I'm a lot more interested in a new LED than I will ever be in a new bin. It may have its drawbacks, but until you get the light in your hands, who's to know?
No idea , but I have been using this driver for almost 2 years now , very versatile , Ive used it on everything , Cree XR-E , Diamond Dragons , SSC P4 , Luxeon K2 TFFC , XP-E , XP-G , MC-E , SSC P7 ..
I'm thinking they will be a lot like MC-E's or P7's, just without the donut hole. Lots of flood and short battery life in a P60. If you want any throw you will need a bigger reflector and two 18650's powering it.
The latest on the CPF group buy was that Cutter would release 20mm stars first, followed soon by 14mm boards. So I'm hoping to build a XM-L P60 before Christmas, maybe with a custom-programmed UI.
Solarforce FlashlightI got lots of email inquiry about the XM-L based dropins~i have read the spec of this led ~
Surely, this MUST be included in our upcoming projects~
If i got any news for this XM-L led~ NO matter, we will make it as a P60 size dropin, turbo head or a Larger size flashlight like Masterpeice or L1000
I will updated all of you here the soonest i can~^^
I was thinking more of the simplicity and reversibility of the mod if unsuccessful. I do have a not very well performing MC-E dropin from DX that can only do 4.2V and only does 270 lumens at best. An XM-L in that would have to be better with about the same life of a bit under an hour from an 18650. If that works out then I'll probably transplant the LED into my Aurora AK-P7 which does about 430 lumens but will be more fiddly to swap the LED.
I'll just get an empty drop-in and KD's version of the 2.8A Shiningbeam driver. Might even try a smooth reflector, though there's no way a generic drop-in is going to be optimized for this LED. Any good multi-mode 2.8A buck drivers? I have a 2x18650 host looking for a drop-in.
Actual shipment of emitters [ officially ] 23Dec ... So ..... Also ATM cutter has 20mm bases , but no 14mm [ so I was told ] ...
Want to play , looks like 2011 ... Unless the North Koreans lose the plot , and WW3 starts ... Wont that be fun , its been a good 50 years since a world class conflict ...
South Korea will beg the US for nukes to use as a deterrent, Japan will probably also consider nuclear deterrence. China do not want more nukes in the region so they will put pressure on NK if they need to, but only if they need to. And I guess NK are doing this because they want more aid or because their new leader to be wants to establish his power or something...
BTW, the XM-L is now added to the brightness reference list over at dx. Enjoy : )
Not enough the HKP delays, now "Korea",..... WWIII
I change my mind. I don't make any P60 from R5.... I wait the XM-L.
I read the XM-L view angle will be 125 degree. Will this good for throwers? (Upgrading e.g. Tiablo A10, Solarforce MMP-1, HS-802 etc.. ) XP-G was not as "great" for throwers.... I hope XM-L would be, but this 125 degree....i don't know?!
For P60 will be good. R.I.P MCE, P7, (donut hole) and SST-50 +5A