Any idea if you’ll be getting some 3000K warm white XP-L2 and XHP50.2 emitters in anytime soon? Preferably high CRI. They have some 80+ stuff on digikey I might get to play in the mean time.
Would also love to see a Convoy X3 host. Everyone needs more 26650 lights!
I do have some 3000K and 6500K XHP50.2 on order, but if you want really good color quality from edge-to-edge in almost any reflector then you don't want the XHP50.2 since it exhibits the same green/brown tint shift around the hot spot and fringes that the XP-G3 does.
In other words, if you don't want a donut hole in a smooth reflector, get the XHP50.2, but if you want color uniformity then get the original XHP50.
I'll have to see about the X3 host---that 26650 form factor used to be popular, but I have had a hard time selling them for the past year or so---they slowed way down, like maybe 10% of what they were 2-3 years ago.
Thanks for the reply. I have a 5000k XP-G3 I got from your shop a while back which I’ve never liked, but I think that’s mostly due to tint. I much prefer warm white, <3500k.
I really like the increase in efficiency with the new generation, so I can probably live with the weird tint shifts if it is a good color.
Have an order with you for some 3000k XP-G3 bare emitters to try out to see if they are any better. Really want to try an XP-L2 also so I got the 4000k version you have up as well.
Sad to hear about 26650 lights, I’ve really liked them since I got my L6 and L2, but can’t see you keeping a stock if they don’t sell.
Possibly. Those are a dang good deal, and the H1A is really really close to what I was going to build anyways, but I could never touch that price point. They are even using the same IC, even though they scratched the markings off LOL (TPS61088).
That board improved that way would sound tempting to me too.
Maybe modding those boards up to that better level could be worthwhile business?
When hardware has the markings scratched off, I always wonder, how long will they keep using the good stuff and is it likely that cheaper parts will be substituted eventually, with the same scratch-off obscuring any later change in what’s being used. Or does scratched-off identification mean they’re using some off-spec, seconds/rejects, of course …
Got my JAXMAN E2L host in the mail yesterday. Very nice light! I like the integrated LED shelf like on the bigger convoy lights. Threads are top notch as well.
Do be careful to read the build notes Richard put on his website though. I had to drill out the center hole a bit (I used a #27 drill), and had to file down the noctigon board quite a bit in order to get it to drop in. Once all that was done though the light fits together great. I also bypassed the tail spring with some copper braid.
Unfortunately I forgot I needed thermal paste so will have to get some of that this afternoon before I can power it on.