New WildTrail (former LuckSun) BLF-D80v2 Sale is open.

@ Lexel
It is the same reason why Lumintop is not using the LH351D. They can not source the leds in China.
And ordering parts from the US is more expensive and a bit more complicated than it looks if you are living in China.
If it were so easy and cheap Lumintop would have done it for the FW3A. We do not know the whole situation.
I will ask about the SST-40. But if i remember right, the SST-40 is not available in high CRI. Or have i missed a new high CRI SST-40?

I’d prefer the LH351D 5000k 90CRI.

Would still be very bright, but would have much better tint and color rendition compared to the… unpleasant 6500k of the SST-40.

Fireflies had no problem sourcing parts from Arrow, they just need to pay more than sourcing from China
So if they will they can have the LEDs withing 2 days with Express paying about 14-20% taxes

still cheaper than Cree

Well DUH! Of course the SST-40 is Luminus, geesh, musta had Samsung on the brain after slicing 18 of em….

One question about the SST-40.
In the Datasheet i can find CCTs down to 4500K. But i can not find a shop with something warmer than 6500K.

The lower CCT’s of the SST40 are only just on the market and are not to be found yet. I expect KD to come up with some these days

And only to confirm it. The SST-40 can be driven save with a fet driver? They bought a 7000K SST-40 to test it.

7000K :person_facepalming:

Yeah. That’s not too good.

If they don’t even want to import an LH351D, just let them use XP-L HIs.

They want to test with the led. For production they try to get a 6500K SST-40. The warmer ones are not available now.

I got a nice message. LuckySun is able to get 5700K SST-40 for the D80. They also will sell a XP-L-HI version.
And for modders they will put a centering gasket for the SST-40 and one for XP size leds in the package (because the SST-40 is bigger they have to adjust the reflector led hole).
The plan was to go with 7mm (the original had a not so common 9,5mm hole). Now they will go with the more common size 9mm.

Very nice. Of those two, will the SST-40 be much brighter?

yes

That is what I like to hear. Music to my ears, as they say.

I am also very happy about the 5700K SST-40 (not a fan of the 6500K+ CCTs). I clearly would prefer the LH351D but they did the next best thing possible. They contacted almost every supplier they have and were able to get us the 5700K SST-40.
I think with all the other changes we are on a very good way to a nice powerfull light.
And with the additional centering gasket a led change is as easy as it can be.

The lexel designed test driver is in and they are doing some testing. They are not used to bisto. So it is a bit of a struggle for them. I think without the previous successful BLF builds in mind they would have choosen a simple available driver. But now they invest the time, seeing so many people using these drivers.
Hope it all went well. If so, they should be not to far away from production.

Do we have any idea how much it will cost?

I asked for a ~price. But because they are using some new tooling in production it could be difficulte to set the price now. Possible they have to wait and see how much they have to scrap.
When i get a price i will put it in the first post.

I think there is an important upgrade for the new D80. Taking mine apart I noticed there is a oring between the bezel and the glass, but no oring between the bezel and the head.

@will34
There should be no o-ring between the bezel and the glass.
I checked one of my old D80. The o-ring should be between the glass the head and the reflector.
To see how it will look on the new D80 please check the first post (New WildTrail (former LuckSun) BLF-D80v2 Sale is open.).
They also shorten the front a tiny bit so the o-ring gets compressed right. This way it should seal real nice.