Does anyone know the changed that have been made between the first version and now the newly advertised version two of this light. I don’t see any updated info on the Fireflies website.
Kcd is broken down as thousand candela, so 20Kcd is 20,000 candela and 40Kcd is 40,000 candela. To figure throw based on candela you multiply x4 then take the square root of that answer to get a calculated throw in meters with a target of the light equivalent of a full moon, or approx 1/4 lux,
So 20Kcd is good for 282.84M throw and 40Kcd is good for 400m in throw. Not twice as far, just iver 1/3 as far. This lets you see that it isn’t linear. This is because it takes 4 times more light to reach twice as far and the candela reading is a measure of intensity, not quantity.
Optics make the differrnce less noticeable. I got my first SST-20’s in an E07, while the beam profile was pleasant tint shift had me pull that emitter quite fast…
I have experienced severe issues with my order from Banggood, especially about missing accessories and poor quality, see here:
https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/53669/1695
Now, it already felt happy to read that BG customer service told me they would resend the item to me. Apart from that I understood they were offering me 1000 BG points as a token for the inconvenience caused. So, I replied back to them I would be happy to accept both resending the item and the 1000 BG points.
Now, I got another e-mail that sounds a bit different. Now, they are talking about "the spare part item". Any ideas how to read this? Will they be sending me a complete new flashlight with accessories or just the missing accessories ("the spart part item" does not sound like multiple accessory items)?
Well, if this was the outcome of my complaint they would still ignore the poor quality of my item. I was already surprised when they offered me a new item in the first place as usually I’m used to debate and fight for a little bit of compensation.
What a joke…after promising to resend the E07 (see e-mails above) Banggood now changed their mind and decided to only send me the clip and the o-ring…that’s all.
Sorry for the slow follow up. That is correct. You should be good to go with a calibrated thermal sensor and a 55 Celsius limit. It should still step down, but more slowly, and not as far, and the body will get hotter.
I have what appears to be a nice black version two E07, XP-L HI emitters in the high power option 6500K tint with blue auxillary LED’s. Full package, adapter, o-rings, manual, clip and even Samsung 40T. Most would think SWEET, but the problem is I actually paid for two GT Micro’s which I do NOT have.
So I have $90 tied up in the E07 package sitting there unusable to me. (I have to consider it not mine as it isn’t what I ordered) My buddy, the guy one of the GT Micro’s was ordered for, anxiously awaits his White Flat GT Micro and I have no idea when or if it’s gonna happen. (Right, I was gonna mod it, both actually)
And so it goes… responsibility, the hidden gem of the new world.
wow so bizzare…. but who got the other package wrong then, must be someone here on BLF maybe ? i dont get it… tell them u dont want the lights u didnt order and they must fix this somehow… hahah
Here’s a comparison of the X-PL HI and SST-20 in a D4S. Both are around similar output/lumens here, the high CRI 4000K SST-20 will have slightly lower output.