Review: ShiningBeam Romisen RC-G2 III vs. DX Romisen RC-G2

Thanks for the comparison , ezarc .

I wish I had an RC-G2 with a neutral XML2 that would take a 14500 . From what I hear , the clicky won't take the amperage .

Beamshots are up.

I also made some extra ones here including the T10 for kreisler and anyone else is interested.

Same pics as above just with the T10 added.

Pic 1 Focused at the 2nd box

Pic 2 Focused at the tree in the background

This type of review is very helpful…keep ‘em comin’.

Great review! Thanks for the effort :beer: .

I too have a grey RC-G2 III and love it. US shipping was around 2.35 for me so was an inexpensive, quality light and Shiningbeam ships faaast!

Awesome beamshots, thanks so much!!

Animated PNG?? haha.. didnt know that this is possible.

I think that i like the T10 beam better..

And how would you describe the tints of the 3 torches? :)

Nice comparison, helps evaluation!

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone.

@ kreisler, I would say the T10 has a purple tint, the RC-G2 a blue tint and the RC-G2 III a cream tint.

If you are just using 1 out doors its not very noticeable but if you are comparing them on a white wall its very noticeable.

With the beams the RC-G2 had about the same hotspot intensity and throw as the RC-G2 III but the hotspot of the RC-G2 III was twice as big.

The T10 wasn’t any match in throw but it was a lot floodier and would still light up a average back yard easily.

Very well done and greatly appreciated!

Thanks, Ezarc. That was really great. Buying Moddified Romisens from Bryan/Shiningbeam is what actually turned me on to just how great so called budget lights can be and pretty much put a stop to my paying for expensive Surefires. However, I’ve always been curious about how different the SB Romisens were from their more common counterparts so I found this review very intriguing. Thanks again.

thanks for the review, I didn’t even know that an XP-G version of the RC-G2 was available. Interesting change with the pill design, although I prefer the screw in type for more efficient heat transfer. The beam shots pretty much match what I see with my RC-G2 and RC-G2 modded with a Nichia 219 - hot spot intensity is similar, but the hotspot is twice as large with the Nichia. I found the flood much more useful too.

If you have the opportunity, could you take a macro shot of the reflector in the XP-G version please? I’m trying to figure out where the LED should sit with respect to the base of the reflector, as the Nichia sits much lower than the XR-E did. I’m getting a NW XP-E2 and Fasttech 5 mode driver soon, which should probably split the difference beam wise. The 3 mode driver from Shiningbeam looks really nice too, I might have to pull the trigger on that at some point.

These Romisens really are lovely little lights :slight_smile:

The XP-G the pill screws in to the reflector, the reflector screws in to the head and the head screws on to the body. I think the heat management is good and it hardly even gets warm.

I’ll try and take a close up of the reflector but I only have a phone camera, the reflector is also different for the XP-G version because it has a smaller LED. My phone doesn’t want to upload pics at the moment but Ill see if I can work around it some how.

Nice review! I only wish DX made a HAIII version of the light

Looks like some fluff/dust on my emitter.

awesome, thanks for the photo! Looks like I’ll have to turn down the edge of my reflector so that the head can sit slightly lower on the body.

I don’t doubt that the heatsinking is fine on the XP-G version, I just prefer a more direct path between the LED and the air. Adding thermal compound to the junction between pill and body on my modded light has noticeably allowed it to warm up after being on for 30min or so, compared to the untouched original. The extra 50-60mA the Nichia is drawing might have something to do with it too, though 150mW of heat isn’t a whole lot.

I did not know that was possible either. I learned something new today :slight_smile:

Cool comparison, ezarc.

Mind checking on the diameter of the driver in the RC-G2 III? Thanks.

Never knew either that there was a XPG-version of the RC-G2. The picture even shows that it has a dedicated XPG-reflector as well (smaller hole than the XRE-version, fitting tight around the led). The XPG2-version will be on my list .

The beamshots with the mouse-over are the best I have ever seen, tight camerawork!

It appears to be just over 14.5mm but under 15mm, I measured the start of the inner ring then after realized its not part of the driver so I marked the picture. Still thats measured from the inside of the inner ring so 14mm is probably right for the driver.

I bought 2 of these and might put one in it.

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Also when inspecting the fluff/dust on the emitter I realized its a light scratch on the dome, probably my fault.

Thanks a lot. Every time I come on here I see one more light I can’t live without :smiley:

Thanks very much! Frontpage’d and Sticky’d.