As someone who is expecting a H602w in the mail tomorrow, this makes me happy to hear. Will I be happy with it? My ArmyTek Tiara had such an underwhelming output.
I have all 4 in my posession now, waiting for the snow to clear, so i can make beamshots. Also a nw skilhunt h02 is on the way, and if it arrives soon enough, i’ll include it in.
You should love the H602w. Its my favorite headlight in its production form. The tint is very good. Not quite as good as the 5a2 or nichia 219, in my opinion, but very close. Unfortunately its not very mod friendly. That’s where the skilhunt and jetbeam headlights really shine.
I have both CH10 and HC20. CH10 says 460 lumen warm white and HC20 800 lumen cool white. But, actually in brightness i do not see too much difference. And with dimming mode i always prefer CH10. And one more thing i discovered. A thin plastic having same funtion with “frozen glass”, i mean not very transperant, makes your hc20 or ch10 very floody light. Beam angle becomes 160-170 degree. And no need to stick it to the lens. Just try to cut with similar diameter with the lens and there is enough space in front of lens to squeeze the opaque plastik film.
Ohhhh…. I’m very interested in this. To provide a little spec data to the conversation, below is a table comparing the “highlights” of each model (I added in the Zebralight SC600 mkII and the Crelant CH10 out of my own interest). Models are sorted according to cost and all data is manufacturer provided. If there’s a category you’d like me to add, please let me know.
So far, the JetBeam HC20 seems to be the best “bang for the buck.” The HC20 ($28) is second only to the Crelant CH10 ($25) in price. The HC20 also comes with a 2400mAH 18650 battery (which would run you another $10). From the specs, I like that it has a rather simple mode setting (3 modes: 800, 260, 15). Unfortunately the head lamp has thermal protection built in, so it steps down from 1.8A down to 1A after about 2 minutes of run time on the high mode (800 lumens). In other words, the posted 4 hours of run time on the high mode is not continuous run time. From the review posted below, the user only got about 2-2.5 hours of use on high mode (that’s using the JetBeam supplied 2400mAH battery) following the step down.
You can find a great review of the HC20 on this forum from Sirius 9 (click here).