nice to see this crazy thing exists now
this light is sooo useless (for me) and huge, that i want it so much!!
btw, i recommend to compare it with Maxtoch Shooter 2x
i`ve tested about dozen of throwers, no one could outperform it.
guys from fonarevka bought it after my russian review and wrote it performed better than olight 3x javelot
Well I plan on zoom my camera on the castle tower 820m away and compare the sample with the current king of throw TN42 (should be little throwier then the Shooter 2x)
There really is no comparison. I've modded a couple early Shooter 2X's, maybe got about 360 kcd (1200m) - think that's the rating of the dedomed XM-L2 U4 version. At 1.1 Mcd and in sheer size, no comparison.
Damn bro thanks for the beamshots. I was looking at maxtoch shooter xml2 u4 dedome… no step down for 70 minutes at 4.5 amp… do you think sst40 dedome would throw better in this light??
Talking about things happening here is a run time chart with the BLF GT proto Narsil running two amps at the end of ramping.
This particular GT also has spring bypasses on the battery carrier.
The runs were stopped when the low voltage kicked in for the first time.
This chart is a comparison running the BLF GT on high, the original Narsil at 2.5 amps and the proto Narsil at 2 amps. Both runs were with 30Q batteries.
Also remember that those runtime tests are with the short tube 4 cell version, 45 mins from 4 cells before even dropping out of regulation! That is properly good.
So expect about double that from a long tube with a full 8 cells.
About 1.5 hours of full powered runtime and another ~1.5 hours before it hits LVP.
I managed to get some lumen readings off my light with some creative hand holding (literally, I had to hold a smaller C8 reflector over the LED as the normal one is too big for the sphere, sadly I ripped off a good hunk of silicone while doing this but the LED seems to still be good, I don’t recommend others doing this unless you are willing to replace the LED).
Unsurprisingly it put out over 2600 lumens on turbo @ ~10 seconds before the reflector shifted and I stopped the test.
This was done with 8 laptop pulls, which I have been using since after the first day in this light with no complaints at all except that the springs have a bit more resistance then is ideal but this is being fixed before production.
A similar one is available from a USA seller for $15.34. It does not have the pocket on the outside but it looks to be made a little better and has a brand name with a year warranty.:
The China one is 130 mm thick outer dimension, and the GT is 134 mm in diameter at the head, so, they'll be some bulging I guess?
The US one is 160 mm outer, so even there, but bulge depending on padding width in front and back. Think'n bout the US one... Maybe. Nice to be able to backpack a tripod, a GT, and even camera gear maybe.