I like the deep Haikelite fins. This light looks better than the MT09R. Looks like it has a copper shelf?
Any advantage of the SST70 over the XHP70.2? What is the advantage of this over the MT09R?
The only thing I didn’t like about the MT09R is that it doesn’t have any active thermal regulation. The light just gets dimmer and dimmer until it drops to like 400 lumens. I wonder if the updated Narsil incorporated active temperature regulation like Anduril.
No full thermal reg, not as far as I know., but then again, I don't know anything bout this light til now. Looks a little clunky. Dunno anything bout the SST70's though - are they 3 or 6V?
Thanks djozz, another great LED test! All depends on the throw advantage, but having all those wires, might be a challenge to dedome? Then again, the better LEDs for dedoming seem to have wires...
Not much is known about the SST-70 as it is not listed on the Luminus site yet and I’m not aware of a datasheet available. It would be a nice surprise if it came in 3V as well
Okay, that makes sense. I wonder why the specs say it uses 4 button top cells? Maybe they copied and pasted specs from another light and it contains a few errors.
I asked TA if he worked on this light or if Haikelite is just adapting his older MT09R driver without his knowledge. If he worked on it he might have some insight into it’s performance.
Update, he didn’t work on it. Haikelite must have adapted the driver themselves.