Um, well, um, Reyâs brass pineapple and at the moment a Nitecore TM16 are both sitting here in stock form. I donât tend to modify a Sinner. If that helps. My S1A Baton in copper as well as my Jet-II Pro in copper are unmodified. And my Godmes T01. The Sunwayman F10R is still stock too. And my Dadâs Thrunite Titanium, the little twisty, itâs stock. As is my Titanium Olight S1 Baton with my name on it, from the X6/X5 group buy. And my number 62 X6/X5 set are still in the box, put away. And of 200 lights thatâs probably about it.
Even my Ti Core from MBI is modified, I put an Australian Opal in it for the switch button and inset a purple tritium vial inside the Opal.
But I wonât be modifying the Mini GT (unless of course it needs it. )
I think itâs looking great, donât see why it would need anything as Lumintop is pretty much nailing it. Is changing the emitter to a more preferable tint considered a mod? I donât ever worry about ordering the right tint as itâs usually so easy to change once the light gets here and is tested. I do like white, pure unadulterated white, no blue, no green, no yellow or orange or brown. Is that so wrong?
Small correction - it will be about 1.4x the throw of a C8. The intensity is doubled, but there is a square root in the equation for throw, so you increase the throw by SQRT (2), or about 1.4.
If you want double the C8âs throw, youâll need about 280,000 cd.
Just to clear things up on my end of it matters. I was comparing to a Thorfire C8s. Their newest C8s. I donât have a Convoy C8s. Not 100% sure what the difference is.
Thorfire C8s uses the xml2 with dome, so bigger hotspot and less throw compared to dedomed version. It and Convoy both have 2.8A drivers. I would suspect the stock C8s to have that 70kcd number, though I donât know off hand.
So compared to the C8s, the GT Mini has maybe 300 more lumen (2.8A vs 4.5A), a 5mm bigger reflector diameter and a dedomed emitter. This might give it double the candela.
Candela is a measure of light intensity. The two basic characteristics we measure for an LED are output (in lumens) and intensity (in candela). The lumens measure how much total light is being emitted, while the intensity measures how intense the light is in single spot. So you can have high lumens, but if they are spread over a large area, the intensity will be low. Or you can have low total output, but really focus it in a tight beam and still get high intensity.
Once you know the intensity at the front of the light, you can calculate the maximum effective distance, since intensity decreases predictably with distance. The ANSI standard says you need at least 0.25 cd to illuminate an object. So to find the distance at which the intensity drops below this level, the equation works out to be SQRT (cd/0.25)
FWIW, I got the SN6X-2X back in the group buy (several years ago) and with a simple lens change to an UCLp it gained 27Kcd. So while we want to think in terms of linear application, emitter/reflector dia/ lumens⌠the shape of the reflector and the quality of the lens can play a huge role and both are something we very rarely quantify.
The picture you and your daughter holding the Mini GT is so cute. The flashlight just fits well and is right for her little hand. Now I want one!!! I like the design and style and I even think itâs better than the D1s.
When Iâm doing quick calculations/comparisons I do tend to give the manufacturers the benefit of the doubt as far as using high quality lenses and reflectors, etc⌠Competition can be fierce so they know they need to use good parts and try to be honest about the specs because the guys on this forum and CPF will test and verify these things.
For sure there is always the chance that a bad part can be used by mistake that really hurts performance and my guesses become wrong.
For Mikeadoo, I know he just wants a general comparison. Are they gonna look the same or will the GT Mini throw noticable further? Should he get it or just stick with his C8s?
I think itâs gonna be a nice boost in distance. Not double, but 39% assuming Lumintops numbers are accurate.
Edit:
Here is a review I found on the C8s.
Flashlion measured 2.15A output instead of 2.8A which means itâs not 900 lumen. More like 600 to 650. He also only measured 35kcd. This is only 374 meters.
If Mikeadooâs C8s is like this, then the GT Mini really will shine twice as far. Itâs a huge difference.
Thanks Jason! I donât have the tools to do the measurements to see if my C8s is like that one, but I still want this mini GT.
Looks cool and I gifted a couple of my stock C8s to my family and neighbors.