Me too! I don’t even have any 18350s yet but I’m going to order some ASAP from RMM so that I have them ready when my shorty tubes get here. The new L2 is also just around the corner. Simon said he’s just working out the details with the gift box (probably similar to the S2+ box) and then the L2 will be in the store too. I need more time to make more money to buy more flashlights… Wow… that’s twisted. At least I’m here among a bunch of like-minded freaks! H)
Nice!! So what to bug Simon about next? OD Green or Tan S2+?
If you’re looking for 18350s I personally recommend the purple efest, I’m getting 6.7A in a triple XP-L setup with Fet+1 driver… Only 2 amps short of the 25R.
Never seen a tint that color, that orange warm really, I’m going to say its the camera/picture/monitor distorting it? C8 looks like something in the 5A range in the picture too. Its really hard to show someone color of a beam. I’d guess you got a T4-7C by description, just because its a warmer option that he offers, if your colors are very off as I’ve said. If they are on target…no idea…
I bought a Blue S2+ XM-L2 T6 4C 8x7135 flashlight. Beamshot:
S2+ 4C (High) on the left, BLF A6 3D (High 2) on the right
I’d charactize my S2+ beam as slightly more “golden” than “yellow”. Really, it is my favorite beam out of my collection of mostly cool-tinted flashlights.
Not yet but I asked him about them when I replied to his email with the pictures. The last he told me about that was trying to work out the details to have them manufactured properly.
Does he know about the short tubes people are trying to get made for the EE A6 and X6? Those, I think, should have the same threads and be legoable. Once they get them right.
> what to bug Simon about next?
Harder color coating. Not complaining, I knew these aren’t getting real hard anodizing, and am not surprised that my frequently carried red S2+ has started to lose the red coating at wear points after a few months. But I’m curious if a harder color surface would be possible.
I believe Simon said it was type II but I’d have to confirm. I do remember him saying the type III (as Halo pointed out) made the colors too dark and they were having problems getting color consistency between the body and the tail with type III. I don’t have a date yet from Simon and when the short tubes will be available for sale but I’ll pass it along when I have it.
I was so pleased with my first Blue Convoy S2+ with a 4C tint bin and driven by 7135*8 (2800mA), that I decided to pick up a second. I contacted Simon via AliExpress PM and asked him if the 15% sales deal with free ePacket shipping was still on. He said yes, the deal is still on!
I placed my second order just now. This time, I went with the stock drivers (1050mA). I figure I should get about half the lumen output. I’m willing to sacrifice the higher highs in order to get lower lows. And I’m praying that the tint comes out the same as my first Blue S2+.
BTW, the fit and finish details on my first Blue S2+ were great, absolutely perfect to my eye.
Yeah Simon takes good care of us with deals. I’m with you 100% on the 4C tint. Love the way the colors pop at night with that golden glow. I thought it might be too warm but I have two now directly from Simon and I’m definitely a fan.
Thanks for the info Halo.
How about just 1x7135, 4C and 5%low, 30%med and 100% high? Would you know approx how many lumens will these settings provide? Might be near enough to what I want.