DST Monster thrower test for the Quad-DST project *UPDATE:* - BEAM SHOTS

Maybe i should have did this test with my 25R Samsung cells in the BTU, (i was using regular 18650 cells at the time of that photo shoot) i know the BTU does out throw the SR90 as i used them in other tests, just in this pic it seems to be more equal. Do you remember if you dedomed the three XM-L2s in this one or left the domes on? (when i received it it still has domes on the XM-L2s.

I had more but have been giving them away as gifts. People love em! :bigsmile:

These might be perfect for a 6 headed dedomed XHP70 build.

That was my original plan was to build a 6 or 8 head monster, but could not find enough of them.

That would be a large light, but certainly manageable. :smiley: Its not too late to search ebay. I was going to collect more DST’s but can hold off until you acquire what you need. Either 3… or 6 or more heads would probably provide the best beam pattern. If you look carefully at beam shots/youtube vids from all the 4 headed XM lights, there is always a hole in the center beam, presumably becasue the reflectors arent close enough together and they lack a center reflector. The “hole” seems more apparent at longer ranges, which I think would be even more frustrating. As an afterthought, you might want to tape 4 DST’s together, power them up with C cells and take them outdoors for a quick test. Even better would be to fit them with dedomed XP-G2’s first then do your focus trick with each. Perhaps the tight concentration of photons will eliminate the problem, but my guess is that you’ll still see the dreaded black hole. If anything, the DST’s should perform really well with those dedomed emitters using the stock driver, so no efforts would have been wasted if you decide to can the project… or wait to buy more DST’s.

Comparing the Olight Marauder (one center emitter surrounded by 5 emitters, all in separate, evenly spaced reflectors) versus the Supbeam X60 (one center emitter surrounded by 4 emitters, all sharing a well constructed, deep dished reflector), the Maurader has a superior beam pattern that resembles something produced by a single emitter. The X60 has an odd looking flower shaped beam pattern.

The Maurader is basically 6 emitters mounted to a massive CPU style heat sink, which is what drew my interest to your DTS thread. I modded my Maurader with XP-L V6’s and am very pleased with the results, but cant help but think about a mega thrower of the same design principles.

Olight X6 Maurader:

X60:

I have already searched many times, but no luck. (as i live in Canada i have to use Ebay.ca but nobly has been selling them on the Canadian version lately, and many who are selling the DST lights on ebay.com won’t ship to Canada.

Yikes - definitely de-domed, mod thread here: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/27054. This should have been the exact light, hope so?

Ouch. ( i sent you a Private message)

While this is a completely different monster, have you seen this ? At nearly a million cd, this has my attention, but I havent found a reasonable host yet to fit Ledils large Seanna. 3 or 4 of these cobbled together in an aluminum box would be quite formidable.

i did see that :slight_smile: and replied to it.

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