I donât think thatâs a black switch bezel. I think the switch retaining ring simply hadnât been put in yet. Thatâs how the D4 looks with the ring removed.
One picture shows the blue model with a switch retaining ring, the other picture shows it without.
The X80 has a beam pattern of about 1.1 cd / lm. Itâs basically a âmuleâ. The D4 XP-L HI does about 4.7 cd / lm, which puts it at the floody end of general-purpose lights but still quite a bit more throwy than a mule.
In general, if a light has a low enough cd / lm value, it doesnât really matter what its rated throw number says. The bright foreground area will make anything at a distance hard to see. The X80 is only for illuminating at a short distance, for pretty much the same reasons as a light bulb.
Similarly, if a light has a high enough cd / lm value, it doesnât really matter how many lumens it makes. It wonât be useful for up-close tasks, for the same reasons as a laser. The light needs to be spread across a wide area for up-close work, instead of just a small point.
The X80 is effectively a portable 25,000 lumen light bulb. Itâs not quite as floody as a traditional 360-degree bulb, but itâs very close to many 180-degree âdownlightsâ.
Just checked my new d1 with vtc6 at 4.19v and got 1600 lumens and 51kcd, with aspire 18350 it got 1480 lumens and 48 kcd . I checked tailcap amps and got 6.02 amps.