I didn’t like it compared to the Carclo … it had a more visibly defined hot spot that had half ring artifacts around the spill… the Carclo has a smoother flood beam (depending on what type of LED used like dome vs de-domed) none to very little defined hot spot, better smoother flood spill the farther out the beam is shown, specially in the bigger heads like the X5, Convoy M1 and Surefire 6P… the Carclo in the FW3A was a smooth flood but gave a square beam profile, because the head is so small…and I had to turn the optic down so much to fit it…Carclo Quads don’t work real well in the FW3 size head…but the flood is smoother…
Does anyone know if the MCPCB it comes with works with both 6V and 12V? I want to use it in the Thrunite T1 which is confirmed to be 12V. There’s no option to choose 6V or 12V on the order page.
I have the CF 17 in a mini-mag mod and it has been working well thus far.
It definitely uses PWM on Low and Med that I can detect if I vigorously swing the light back and forth but it’s not noticeable (to me) in normal use.
On 1x14500 it continues to have all 3-modes (each brighter than when using 2xAA) but I normally run 2xNiMH so I can’t say about longterm. On the plus side it’ll even run on 1xAA!
“Has anyone used this driver? How bad is the PWM?”
I have used that driver. I am pretty happy with it. The mode spacing is not ideal in my opinion. Low is about where I would like medium to be. You also have to wait a painfully long time before turning the light back on in order to avoid advancing to the next mode. The PWM is audible to me but I have pretty good ears so I’m not sure how noticeable it would be to most people. It is pretty noisy to me though. I don’t “see” it though. I have run it a fair bit on an 18350 and single Cr123s and had no issues thus far. I did not run it long on a single AA but I did some when outside of a host for testing the modes. It seemed to run great on it. For the price I am happy with it and don’t mind living with its quirks.
Edit: Sorry I don’t know how to do the usual in-text quotation.
KD, I see that you’re offering dedomed XHP50.2 emitters…but just a single tint.
I would be interested in a dedomed variant of XHP50.2 6V/12V 3000K CRI80 J2.
I have a few of this varrant and I have never noticed the pwm. But I dont think there the exact driver in your link.
This should be using the PAM2803 boost ic. If the battery voltage is over the vf of the led it runs direct drive with the current running through the inductor, FB resistor and diode. They are all in series tied to a Fet which is tied to the led. The mcu controls the Fet for modes. All these components in the leds path has some resistance not just the FB resisitor. So it is limited in current in direct drive. I have never had one stop working with both battery types but if you wanted to add a little more assurance you could change the FB resistor to a little higher value. Pic looks like a R120, for insurance you could change it to R150 or more.
Oh! I once tested the SK68 boost driver I speak above and it didn't feature any low voltage warning for li-ion cells, and while the above driver isn't the same this likely means it will run 14500s dry unless precise care is taken or protected cells are used.
Need to add negative experiance with KD. Last 2 orders came with missing (several) items and after sending several emails, even PMing BanL, all i’ve got (every time) “What’s the problem”. And now happend with 3rd order also.
FFS, level of not giving F...K is amazing.
that being said, do not order more than several items at once.
I just got in one of the E6 P60 hosts. It is very well build, feels good in the hand and parts fit very well. I do have one complaint with it… The battery tube is a whisker to long, unprotected flat top cells do not work well or depending on the cell do not work at all. I could maybe add a longer spring to the tailcap, but the spring on the dropin is already really long. KD uses some really long springs on dropins.
This is not a huge problem as most P60’s do not draw tons of current, but for me I have very few cells that are long enough. So, I need to find longer cells… suggestions for either a good protected cell or for a longer 18650?
