thanks for sharing your mod info, good to hear you are enjoying the RRT-01
You mention the RRT-01 goes lower than the V11r, thats a good thing for me too. I also like the 18350 option, Im using a 1200mAh IMR in my RRT-01.
some people like the AA option for the V11r, but that is not a factor for me.
And I did not like needing to use a tailswitch (V11r), for me the RRT-01 is just so convenient, just turn the dial.
any other factors you find you like better about the RRT-01 over the V11r (aside from your LED mod)?
I liked the tail switch on the V11R. The ring on that light was so smooth and easy to turn that I could foresee it coming on in my pocket by accident. It was for a time my nightstand light. I like that I was able to turn it off at a certain brightness and I could turn it on momentarily or click to keep in on in the brightness I turned it off in. So that was nice for what I used it for. I don’t keep it on the nightstand anymore so it really isn’t a issue. The RRT01’s off notch seems very stout, when the ring is in the off position it doesn’t seem like it would come on easily in my pocket. So that is a plus for sure. The very lowest on the RRT01 is so low that I can’t see it unless I put my eye just an inch away from the lens. I couldn’t even get a reading on it with a light meter.
The V11R is lighter, but the feel, fit and finish are much better on the RRT01. 18350 is a huge advantage for me. I have no use for the little 16340’s. They sit in my drawer unused for the most part. Think I have like a dozen of those things. I have 4 lights that use them, 2 of them are gifts that I will never get rid of, one is a FourSevens Mini MKII Turbo Ti and the 4th is the V11R and it wouldn’t break my heart if it found a new home. I will probably gift it to someone with onc of those protected cells with the charging port on it. I put a Luxeon V2 5000K in it so it’s quite pleasant to look at.
If I didn’t have either one and I had to choose. I would probably choose the RRT01. 18350, extra output, and build quality would win me over. If I knew I couldn’t put a new emitter in it I would probably not have gotten either one. The cold white tints are irritating to me. Not many of my lights still have the stock emitter. Now If I can just get off my butt and put some new emitters in my D4S. Bought it because I got a good deal on it but, the XPL HI 6500K isn’t my thing. It is screaming for new emitters.
Thanks for the comments, I agree the V11r has the advantage of last mode memory, thanks to the tailswitch… the RRT-01 cannot be set to any specific value, twice in a row
however, I did some tests… I use my RRT-01 around the house and checked the lumen level I was using for a couple of tasks, such as walking into a dark part of the house, and then I put my RRT-01 on my light meter. To my surprise, I tend to use very similar lumen levels when I do that task.
In all fairness, it is also easy to use too many lumens, but I make a conscious effort to use “just enough”…
I’ve been looking for one of the originals for a while after I lost one years ago. The smooth control ring, the lowest low of any light I’ve owned, we’re two of my favorite things. Don’t like the idea of detents though. When you turn it does it suck into the detents? Like if you wanted a brightness level between the detents would the control ring stay where it is or move slightly to rest in the detents? I made an offer on one, on ebay… and this would help me decide if I should take the counter offer.
As Moderator007 it stays put pretty good. They aren’t huge slob globbering detents. They are small and not super easy to notice. I have to really pay attention to feel them. In quick movements of adjustments I don’t notice the detents. Now the detents for off and full are very noticeable and keep the ring held there very well.
I suggest you leave the ramping part of the dial smooth, like the original RRT-01, which only has detents for Off and Maximum.
I suggest no detents after on, except Yes a detente at Off, but no other detentes, not even for Masimum
and get rid of the 9 hash marks in the ramping track of the new RRT-01… just give us a totally smooth track after the light turns ON.
That is why I like the original RRT-01, the ramping is on a smooth track, and that is why I do not like the Eye10, there are 9 detentes in the ramping track.
I also suggest you offer a version with High CRI, but please do not use an XP-G3 for that… Nichia 219b would be my first pick… especially the 4500k 9080 version (I can dream )
hello, Jon. thanks for your advice. Have forward it to the engineer about the detents. The detents may make the light more sense of aesthetics? 1-2 detents may indicate the mode setting. What others say?
As for the High CRI, we will check the various items and cost.
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