I just wanted to say real quick that i received my two dropins on saturday. i havent gotten a lot of time to play with them nor do i have a lot of time to write a review but ill say at first glance, these are top notch. For the price these are being offered at they are a steal. ill be back with a review later.
Thanks Bob you are correct the Manafont, DX and KD XM-L drop ins all have a multicolored corona. My drop ins have a even colored smooth beam all the way across. I should have parts to do another batch of XM-L 1Ds next week and some XP-G 3Ds also if anyone is interested.
Here is a beam shot of my drop ins except for the far right one is an SB Romisen RC C3 .
far left----------1A-------------------------1D-------------------------------3D------------------------5C
I actually just ordered the parts to start doing the driver programming. I haven't written any code since I graduated college in 99, but I am looking forward to playing around with Tidos code as soon as my parts arrive.
Received a 1A tint drop-in yesterday and couldn't be happier.
I also promised E1320 I'd give my impressions sooo...
As mentioned previously the usual spectrum shift across the spill is not present & even the 1A tint does not display any blue or green in the beam.
Very good build quality...everything is solid with good soldering & the emitter is well centered.
Definitely brighter than a Thrunite 1.5A XM-L P60 and from the eyeball test it's in the same ball park with a 2.5A SST-50. It might be a bit brighter but would need to meter it to be certain. I've been a bit late to the harder driven XM-L party so those are the closest drop-ins I have to compare it to.
E1320 also knocked off a few bucks because of a slight blemish on the dome which is completely unnoticeable in the beam itself.
All in all a very good product at a fantastic price from a great guy to work with.
On the multimeter the number looks much more impressive otherwise there is no perceivable difference in light output. I had some extra 7135 chips so I figured WTH continuous improvement.
I just want to update everyone still interested in these drop ins. I have received my programming materials and I will be offering custom mode configuration. If you are interested in a custom mode drop in send me a PM and I can try to get it to work for you. I also can stack chips to have say 3.5 amps max on high with a super moon low, the possibilities are very interesting to say the least. I am also going to do a batch of XPG R4 in 3D tint.
Since I got my new soldering iron I have successfully added chips to a couple drivers. I just made a 10 chip 3.5 amper for oldbobk. If I can just get my programming to work so I can add a super low mode I will have my ideal driver 5 mode no strobes or flashies super low evenly stepped all the way to a 3.8 amp high.
I really like how you added the chip straddling the bottom two that is a very good idea.
I should probably buy that 16 mode driver so I can copy the file, I have successfully copied the driver programs it's loading them that is giving me fits right now.