Or better yet, get a manufacturer (Sofirn? Lumintop?) to make the next multi-emitter light with this, and then have a group buy for that light. It would generate more sales for Osram that way, and probably get the LEDs into our grubby little hands a bit sooner if a manufacturer gets on board.
EDIT: Imagine a light similar to the Q8, made a bit larger for 4x 21700 cells, with also a bit larger, and deeper reflector, and four of these LEDs.
It will be several months before we see them even appear on distributor sites, then more months before they get them in stock, and who knows how long until they start selling them in multiples less than 1000. https://octopart.com/search?q=KW%20CULPM1.TG&start=0
I have recently tried new L4P 16mm DTP’s and I can say that they in combination with 1x18650 cell FET driver pulls greater amperage from battery than noctigon V2! My old dedomed XP-G2 S42B, with Samsung INR30Q, everything bypassed, goes from 4.7-4.88 on each modd while on noctigon V2 I had 4.3-4.45.
Tested with unit clamp meter in combination with lux meter (3 noctigon V2 lights vs 3 L4P DTP lights). No mistake with my redneck tests…
L4P 16mm dtp board is significantly better than 16mm noctigon v2 dtp for 1x18650 FET DD driver setup.
For constant current and regulated configurations(buck boost etc) it will probably not be any difference but in single cell, single 18650 FET DD setup difference is noticeable in lux performance and on clamp meter, and especially on lux meter :+1:
New improvements on led and dtp field. LED should prevail over LASER technology
I can confirm that too. L4P DTP boards are so much harder to solder led wires than any other DTP MCPCB. I just replaced the stock led in a GT mini to L4P DTP board with Luxeon V and I needed a lot of heat to do it. Also in my Convoy L2. Same board and hard to solder. On Noctigon and any Other DTP board it is easy job. It really sucks the heat away.
Yeah, the color temp is a bit of a bummer i.m.h.o.
But it could be marketing to introduce this LED with the most impressive output.
I assume warmer tints will come later.
The Black Flat’s tint never bothered me. It is a cool white yes, but it’s the purest cool white I’ve seen of any LED— no green whatsoever (when driven hard, anyways).
Hopefully this will be the same. Hard driven Black Flat is probably in the range of 7000k, so this will be a little warmer.
Now I seriously think that we should try to talk retailers (KD?) into buying these LEDs. A reel (2000 emitters) is a lot, but unless it’s hugely expensive it should sell well.