So, out of curiosity I noticed a fair amount of people on r/flashlight have been mentioning getting shipping notice for the lights going out as early as the 30th of November as well as receiving the light in the mail. It maybe my paranoia but I also placed an order once the K1 dropped on hank’s site and my order and payment has been confirmed almost 12 days ago by paypal….
Am I just overthinking things or have I been overlooked or missed in the shipping of the light ?
90 CRI XHP50Bs are precious? Arrow has them in single quantities (for some CCTs). Arrow doesn’t have free shipping with no minimum anymore, but if you need $50 worth of stuff….
I have lots of lights with linear drivers. They work fine, but they contribute a lot of heat, which has a significant impact on sustainable output for a lot of the smaller EDC lights they’re used in. The K1, with its large surface area, thermal mass, and battery compared to say, an FW3A is not a terrible application for a linear driver… I’m just tired of them.
I’ve observed that with some lights as well, but Zebralight seems to do it well with one test seeing 319 days for an H600Fd III on its lowest mode and another still going with an SC62w at 339 days. I’m not expert enough on the subject to know why others fall short, but low modes aren’t a priority for me for a thrower. If Noctigon made a boost driver EDC light, on the other hand…. Maybe I shouldn’t have skipped that Wuben TO50R HC group buy.
What CCT is it? Did you measure the tint? Very interested in such an emitter. :laughing:
I ordered my K1 in black with W1 on November 29, 2019 03:29:04 EST. It is still processing on my account. I do not know when will mine ship out, but on Hank’s site said ship before December 15th.
For a subjective impression, I have a 90 CRI XHP50B in 5000K in an Armytek Wizard Pro. The honeycomb TIR means it doesn’t have the usual tint shift issues, and otherwise the tint looks a lot like a 5000K LH351D (slightly green, but not bad).
Mine shipped on the 7th of December
I want whatever is the throw-iest version… White flat 1 I suppose
Aww man. I was hoping for a miracle rosy hi cri emitter. Sigh they are so hard to come by. The XHP50.2 4000K in my Olight H2R Pro was one of the nicest, rosiest 5D emitters I’ve ever seen and it measures 77CRI and a –0.005 DUV. A subsequent H2R Pro I bought had disgustingly green tint. I would like to know how Olight procured the original batch of XHP50.2 as I would love to buy a bunch of those emitters.
Are you looking for the Nichia 144A?
I’ve only just found this thread. Terrific review on another fine light from Hank. Thanks TK. 
Ordered K1, W1, Dark Grey, Dec 2.
Received shipping email from Hank, Dec 6.
Tracking shows the package really was shipped Dec 6, unlike so many Aliexpress vendors, or Banggood, or Gearbest……
buck/buck-boost please
My interest is much different from most of the comments above. I see no point in taking an excellent thrower and negating the strong points with emitters that generate a wider hotspot and more illumination off axis. I don’t have it yet, but I bought the W1 version and expect it to do exactly what I want.
And yes, I do have a practical use for this light — I boat at night and want a light to identify markers in the water at long distances without adversely affecting my night vision by lighting up the white bow of the boat. This is the perfect light for this purpose — good price point and small form factor! The ability to charge the battery without removing is helpful if I need a quick charge while at the helm.
Would I like it in a warmer tint? Sure, but not at the expense of a tight beam and long throw.
FWIW, ordered K1 W1 in dark gray on 12/1 and do not have a shipping notice yet.
Spill is very soft, I have several lights with White Flats in lesser sized reflectors and spill is among the least obtrusive of any light I own. (all 250+ of em!) Should work great for you Hollybrook.
Lights are supposed to ship by Dec 15th as I understand it from the site, I ordered on the 29th and of course it hasn’t shipped yet. Looking forward to it. 
Dale…maybe try some aspheric… 
Have several aspheric lensed lights. 
Also have a laser MaxToch.
And a build I will attack sooner or later will use a 200mm aspheric.
I know you do.
Hollybrook, in case you don’t know, aspheric lights produce no spill at all.
I placed the same order, dark grey, W1 Nov. 30th. My Shipping confirmation came today Dec. 10th. They aren’t sent out in order unfortunately.
Sorry Agro, brain dead today. Our temps dropped over 40 degrees from yesterday to today, it was 83 yesterday afternoon and barely 40 now! Kills me…
I also hate cool white throwers for the same reason (visible backscatter). Regarding SST-20, I don’t mind the narrower hotspot - in turn, I will get my first high CRI dedicated thrower :partying_face:
I already made an order without any hesitation. I would deeply prefer 3500K of SST-20 (GXX is the nicest tint range for thrower usage), but I found myself choosing 4000K eventually.