This looks great! I love the multi-colored AUX lights.
My one disappointment is the original driver. This would be a perfect EDC light with a few more 7135 chips. I would really like to see a FET+3 like the D4S or, ideally something more like a FET+8 or FET+7+1.
I hope Hank will implement something like that before too long. {fingers crossed}
Are the ss bezel, magnetic tail caps, and battery tubes going to be available for sale separately? For those of us who want to swap out some parts with v2 parts.
Got my 2 ordered early this morning. I never get anything in CW so I got a grey one in the sst20 6500k with the magnetic tail. I’ve been really happy with the output and the throw of the sst20s vs the crees. I’m a really big fan of the 3000K, so I got one of those too but w/o magnetic tail. I hope to carry the 3000k more and don’t want to worry about the magnet erasing credit card magnetic strips in the ones that have it.
Love this version of the light, Hank. The multi-colour aux LEDs are probably going to drive me slightly nuts - and maybe require a matching set of D4v2s, one for each hand…
A question on the battery type though: Is a Samsung 30Q enough for this light, or would one of the Sony VTC6 be better? I have a VTC6 in my current D4 and it seems to work extremely well. It would be easy to get the battery shipped in the light, saving the normally userous shipping for LiIon batteries into Canada. But if a different battery would power the light for longer, I can deal with it.
Same cells, with same chemistry and ratings. The Sony is slightly longer.
But you can get better capacity cells for slightly longer run-time. 3600mAh instead of 3000mAh but you also have to look at the Continuous Discharge Rating (higher amps mean higher output but less run-time if you use turbo or unregulated output)
They are not a regular use mode. Anduril lets you set two different modes for the AUX LEDs: one for power off and one for lockout. Each can be set to off, low, high, or blinking.
It is also fairly easy to change the modes, so you can reconfigure them as needed.
In TK’s D4 (V1) review, runtime at the ~150lm highest regulated level was estimated at around 8 hours. I’m assuming this was with a 3000mAh cell, but it possibly could have been with a 3500mAh instead. My memory does not include all the minor details.