Emisar D4S review

Do you guys think it’s better if I wait out for a while to buy the d4s? Kind of like the d4 originally shipped with the v1 and only later with the v2 software?

Goshdogit! My old HD2010 is a Mallard Egg! :stuck_out_tongue:

Stu, the development of the D4 was a new venture, so yes some improvements were made. This is a more seasoned venture and TK has tweaked the firmware for Hank yet more so I would bet it’d be safe to go with the D4S straightaway. If I hadn’t just spent a hundred bucks on other things I’d be all over this, you can bank on that!

Just pre-ordered at mtn electronics…XP-L HI 3A | Green…weeeee!

Magnetic tail cap option from Mtn Electronics?

Reading this thread and saw the pre order available. Got excited and jumped over to Mtn Electronics and ordered one with XPL 5000K even though I shouldn’t spend that money now.

I forgot about the magnetic tail cap.

Went back and read through order options many times.

Where am I missing option to order magnetic tailcap?

Thanks

Is that going to be with the switch powered off that has the secondary lights on sub moon mode (Locator lights?)?

I also feel your pain about just buying lights. I managed to get this one in even thought I had just bought 3 Olight PL Mini Valkyries during the Olight sale.

I think only int outdoors has the magnet option.

Anyone know if Mtnelectronics would swap in some LH351D’s for an added fee? Really want to order one of these but would prefer it with those LEDs.

Is it safe, or rather unsafe, to say that this will get nuclear hot like the D4?

I don’t think so.

ios v1 was developed by Tom E. but he ran out of time because of his day job.
So Toykeeper was asked to finish v1 to the specs from Emisar.
Later she added stuff to it and that became v2.
V3 has a completely different code base and uses stuff from Andúril. It is hard find a feature that’s not in it.
I am shure Hank from Emisar choosed what he want his light.

But if you want more features you can flash Andúril on all Emisar lights.

I’m guessing this should run alot cooler than the D4 given that it is the same quad but far more mass for heat dissipation. I was actually hoping for a 7 emitter 26650. sigh.

I just ordered the XP-L HI 5D with magnet.

Nice. Which color did you order?? I personally think smooth gray looks awesome because I have one gray d4.
Smooth gray looks rich.

I ordered the smooth gray too because that one is my favorite. I have pretty much all the Emisar colors already. The smooth green on my D1 looked great too but the gray looks more serious.

That is a pretty reasonable answer. I had a 50$ gift card and well, as soon as i get back home there it goes, just wish it was a little more since that magnetic tailback looked sweet. Or i could just order with a normal credit card and buy more lights with the gift one :slight_smile:

Ok ok i’m buying it.
Is the best battery choice still the shockly (?) Black wrapper 26650 30A discharge cell or are there better alternatives right now? I found 2 on gearbest for 6$ each so pretty decent…

Yes, go with the shockly.
And the price is good. I ordered three in a GB for 5,5€ a piece, with shipping they came nearly 7€

Hi I wanted to order the same Shockli battery’s which site did you use? Are the button tops or flat tops?

Thsbks

Just received a reply from Mtn Electronics.

Pre orders will come with magnetic tail cap and plain caps will be available at a later date.

I don’t think any more changes are planned. And it has spring-side flashing access so it can be firmware-upgraded a lot more easily than the original D4 if desired.

The stock UI is still pretty similar to earlier Emisar products, but I managed to sneak in some extras copied over from Anduril. Mainly, the additional ramping features and ramping config options. So it has both smooth and stepped ramps, and they’re configurable. It was less work and less risk to keep all that than to remove the extra features. But the blinkies are mostly still the same (ish) as RampingIOS V2.

The only potential firmware issues I’m aware of are:

  • Changing the aux LED mode is 7 clicks in “off” mode but 3 clicks in “lockout” mode. I offered to change it to make them both the same, but Hank didn’t think it was worthwhile. So there’s a minor UI inconsistency.
  • I’m not sure if the production units will remember the ramp level when changing the aux LED setting for “off” mode. There was a bug fixed for that late in the process, and I’m not sure if it was fixed in time for production. So… there’s a chance it might reset to default brightness after changing the aux LED mode. This remains unknown though. (update: production units use the fixed version)

I should probably get the code merged into the main repository now that the light has gone up for ordering. I still have only limited time though, so I’m not sure when exactly that’ll happen.

It can probably still start fires, but not as easily. There are a bunch of physical and firmware changes which make it less of a fire hazard, but you should still keep it locked while carrying it.

Which 26650 is the best for the d4s? Shockli or litokala ?