Mine was sent on December 14th, so 14 days ago. It can take up to two more weeks, I want to receive it now! xD
So, if driver's hole is 22mm, the driver for the SST-50 doesn't fit correctly, but maybe it can be adapted... we'll see then, I'm waiting for both items.
How does it compare with the Sky Ray STL-V2? which has higher lux readings?
sorry, don't have one. this is the only light i have in this style/class.
I think you'll be able to use a wider driver - the pill screws into the head but the collar that joins tail and head has space around the pill (so driver could be wider than pill if the circuit still fits in the pill's hole).
A 1" copper coupling will fit over the pill and inside the collar. It isn't a tight fit to either but it will be once I get some copper sheet or foil :)
driver - as you can see it is soldered to a brass collar in the pill, otherwise I'd pop it out so you could see the other side...
I took it at an angle so that you could see the little gap between the pill and collar
here it is again w/ the collar removed. the little hole at 9 o'clock must be to aid in removing the driver
and one more to show how the pill sits in the collar. I'm holding the pill slightly higher than where it actually sits or you wouldn't see the gap.
if you put a 1" copper coupling around the pill there is a gap, and there is also a gap between the coupling and the collar. I forget which gap is larger - one was 0.012 and the other 0.022. It should be very easy to use copper sheet to fill both gaps.
There's really no need to do it though. After thoroughly greasing all the threads and doing a 20 minute tailstand run on high the whole light is nearly the same temperature - very warm - (by feel...didn't bother w/ temp probe). Even the tailcap...
Finally arrived. Hmmm, very budget feeling, a lot of failure (dents) outside on the anodized layer, very dusty lens and reflector, no memory function(??wft), little off center emitter.
Measured 1.38A at the tailcap, but it depends on the multimeter and the leads, with thinner leads I got 1.6A.
after a little modification on the driver, now the tailcap current jumped from 1.38A to 1.9A, with thin leads from 1.6A to 2.2A. The led current is somewhere 3.8A.
I got a solid 50000cd. I tried with higher current (2.2A with thick leads), and got above 53kcd, but the brightness sag was so strong, and I didn't want to overstress the driver and the led, so I reverted to the lower 1.9A.
I tried it without the poor glass lens, and reached 55000cd. Something wrong with this lens.
edit:
Okay, I found a lens with almost the same diameter, which is far better than the original, and finally, the best value was 53000cd @1m (measured from 3.17m). That is enough for me.
As I see, the most important part of the circuit the power mosfet, which drives the led. This is a "40n03" mosfet, and its rated current is 4A continuous and 16A pulsed. The other power component is a 4.7uH coil,
and conclude from its size, its rated current above 5A. So if you don't want too much from the driver, it can be modify.
Try to find a webshop. Better if you order resistors with difference values, for example 0.1, 0.22, 0.33, 0.56 0.82ohm etc., you can fine tune the driver with these.
thanks, I'll find a US one, to hopefully save on shipping. A big kit would be great, so I don't mess around ordering $1 parts every time I need one...
your beamshots show why I can't use this light around my house (tight suburban homes). Inside 30 yards (backyard), novices would think the xeno e03 is brighter. But shine it down the street 4 houses away and people inside turn their lights on to see wtf is going on
Do you have any other lights in this class to compare it too? I don't...so I'm just curious what your opinion is. I'm not too into this kind of light...but they're cool enough that if there is a better (budget) one, I'll get it eventually.
Today arrived mine, feels cheap, seems to throw well (tested with daylight, comparing with my throwers)
LED is too blueish/purple, but I don't care in this case, for me color is OK.
I haven't measured anything yet because I'm waiting for the SST-50 driver to arrive, ad then I'll see if mod, or change the driver, depending of the current at the LED.