Fireflies ROT66, Born for fans of flashlight

[djozz]

I will measure it after receiving it.

[The_Flashaholic]

@djozz

I will measure it after receiving it.

I will be gobsmacked if nobody measures over 5,000 lumens.

[SKV89]

@KG_Tuning

@SKV89

Maukka tested the D4S 219C version at 2,930 turn on lumens and 2,430 lumens at 30s.

I have the XP-L HI D4S, it hits 4600 lumens in my lightbox. I think Newlumen got a similar figure to give a little indication of where it should approx be hitting. In a straight up ceiling bounce my ROT66 Nichia destroys it and tbh the D4S has a thrower advantage.

Maukka measured his ROT66 in 28c, I measured mine in half that, and tbh his sphere temps may have been soaring if he’d checked calibration with similar powered lights before hand, after 30/60 seconds my ROT66 was reading no where near the surace temps Maukka’s was. He got 50c after 30 secs, mine was 40c!

Has anyone else measured the ROT66 Nichia yet?

Newlumen has the 4” TA lumen tube which is the same as mine. Our numbers used to match reasonably well until I received the Maukka calibration light, which is when I realized my TA lumen tube was reading 16% too high. Newlumen has a set of the Maukka lights on order and we will find out soon.

Steel_1024 measured 4,880 lumens with his TA Lumen Tube but not sure if he has a set of the Maukka calibration lights to confirm with. The TA Lumen tubes that weren’t calibrated with the Maukka lights were reading too high.

Charles Lin measured 4,740 turn on lumens and 4,300 at 30s with the TA Lumen Tube. But it might be his TA Tube also does not have correct calibration and reading too high.

I’m not saying your measured 5,700 lumens with the ROT66 219B is certainly incorrect. Just saying there’s a good chance and the only way to confirm the accuracy is to get a set of the calibration lights. It’s very affordable anyways.

[emarkd]

My Nichia Rot66 just came in yesterday so I can add some numbers to this:

• Turn-on: 4520 lumens
• 30 seconds: 4050 lumens

That’s taken in a TA tube that’s been calibrated using a set of Maukka’s lights, and generally jives with the other numbers given here which seem to range from ~4300-4800. Except for your reading of 5700 lumens, which would mean that yours is ~26% brighter than mine. Almost two entire flux bins higher. I hate to use the word “impossible” but….

[Newlumen]

@emarkd

My Nichia Rot66 just came in yesterday so I can add some numbers to this:

• Turn-on: 4520 lumens
• 30 seconds: 4050 lumens

That’s taken in a TA tube that’s been calibrated using a set of Maukka’s lights, and generally jives with the other numbers given here which seem to range from ~4300-4800. Except for your reading of 5700 lumens, which would mean that yours is ~26% brighter than mine. Almost two entire flux bins higher. I hate to use the word “impossible” but….

That’s pretty good… maukka got 3860 lumen @ 30 seconds… can’t get any better with the TA tube.

[emarkd]

@Newlumen

@emarkd

My Nichia Rot66 just came in yesterday so I can add some numbers to this:

• Turn-on: 4520 lumens
• 30 seconds: 4050 lumens

That’s taken in a TA tube that’s been calibrated using a set of Maukka’s lights, and generally jives with the other numbers given here which seem to range from ~4300-4800. Except for your reading of 5700 lumens, which would mean that yours is ~26% brighter than mine. Almost two entire flux bins higher. I hate to use the word “impossible” but….

That’s pretty good… maukka got 3860 lumen @ 30 seconds… can’t get any better with the TA tube.

4.9% difference, well within the range for random binning variance. In other words identical.

[djozz]

Got my ROT66 with Nichia’s, really nice!
Output at switch-on (it takes 3 seconds before the first read-out): 4300 lm, at 30 seconds 4000 lm. This was on freshly charged 30Q’s.

[SKV89]

@djozz

Got my ROT66 with Nichia’s, really nice!
Output at switch-on (it takes 3 seconds before the first read-out): 4300 lm, at 30 seconds 4000 lm. This was on freshly charged 30Q’s.

Wait is that Djozz lumens or calibrated lumens?

[djozz]

Djozz-lumens corrected for a 90+CRI 4000K light from maukka, which is minus 10. But please keep an error of 5, you never know with lumens

[The_Flashaholic]

Do you have D4 measurements djozz?

I seem to have a freak ROT66.

[djozz]

@KG_Tuning

Do you have D4 measurements djozz?

I seem to have a freak ROT66.

I do not have a stock D4 left (I do have a pretty :sunglasses:
one with LuxeonV’s though ), but I trust my ROT66 measurements to be correct within the 5% that I stated above.

[contactcr]

@KG_Tuning

Do you have D4 measurements djozz?

I seem to have a freak ROT66.

Yep that must be it, only explanation. :innocent:

[Ozythemandias]

@KG_Tuning

Do you have D4 measurements djozz?

I seem to have a freak ROT66.

This gonna be good

[emarkd]

@KG_Tuning

I seem to have a freak ROT66.

Good lord man…. You don’t have a freak Rot66. You have a wildly inaccurate measuring device.

[charles_lin]

@SKV89

Steel_1024 measured 4,880 lumens with his TA Lumen Tube but not sure if he has a set of the Maukka calibration lights to confirm with. The TA Lumen tubes that weren’t calibrated with the Maukka lights were reading too high.

Charles Lin measured 4,740 turn on lumens and 4,300 at 30s with the TA Lumen Tube. But it might be his TA Tube also does not have correct calibration and reading too high.

I took time redo calibration for my TA tube. Now, my 219B ROT66 with 30Q’s measures 4440 lumen at 0 second, 3910 lumen at 30 seconds.

[The_Flashaholic]

@emarkd

@KG_Tuning

I seem to have a freak ROT66.

Good lord man…. You don’t have a freak Rot66. You have a wildly inaccurate measuring device.

My TA Tube, ceiling bounce and my Lightbox all have the ROT66 way ahead of my D4’s and D4S. Just visually outside you can tell too. I hope my youtube review gets it across.

[contactcr]

I’m not going to your youtube despite the shameless plug but it’s not surprising that the more floody the light the more impressive and bright it looks.

[shirnask]

@KG_Tuning

@emarkd

@KG_Tuning

I seem to have a freak ROT66.

Good lord man…. You don’t have a freak Rot66. You have a wildly inaccurate measuring device.

My TA Tube, ceiling bounce and my Lightbox all have the ROT66 way ahead of my D4’s and D4S. Just visually outside you can tell too. I hope my youtube review gets it across.

You no longer have a TA tube. You have a box of your own making, calibrated as far as I can tell to some arbitrary factor to make you high lumen lights read what you “feel” is the right number

[MascaratumB]

PLEASE, let’s not start over this thing again!

This is a thread about the FireFlies ROT66!

It has been nice to read the posts till here, even for a guy that doesn’t have money to buy this flashlight!… Let’s keep it that way!

Please, let’s keep the thread clean about the TA tube or KG lightbox or whatsoever!!! That issue is beyond contagious and exhausting for those that just want to read some things and see some beamshots…

Create a proper thread to discuss that, compare measurements, improve readings, whatever…

But please, let’s keep the other threads rolling about the issues they were made to present/discuss! In this case, the above mentioned flashlight…

Instead, give us some beam shot comparisons, tint comparison of the different leds, something the make us get and :laughing: and even :heart_eyes: , instead of :weary: or :person_facepalming: and eventually

Just saying folks…

[djozz]

^ I agree, and here’s a quick beamshot of my little square to get back on track , trees are at 25 meters.