Thank you for the reply, I tried to find the link to the extra tailcap for this light but could not find it on their website, is it something you add as a comment on your order? hmmm….
I will probably order black body, XP-L Hi 3A tint and amber aux leds and 26650 battery, just need to solve that extra tail cap issue…
Edit, oh! I see now what you meant on how to order the second tail cap, thanks!
The one from Richard at Mtn Electronics comes stock with the magnetic tail cap. You can also order the non-magnetic tail cap from them separately for $3.99.
You can also purchase the D4S with different colors AUX lights from NEAL. If you don’t see the option in stock you can message him and he will get one for you.
Alex, I wouldn’t say that “fast” is their thing. I’ve had from 2 weeks to over a month, it just depends on Customs. Hank’s Emisar are perfect items with the most up to date everything. That’s the good thing about China, not as many returns lol.
Fate, how quick is Neal? I’ve never ordered from him. He’d still have to get it from Hank if not in stock right? Does he get anything unique? Color combos maybe?
Neal is super fast and you can get DHL shipping which gets it to ya in the states in 2-3days (my experience at least). I am not sure if he orders them in or has stock of them, if you search around there is a coupon code to get it cheaper through Neal.
That’s about how it should look with one set to low and one set to high. But if they’re both set to high, I don’t know. This is the first I’ve heard of the aux LEDs being too dim. Maybe a resistor value changed?
I have dealt with both Neal and Intl-outdoor before, both are great guys with awesome service! I am confident I will get my order perfect! Wish the actual wait time was shorter but I understand it is not under their control.
Anyone received their D4S with the amber aux leds? I only seen one picture so far…
ToyKeeper thanks for responding! The brighter one on the right is the new one. The one on the left is actually a normal high but the newer one overpowered my camera making it look dim in comparison. The D4S on the left has a normal high, similar to a moonlight low mode. The one on the right is so bright it lights up the room at night.
I performed a battery drain test for the past 12 hours, using two identical Shockli 26650 from the same set. The old D4S (left) lost less than .01 volts however the new D4S on the right lost a noticeable .07. It went from 4.17 to 4.10 volts in just 12 hours of High Aux only. Any thoughts on that? TIA
I suppose that I should exchange it with Hank at Intl-Outdoor. Just got it yesterday.
If you have a multimeter, I’d suggest measuring current draw during standby with the aux LEDs on high and on low. It should be about 0.03 mA on low, and about 0.90 mA on high… ish. But it sounds like your new light may be on order of magnitude higher, like 10 mA on high?
How bright is it on low?
Maybe there’s a solder bridge under the resistor, bypassing it and making the aux LEDs brighter. If that’s the case, you might be able to fix it just by touching a dry soldering iron to it a couple times to pull up extra solder.
It’s close enough. The difference may just be because I measured at around 3.7V to get an average. The drain is higher on a full battery and lower on an empty battery.
That’s actually cippi’s photo, originally posted here.
I’ve found some of my own photos on Neal’s feed too, like pretty much the entire set of photos at the beginning of this thread. If I understand correctly, what happens is someone copies the photos to forums in .cn, Neal finds them there, and he posts them to his feed. And this is why I’ve been considering adding a watermark of some sort on my images from now on, perhaps with the original URLs on them. They’ll still get copied, but at least it’ll point back toward the original source.
The LED comparison table in my D4 review mostly still applies. XP-L HI gets the most lumens and candelas, Nichia 219C gets the hottest, and efficiency is typically highest on XP-G2 for modes under ~2500 lm and highest on XP-L HI for modes over ~3000 lm.