You may not be understanding the specs here. Samasung 30Q are rated at 15A max safe continuous. They can definitely pull more than 15A in shorter durations. I’ve measured my Astrolux S43S to pull 19A from a 30Q. 20-22A is not a problem as long as you don’t pull that for like 10 or 15 minutes. At that level it tends to get above the rated safe temperature of 75°C before fully discharging. A 15A load is where it can drain all the way down and still not exceed the max rated temperature. This is why 15A is rated as “max continuous”.
Thanks for the comparison Brymboman22, previous comparisons in other flashlight had the SST40 slighty edging the 90.2 in throw.
There is no reason your 30q should max out at 15A unless their internal resistance is higher than typical, the 15A figure is just the safe continuous discharge rate. (EDIT: oops didn’t see this was already adressed by JasonWW)
I wonder if they beefed up the current path for the 90.2 version.
Really? The SST-40 measures about 900 meters, I think, and the SBT-90.2 version is rated 1400 meters. Has anyone measured the throw on this SBT-90.2 version?
Thats interesting, I am going to do some more tests this evening weather permitting, from a more elevated position, which should allow me to better judge the throw.
I’ll try the reflector and lens swap at the same time, and I’ll be taking my old camcorder to see if I can get some beam shots.
At how many seconds did you measure it? The first 2-3 seconds are 10% brighter. Also the earlier batches of the SST40 FT03 had no AR coating.
Something didn’t seem right to me as well. The beam is only about 10% smaller than my NI40. For some reason it’s still about 70% more intense which doesn’t make sense since the beam is very close in size. I also noticed that the beam is more green/yellow compared to the NI40. Not sure if this is caused by the batch of LEDs or reflector.
That’s a Dedomed SST40, not stock. It’s still interesting that it was outthrowing the SBT90.2 though. KawiBoy1428 got 16.5% more cd from the SBT90.2 compared to a dedomed SST40 in his FT03 (Same reflector).
I was one of the first to place a pre-order for the first batch. I got a shipment notice on 1/10/20. Banggood never updated the order to include a tracking number. So yesterday, 1/20/20, I contacted them via chat. I was told that the order was returned to them due to logistical issues; whatever that means. They said that an email was sent to me about the delivery issues. But I never received it.
They said they would resend it and send a shipment notice whenever that occurs. FLAKY!!!
I also was one of the first #12 I believe. They emailed me this morning stating they have no inventory of the ft03 and they could not re deliver the light and wanted to give me a refund.
I just took at look at the lenses noticed the AR on FT03S is super dark purple~ compared to regular FT03 I had on hand the hot spot wasn’t as apparent for size variation compared to your photo when switching the reflector though swapping the lens the FT03S seems clearer.
Thanks Martin for catching it! I hope Astrolux can make a set of the FT03 SST-40 reflector and lens so we can replace the inferior ones that came with the FT03S. I’m still waiting for my FT03S scheduled to arrive 02/01/20