TK's Emisar D4 review

Very detailed review! :+1:

Now I’m even more psyched about my Nichia-filled D4 that should arrive on Monday. :smiley:

Damn that green looks good I wasn’t quick enough ended up going for the black Nichia D4 can wait for it to arrive

Thanks for the info. Saved me some money. I’ll wait for mode memory, perhaps unglued board etc.

Very interested in light output of other emitters. Really want to scoop one of these up.

Thanks for the nice review. It’s a nice looking light and all but it is sadly enough not for me :cry: . Without the option of presets, and always starting on low or turbo this light lost much of it’s appeal for me. I need to be able to roughly guess how long I can run the light and with only ramping mode this is impossible. Any reason why the config mode was taken out?

Damn I honestly was looking forward to his light, checking intl-outdoors site and the thread everyday. It’s a pity cause I’ve looking for a quad for some time now. I almost bought the S42 but the nichia version was out of stock when I tried to order it and then the reviews came in before it was in stock again. Then there was the deal for the S41 but I held out because of the D4. A quality build light like this for such a low price. Aaaaaaaah I really hope future version will have the config mode.

LOTS of output, should be tons of fun. I’m really hooked on those 18350 lights. Between these, Astrolux and the BLF A6 I’m hoping some of the parts LEGO. Lord knows I’ve got a few of every part possible. Please some one put the Copper idea in his head. Those pure beautiful Copper heads could really prolong step downs. Great work ToyKeeper I look forward to your improved tinkering.

Green tube and bezel + copper head + unglued boards = I’d buy it NOW!

Top shelf review. Looks very interesting….

I forgot to mention, awesome review!

Thanks for the great review!

This one would be a huge turn off for me, but I will probably end up making my own variant of the FW anyways.

Ps. Was it really Foy? Note the “The” in the “The end”. :innocent:

Thanks for the review! Looks like what the S42 should have been. And the green is realy nice too.

Pffft, whatever. I’d never make a mistake like that!

Or maybe you just wanted to underline the undermine the joke? :smiley:


Thanks for the review
Cute light for sure

Dammit, fuming I missed out on getting the green one. Or any LOL.

Thanks for the review! This is another must-have, despite all the driver-related bashing. Who needs flat regulation when you can have 3,800 lumens instead? :slight_smile:

Just one question… how long does the full ramping take, and can the ramping speed be adjusted?

Thanks for the awesome review :slight_smile: ,
looks hard to beat for the $ right now(ok pretty much impossible to beat!). Only down side for me, would be no level memory and having to ramp up a bit for a usable level(dont use sub lumen levels 99% of time). Still, very tempting…………… :slight_smile:

If it was slightly more moddable(glue), and had access to a # of pre set levels I would buy this instantly. I like this so much I might just get it immediately upon restock anyways. Will be waiting for lumen readings from the XP-L version from whoever is willing to do it. Keep up the good work TK.

I wanna know what this entails.

Thank you very much for the lovely review. I’m ready to order whenever Hanks is ready. :smiley:

But in all honesty, I have the feeling that a fundamental function is missing: press and hold from off leads to last (memory) output. This is like the divine three of a flashlight, especially with an EDC; instant access to lowest, highest and memory from off. Maybe I have overlooked something?

If the ramping is anything like the ramping in the Q8 prototype3, I expect so because both were Tom’s doing, the speed can not be adjusted and it is fast, about 2 seconds. IMO it works so well and intuitive that it is as fast as setting mode levels in non-ramping flashlights.

Thanks for your review :+1: