The Acebeam K60 is rated at 124 kcd, so looks like this L6 is a smaller head (K60 is 88 mm head diameter), running at lower amps (estimated output of 3500 vs. 5000), so I'm thinking it will be in the 45-60 kcd range or so - expected for a non-thrower emitter.
If the head diam is close or closer to the K60 though, kcd goes up, and tweaking up amps would help. Gotta go big for throw with these monster multi-dye LED's, but I could see keeping the head small for carry. Love the side switch though .
Any chance of talking Simon into also offering a XHP-50 ‘semi’ “Thrower” version of this light too?
I probably have somewhat larger hands than most men, but find the 3x/4x parallel lights to be quite a handful, so I really do like the slimmer hand profile of the 26650 tube. - I have the Acebeam K40M, and the Olight SR52-UT, and they both seem a little “Fat” to me
Regardless of which emitter is in the new Convoy L6, (XHP…50/70), it looks inevitable that I will be a Buyer!
Actually when this thing started I was pushing for an XHP50 or MT-G2 but Simon decided to go big. I respect that but I do like the idea of an XHP50 option. Probably a bit less heat and a bit more throw right? Knowing the specs on the driver would it just be as simple as an emitter swap with a different centering ring? I’m not going to bug him much before this thing hits the store but if it’s that simple I could see that as a possible emitter option. Can someone chime in about the emitter swap using all the same components otherwise?
The beam does tend to look a little tighter with a 50 vs 70 because of less spill, but surface brightness of the dies is actually about the same so, to a lux meter there would probly not be much change.
As for the heat. Yes, it would save on heat IF the drive current was reduced. If the drive current remains the same the 50 will run hotter. Case in point I tried this with my copper P60 bulbs. At the 6-7 amp level the 50 got hot much faster and produced less light.
The main advantage of a 50 vs 70 is cost per emitter, and ease of mating with existing reflectors and mcpcbs.
I built a JAX x6 hunter with a XHP50 driven 4A and wasn’t impressed with the output, doesn’t seem like a major improvement over my YEZL Y3 MT-G2 2.4A, so I agree going big is the only way
It’s me again. The head and reflector size of the L6 was brought up in the L2 thread and I got a response from Simon so I figure I should post it here too.
The L6 head diameter is 72mm and the reflector diameter is 65.48mm
Keepin ya awake, that’s all, making sure you’re crossing your t’s and dotting your i’s and minding your p’s and q’s. (you DO know don’t you that minding your p’s and q’s comes from bartending in the old days in Europe? You have to take good care of your pints and quarts, bottoms up!)
A pint sounds great right now but I think I’ll have to settle for going to bed. Keep on spewing your alphabet soup Dale! You could get there tonight pretty easily. How about a couple poems off the top of your head?
Here? :bigsmile: You know I want the slightly bigger (L6) smooth reflectors please!! Small emitter hole will work for me too! I like fitting them to the die of the XHP70. Since I want (2) L6’s, I’ll need (4) smooth reflectors. Thanks “J” :bigsmile:
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