Lumintop GT4

Well, about transparent aluminum...I was gladly surprised they finally invented it even without Mr. Scott's intervention into the Federation's prime directive:

https://screenrant.com/star-trek-transparent-aluminum-real/

Okay...I was just teasing of course. We're talking about a budget light, not a godzillionaire's light. :-P

Sorry if I used the wrong expressions. My English today is some kind of.... I thought about something like an embossed area in the flat aluminum area. Inside this recessed area there would be cavity just as the size of the tritium vial, so you could push it into this cavity to keep it there.

Alternatively, there might be the chance to add trit support in the outer rim of the body in those recessed areas of the crenelated bezel...

Regarding the flat black treatment, always liked the look of the SupFire L1, and similar lights: https://www.aliexpress.com-Supfire-L1, though on the GT4 there isn't as much surface area to cover.

For trits, could probably use the bigger standard size ones. I wouldn't mind trit slots at all, even on the outside neat the front edge, maybe aligned vertically rather than horizontally, but again, the bigger size -- pricey of course to populate.

Interesting idea, and one that would be mechanically possible.

The issue would be cost, how much are vials now days? Last I checked they were still rather pricy.

I like this idea!

just mill the slots .

on the other hand I can hear a lot of people howl because those slots do not line up in a geometrical axle with the switch / leds / cell cage / grandma's birthmarks ;)

The switch needs to be lit. I don’t like twisting big lights in the dark to find it. Really any lights, but the bigger the more awkward that can get.

Yes, the switch will be lit like the GT and GT70.

I really hope a ww variant is made, even if a limited run. I absolutely love my GT70 with the 3000k 70.2 I understand people like the light saber effect of throwers with the cw emitters, which I agree is pretty cool. But with floody lights ww is amazing.

What is ww please?

Warm white, more like incandescent color.

Yes, the 3000k GT70’s I built did look pretty good and worked well as well.

No idea at this point what tints they will offer though.

Modding is always an option as well, this light will be easily moddable like my past lights.

You did those 3000k variants for who, NASA? I mean I don’t see them custom ordering Warm White because they are tint snobs. It really just works better in atmospheric conditions.

Yes, I did one for NASA and a few others for some BLF members that wanted it.

Nasa wanted even warmer then 3000k because like you said, science proves that warmer works better at throw. They had me de-dome the emitter to gain throw and get it even warmer. Ended up around ~2600k-2700k IIRC.

Thank you very much.

Interesting... We had a couple NASA engineers here at work and they heard about my "hobby" and were very interested so I gave them a run down on current LED tech, modding, drivers, firmware, etc.

Interesting indeed. For the record the NASA I am referring to is not NASA directly but a NASA contractor working for a NASA funded think tank as I understand it. They were working on some form of rescue drone at the time IIRC.

We work with a project manager who actually works for Oceaneering Space Systems, so at least he's in the NASA offices and we can talk with him now. The other regular NASA engineers are all basically locked out now, barred from entering the building, as we were told. Guess that will end on Monday, least ending for a while.

How about 4xCFT90 LEDs? Expensive but how much output and throw we talkin?!?

Does it come with oven mitts?
One 70.2 at 7kl gets VERY hot, can’t wait to burn my hand around 4x70.2.
Put a fan in it you wankers!

The strength of the GT4 is that it is specifically designed for passive cooling with still high sustainable output. Adding a fan would make the design less simple (= bad for a tool), comes with a big waterproofing challenge, and adds a moving part that is likely to fail over time. And it is noisy.