I have a Wuben L50 which stays on turbo for a very long time, my estimates are around 900 - 1000 lumens. Unfortunately it has a cold colour temperature which sucks. I have thought about changing the emitter but it’s a difficult light to mod.
If it steps down it goes to 400 lumen so the TO46R stepping down to 600 lumen is a plus. Makes up for the Turbo timermuch better beam compared to L50. That thing has a doughnut hole beam. Maybe an XP-L HI can fix it. Anyway, can’t wait for my TO46R!
Paid for my 1 TO46R and 1 emitter board.
Thanks!
Haven’t seen it mentioned, so I checked the standby drain which was 23µA (@4V) for both models.
= negligible. Good to hear!
In other news, there are still some problems sourcing enough real 90CRI CREE emitters. Would anyone object if we would do a last minute change to Nichias?
(NOT promising anything. Just asking…)
As long as they stay 5000k.
I wouldn’t mind Nichia 5000K at all!
For the flashlight I won’t mind, as long as it is around 5000K as well.
For the spare emitters, I won’t mind if they are Nichias with that colour temperature or from 4500K to 5000K High CRI!
Wouldn’t bother me any. I am patient.
Interested TO46R, depending on $$. Thanks.
I actually didn’t buy it because I was afraid of the green tint. I wouldn’t mind nichias though even if it is not as bright.
I’m absolutely fine with Nichia in NW.
I would love Nichias (NW) in my TO46R, if it is possible ! :+1:
Let me know, if I should email Wuben …
Please let me handle the communication. We shouldn’t bother Wuben with tens of separate emails…
I second that. If they are the 5000K versions. If not I’d stay the XP-G3. Hopefully the Nichia wont make a huge hit on output and turbo run times.
219b 4500k would be nice
Nichia 4500-5000K should be fine (but hopefully not much green/yellow tints; pinkish tint would be fine)
Hi the,
Will you be sending the Wubens with the Nichia to maukka?
Lots of questions floating around… Trying to answer them as soon as I can.
Anyways, I just tested TO10R with a Nichia and the output was about 10% less. Nothing that you could notice without a light meter, maybe noticeable in side-by-side comparison.
They will be driven with the same current, so runtimes should be roughly the same.
AND the tint would be much better. 
Here’s a comparison with 4000K 90+CRI Nichia. (NVSL219CT, D240, R9050, sm405 - the one closest to BBL!)
Incidentally, this is exactly the same emitter that Wuben would have in stock.
46R with CREE on 700lm mode on left, 10R with Nichia on highest mode on right (closest comparison I could make):
What do you think? Yes, with 4000K it’s slightly warmer, but also significantly less green. Very pleasant tint to my eyes.
(If you have any Rey’s light, you may have these same emitters. That’s where I got mine…)
That looks like a great deal to me. I’m totally for the Nichias! I’m sure many would agree.
Close or below BBL is ideal for me. I like 4000k but just dont like it when too far above the bbl. The 219BT 4000k with rosy tint had no yellow and was perfect. I would love to buy both the 46R and 10R with this best looking 219c.