He also said there are no plans fora SBT90 Gen2 version
550 kcd sounds right. I have a 72mm head with a oslon black and it only does 550kcd.
But I wish he would give us a rear clicky. Side clicky are nice if it was a high output thrower. But for a pencil beam dedicated thrower, a rear switch is better imo.
Rear clickies have two disadvantages: restricted UI choice and internal switch resistance.
That 1st point is obvious.
That 2nd point is having a good enough switch to support high current is quite expensive. Well, compared to an electronic switch anyway.
There’s something less obvious though: standardization for Emisar lights.
By only using e-switches, it makes it easier for them in terms of making stuff, and less overall costs.
I’m sure there will be a Skylumen version with the SBT90.2
If we look at LED price comparison e.g, sst40.sst20, nichia, xhp35, xhp50.2, xhp70.2, osram WF, XPL…vs the SBT90.2 
When it come to about, making profit…everything must be lower price as possible as cheaper as it is!
Well he can just price it higher. I’ll happily pay even $85 for it. The performance of that thing is crazy…slightly more throw than an XHP35 HI with over double the output.
So you want a FW1A GT?
Needs a fixed aspheric lens option! How cool would that be
For a light like this, regulated at ~5A or ~6A, the switch resistance is a much smaller factor than it would be in something like a D4 or D18. It may still be difficult to do well, but it’d be a lot easier than with really high-powered lights.
As far as UI goes, I added tail-clicky support two years ago. Most UI functions are on a side e-switch, and the tail provides momentary activation at the last-ramped level. It works fine, from what I’ve heard, and does exactly what people usually want the tail switch to do in a thrower.
Fixed aspheric with RLT/wavien collar. 1.5MCD. That would be sweet! I wonder if someone is going to do that mod.
Indeed it does! I flashed Andúril onto my modded EagleEye X6R as soon as you added dual-switch support.
It’s still my favorite pocketable thrower because of the dual switches and how Andúril works with them. :+1:
I would love a tail switch on my D1S but haven’t found a tailcap with matching threads.
TK, please let Hank know how well Andúril works with two switches. 
I am sitting on a modded GT mini by Vin.
600 lumen or something, 300 kcd… the throw is most impressive for a light this size.
I guess I am getting this new light, or maybe see if Vin can up it to 600-650 kcd…
truly wonderful times
SBT90G2 is an expensive led, so it’s understandable he won’t make it an option
and more over, using that LED only make it brighter, not thrower, which is not the target of emisar d1s
I don’t see why the SBT90G2 is hyped that much, just because it’s a new LED ?
Everything is a matter of finding the right combination of host, driver and emitter, just like Hank does with this updated D1sV2 which should be really good according all specifications.
begs a 21700 body
Buy this one and transplant the internals into a Convoy L21A host, which has a 10 mm larger reflector and a 21700 tube.
Edit, my bad :person_facepalming:
I thought i was posting in the nightwatch NI40 thread
Well if you all are going to cream and dream…LEP with Fixed aspheric with RLT/wavien collar (wonder if Vinh can do this?) for under a $1,000.00 dollars…
Any idea on what the pricing will be?
Sounds like it might be a good option for a rifle-mounted shooting light, assuming it has stiff springs at both ends of the battery to prevent recoil disconnect. I’m definitely interested.
Something that complicated with LEP and RLT collar will require a manufacturer like Microfire or Acebeam to do. I do wish someone will make one in the future. Probably can get 3+ MCD in a light of this size.