I thought it was more of a “support your local…” kind of thing.
Should be fairly obvious. If you buy 100 cells and you sell those in a month, you’ve got to have enough profit to cover replacing those as well as something to feed the kiddo. Am I wrong? And if you want to put in a stock of Tofty’s new switch, well there’s more overhead. We all want these things, you need the funds to lay em in stock. No brainer, right? Too many coupons on already low priced discount items and there’s not anything left to put new stock on the shelves after the car needs tires. Ok, so you made a buck profit on those each of those 100 cells, how far does a hundred bucks go? Just sayin…
I like a budget deal as much as the next guy, but I also know I’m gonna want the shop to keep it’s doors open. Don’t know, maybe I’m wrong.
I used to drive 30 miles out of the way (17 miles each way) to buy bullets from the area gunsmith instead of getting them cheaper right here in town. Guess if more people had felt that way, we’d still have an area gunsmith.
I just wanted to give a thumbs up to RMM. Got back to me right away on my inquiry about shipping to Canada and was able to save me some money on shipping. Looking forward to my order arriving.
Ed, I prefer the warmer tints (4C & 5B1) in the XM-L2. You will need a 16mm MCPCB. My personal S2 is running a qlite @ 3.04A with a 5B1 XM-L2 on a 16mm Noctigon MCPCB. This is a warmer tint than most LEDs but not overly so in my opinion. The color rendition is fabulous. You do lose a few lumens with the 5B1 vs. the 4C or 3C but in this type of light I like the 5B1 a lot.
You could always go with the 16mm XP-G2 on Noctigon as well if you want more throw vs. more overall lumens. I also offer some inexpensive XP-G2 emitters on aluminum stars as well but those will do better with a few 7135s removed from the qlite, at around 2A, they are also 1A which is pretty cool unless dedomed. The Noctigon XP-G2 will take 3A just fine.
Hey Ed, watch your back when you place the order… Richard has a mean arm and will hit ya in the back of the head with your package if you’re not careful…he’s FAST!
Thanks, RMM. XPE2 would throw real nice. I’m building a thrower for a non-Flashaholic so want to drive it just hard enough to be real bright but not worry about a novice cooking it. Any suggestions of how many amps to drive it at?
According to Match's testing, I would say that somewhere around 1.8-2.0 amps is the sweet spot. A qlite with 3 chips removed (for 5 total) should give you right around 1.9 amps. Looks like the XP-E2 has a fairly low vF so you should be able to maintain maximum brightness and regulation for a long time even on a single 18650.