Nichia E17A/E21A Skilhunt H04RC Group Buy

How difficult would it be to get a Lexel Skillhunt Andruil driver in these?

The beauty of these headlamps from large manufacturers is the superior buck driver that is much more efficient and much better at regulating output than the typical FET drivers with Anduril we see in the Emisars, Lumintops, Astrolux, Fireflies lights. Unless Lexel has a buck driver with Anduril.

…that is much more efficient and much better ….
without testing and comparing it is only sugestions :wink:
https://www.reddit.com/r/flashlight/comments/67odrh/driver_efficiency_comparison_fet_linear_and_buck/

Ahhh, gotcha. Probably wouldn’t want an FET driver with these emitters. Pardon the n00b questions. I just like a ramping interface but I’m sure these will have good mode spacing. Does the H04 driver have a good moonlight?

UPDATE 200129: GB Interest list will be closed on 200201, 00:00 GMT +8
Thanks for all the orders guys, I decided to close the interest list soon so I can start making the lights. Looks like waiting for 200pcs order would be too long. For those still undecided, you guys can get it later via my store.

Regards,
Clemence

I personally find the lowest mode (after converted to E21A) to be practically low enough for my dimmest needs. But those cave dwellers might disagree.

[Clemence]

I’m contemplating adding a second H04 with 3000K and 4000k mix. Is that the mix in the pics of the abandoned power plant? If so, it looks incredible!

That’s Ryzbor’s picture not mine. You can ask him.

[Clemence]

If I understand this correctly - he does.

All my photos in that thread are of my 3000K + 40000K (D220) virence.com Wizard Pro. It’s indeed very nice if that is what you are looking for. It’s warm but white is still mostly white, not orange by any means. Most probably due too the fact it’s obviously rosy. The colours are oversaturated due to the high RG, I personally love it but it can be overwhelming sometimes. Browns, reds and yellows “pop”.

Thanks for the effort SKV89. I’ll take the 2000K+4000K to my lend out Tiara to convert people to warm light and rosy tints. The 2000+3000K mix nicely shows the rosiness of the emitter has a bigger impact on the mix than the 1000K difference, knowing the 3000K E21A is quit rosy and the 2000K more neutral.

Your measurements are very valuable, consider putting them in a table like ZozzV6 did with his measurements.

you are right

How do you guys like the UI?

Will the price be the same? I’m away atm and will be unable to pay until next week.

That’s why I don’t really like the 2200K and 2700K versions because their DUV is pretty much 0 meaning they are on the BBL and not rosy like how I want it. I think very negative duv or rosiness is especially important in warm CCT because otherwise things look yellow. With negative DUV, whites still look white to my eyes even if the temp is very low. The 2000k E21A is an exception that I grew to like eventhough it is spot on the DUV. To me it mimics candle light and I only use it during sleep time where I want as little blue light as possible.

I thought about creating a massive compilation table of my flashlight measurements but problem is only very recently I started logging my measurements and the hundreds of flashlights I measured before I never recorded them and I don’t have time to retest them. I also gave away many of my older lights. Also tables are extremely hard to manage on BLF so editing tables as I add more measurements would be a huge pain.

Surprised to see there’s only 2 of us ordering one in the E17A setup :slight_smile:
Looking forward to getting this light. Thanks for setting this GB up Clemence.

Hi Pavlo

Looking forward to see your review on the E17A setup once we received our light ....

deciding on 5000k or 5700k .
any suggestions ?
thanks.

Will gladly post some impressions and pictures!

UI two is more zebralight like right?

I’m going to order a second HO4 but I can’t decide on the tint. Part of me wants to try something whacky like 2000K, 3000K, 4000K, and 5000K and then part of me wants to do 3000K + 4000K since I know that’s gorgeous.

The 2000K + 6500K looks pretty cool too. Maybe 2000K + 5700K?

Man, this is tough!

[Clemence]