That’s true. But from my previous research on the Lumintop SD4A, the Amazon seller “AONIRO J” is the only seller that I’ve found that actually advertises the XM-L2 as neutral white. In fact, I posted a question asking for the tint color temperature, because the color temperature was not previously in the product title. I wanted to make sure that “neutral white” was for real. He replied with 4000-4500K, and changed the title.
I ordered the SD4A and Lumintop Tool from AONIRO J, so I can confirm they really are neutral white. But I asked the question about the XM-L2 tint because no one else advertised the SD4A XM-L2 as neutral white, and I didn’t want the OP’s review to mistakenly claim that ALL SD4A XM-L2s are neutral white unless he was sure.
Thanks for the information. Perhaps you can provide one more piece of info — Lumintop is not real clear on what’s required for the SD4A to take a 18650 or 26650 cell. Is the battery chamber long enough, and all that’s required is an appropriate diameter adapter?
Many Thanks for all the hard work you put into writing this review.
Nicely done, I liked your User Interface diagrams.
Much appreciated.
Mine was paid for, but my order was eventually cancelled by the seller after a Month or so, as claimed out of stock!
I wish Lumintop were more clear as to if / where we can buy an extension to take longer cells, or whether their website information was a cut & paste mistake from the previous SD10 model description?
Nice looking light ! I wander if they kept the same electronic.., because couple of years ago, I bought 3 of SD10 series for its versatility , good to have in the house something that can run on all types of batteries ! Unfortunately, ALL 3 of them stopped working with type D batteries (1.5 volts) , during an outage...
One is no longer working on any type of batteries , Li-ion or alkaline , and two are working only with the provided bat. holder (4.5 V) , or with Li-ion !
I manage to open the dead one and inside seemed to be an dc-dc convertor and two drivers . I suspect that the dc-dc convertor is for powering the other 2 drivers from 1.5 volts (D cell). Testing it on the bench proved that the dc-dc convertor was no longer working , and the microprocesor for PWM and a capacitor were in short circuit.I can guess that this dc-dc convertor started to work to a higher voltage that leaded to the failure...
I do hope that what happen to mine was just bad luck.., time will tell !
I like Lumintop lights ( I do have 2 hunter T5 that works flawless...) , but SD10 was not the best of their product...
OK this is weird. I can get a Tenergy Centura NiMH D to work, but a AA Eneloop in an Eneloop D spacer will not work, nor will either Energizer or Rayovac alkaline Ds. It couldn’t be battery length since the Tenergy cells are the shortest out of all four.
Thanks for the review Dan-hilo89. Interesting that the Lumintop SD4A may run on a D battery! I like that it has temperature regulation, moonlight, and a LED switch battery indicator.
I tried (to revive an old thread) to use a 32650 and it worked. I charged the battery and put it Back in, But now it won’t work. Shoshine d-cell nimh, Duracell alkaline and 4 aa’s still work. 32650 is longer then the aa carrier & d-cells