m more throw, so i went for the brighter one. on the subject of throw, how is throw distance calculated? what does it mean when a flashlight has xxx amount of throw? id like to see the definition of it somewhere but i cant find it.

Emisar D1S

You might wanna search on BLF for calculating throw

Thanks for the offer, but i already got the FT03, which i think better suits my needs.

C8’s are nice, Idk if mine go 700meters though, if that’s what you mean

C8 from mtnelectronics or a lot of people like shenzhen convoy. I have some I got off ebay probably fake emitters now still not bad.

That’s a nice pocket thrower