well after viewing the angles on the XP-G vs the XR-E, i found that the R5 XP-G has ALOT more flood, yes a nice small tight hot spot.
its both a throw and a flood
the reason is the led has ALMOST a full 180 degrees of viewability, whereas the XR-E did not, and had rings WITHOUT a reflector!
the XP-G has no such rings from my experience.
also if I was to use XM-L's i would want them fully driven. I dont buy leds to underdrive em!
i plan on having an uber pocket Aurora V6 with an XM-L.
I already have the V6's as:
XR-E Q5
XPG R5 (have 2 so far lol)
MC-E (not sure bin but about the same light at 2.8 amp as the R5 at 1.4 lol)
so an XM-L is next, along with ANOTHER MC-E of better bin!
The R5 is my new fav, which is funny cause it used to be the Q5!
but there is alot of light loss due to the reflector designed for a XR-E
Back on to the T8
this has 3 SMALL reflectors, most suited towards an R5 in my opinion.
my choice is run 4.5 amps, or run them in series.
if there WAS a driver that could handle that, i would buy it, BUT i cant seem to find it.
will the R5 handle 4.2 Vf in direct drive? or would that make it go BOOM! lol