Emisar D18 introduction

:laughing: :laughing: Sounds about right. Its fine though, I like it here :smiley:

Well I’m probably the wrong person to comment since apparently I’m all alone waaayyy over here, but this is what I’m doing. I don’t need a D18 so I haven’t bought a D18, because I know that if a special run came out I’d want it and then my “standard” one, which I didn’t need anyway, would just be an unwanted extra. But that isn’t a great solution because I do want a D18 and if that special run never happens, I’ve held out for…nothing?

Hank will ship out an empty d18 host, make your own special run :slight_smile:

Only useful if at least 30 Watts

Why?!

30W+ would be charging the cells at around 1C.

That would be very high, cost quite a bit, and have the risk of ultra fast charging 1x or 2x cells.

1x or 2x 30Qs might be fine, but NCR18650GAs will get absolutely demolished.

Its the host that I want to be “special”, not the guts. Something besides aluminum, preferably. I mean I guess I could order up a standard host, strip the ano and re-anodize it in some funky color, that might be fun. Eh, we’ll see…

Why not just clear anodize it then?

If you have a power supply and some dilute sulfuric acid, that is easy as pie.

Or you could go for a zinc look with a dilute solution of sodium hydroxide and zinc oxide.

Copper head,clear alu coating body and ti bezel.My shelf queen.

Odd, I find the D18 to be pretty special as is. The craftsmanship alone sets it apart from most manufacturers. I don’t mind alternative materials but the fact you can tint mix makes it pretty custom already.

I line up behind emarkd for the Ti/Cu D18… :smiley:

hey I bet all of you know skylumen so he sells this light with osram white with 6x white 1 and 12 white2 on the outer… SO here is my question… could it be possible to program the light to turn off the 12 leds on the outer ring to not flood out too much… then turn off the center for less throw… and third mode all the lights for max performance?

No, besides white2 is not floody.

what could be one of the best led options for the d18 for floody or just remove the 12 outer clear lenses and replace with frosted instead

Yea if you want some combo beam it’s better to have wider/frosted TIR on some of them. Maybe even just every other outer lens. Up to you

Has anyone tried the 3000k + 4000k mix? What are your feelings about this mix?

I did this mix on my M43 but I used Bluesword LEDs that have lower DUV value. The result is amazing at all levels! Highly recommend it.

I tried it and although it looks much better than the greenish 4000k on its own that Emisar uses, it is still not rosy. I think if Emisar sourced the rosy 2700k that Fireflies was using and a rosier binned 4000k, the mixture could result in a very nice rosy tint.

Has anyone done any lumen measurements with the D18 yet? Maukka?

In my quasi-calibrated sphere I get 15-18k lumens depending on the cells I use (brand new VTC6 and 30Q or older VTC6) with mine which has 5000k SST-20s.

The VTC6 are clearly more powerful but just wondering if it’s likely this light is putting out slightly more than the claimed 14k.

NM found teardown video… ugh. So teadious to flash. Wish it had pads like D4V2.

Can't wait to get mine from Skylumen. Black with 219B's!