Might be making more of those soon, its hard to comprehend how bright this light really is, and yes it gets hot really fast… but its still usable, on high mode its really more for shock and awe (or blinding a whole group of people :D), but on medium and low its still ok, on medium its still on par with many other lights on their highest mode (800+ lumens), even on low, its STILL bright enough to light up the whole area in front of you to allow walking (due to its insane flood)
Also, i really like the tint on it, neutral white (for reference look at the beehive photo), although its not hcri but its tint is still nicer to look at, I carry this along with me on a daily basis
@Old-Lumens - Hmm dunno but maybe if i can get another sk98 can try taking sandpaper and making a diy frosted aspheric
@FlashPilot - You could, but i wouldn’t recommend it as it seriously heats up to the point you can’t even hold it without burning yourself, this thing is HOT
@GottaZoom - Hmm will try taking some comparison beamshots tonight at my warehouse if i have the time
@Illuminaria - Yeah and it burns like one too, shine it too near a wall at high mode and you’ll blind yourself
@cat eyes - I got it from one of those aliexpress sellers, but i think his store was closed due to too many fraud cases, mine actually came after 2 months (the first time was because it got held up at customs, or so they say), the sk98 i receive didn’t even match the one that was posted, his photo had a sharp bezel, mine is slightly curved, which looks nicer imo and the build quality is surprisingly not bad… i’m still looking for a good sk98 supplier though, will be flying to china in jan to personally buy up all the LEDs, drivers and hosts
@Bort - Hmm will take alook there… but seems to have a few SH98 and SK98s, whats the actual difference between them?
@cateyes - hmm even if the pill isn’t solid i read somewhere you could take a copper wire and coil it up until it becomes a copper “coin” so that it fills up the “hole” in the middle
Anyone knows if its possible to include multiple switches in a driver? (eg, one for power and one for mode change) It will also be able to momentary light with that switch
Of course it is possible, but you need a custom driver/firmware. Ask drJones he is smart in this kind of things…
But it is hard to mod your ios driver.
Oh it doesn’t have to be this particular iOS driver, even a standard single cell 3a driver will do too, might want to try a triple xpg/nichia with triple tir optics too
i have no clue, i just saw them, in the reviews or comments for the sk98 theres a link to two more lights, i saw them yesterday but i’m not planning on buying any of them so i didn’t look into them in any detail
I guess the problem would be there’s no way to guarantee the light you’ll receive is the one you one, since they’re all so similar… then you also have cases of hollow pills… missing screws… scratches and cracks even before you switch on the light… lottery?