I do not use the imgur app on my phone
If I use my phone, I dont have access to posting images, only to creating “posts” that the horny idiots go crazy commenting about
this way I dont get any comments from the peanut gallery, note the choice for Images instead of Post
and yes, it is more complicated than reflowing an LED… I take photo w phone, then email to my desktop, then load to imgur, then open in Preview and add text labels, then post to BLF… but photos still save me a TON of typing
imo the problem is not the height. I think the beam shadow is caused by the larger opening at the base of the reflector
but to be fair, until we see the XP-L beam in a photo I reserve judgement whether the 219b is worse, or the reflector sucks for both
here is a comparison of an xml and xpg reflector in a sunwayman V10r Ti and V10r Ti+
here is an example of a stock xm-l2 and xpg beam in the sunwaymen…
xml2 has the shadow in the spill, even in stock form… The xpg is much nicer… (both beams retain the traits after modding to 219b)
the mod to the 2012 RRT-01 involves swapping in a reflector with a smaller hole at the bottom, which imo is key to beam success with that model
some examples of beam quality after modding, left is better (small hole reflector), right is worse
note that the xml reflector beam is has a shadow ring in the spill in both stock and modded form. People who are not whitewall hunters would never notice.
So, if I do a mod to a reflector with a wide hole at the bottom, I dont beat myself up when the beam is no better than stock… it is still worth the High CRI upgrade, and for many applications I mainly use the hotspot, which is fine…
another view of large hole and small hole reflectors
modded vs stock (small hole reflector)
stock vs modded (large hole reflector)