Smaller SBT-90.2 light with Anduril - Anything on the horizon?

And cost even more than better throwing FW21... 120$????? For what????

Noctigon KR1 is a good host. FW21 is bigger, and it does not come with a trit or a 18350 tube.

The price isn’t too bad considering it is a custom flashlight modded by Vinh, and that he will de-lens the LED for you. Keep in mind you would pay $64.77 just to buy a KR1 with trit and 18350 tube from Hank, and SBT-90.2 LED costs at least $35. That’s $100 total. You are paying $20 for the mod.

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Don’t know if I’m meant to posting this here…Code: NDX9P

49$ without 18350 tube (seriously, you wanna run 90.2 on 18350??) and trit alone is 3.50$, SBT90.2 is 32$.

TOTAL=85ish bucks

For remaining money buy soldering station on AX and watch youtube tutorial how to solder things...

Delensing SBT90.2 is a 1min job, get a hairdryer and hold it for a min over the lens then just peel off the dome.

Is it really that easy? Can you do it with the LED still in the light?

Yes it is. I was surprised too when i have discovered by accident. Since then i have done it on all 3 of my flashlights. Not much bonding strength in that glue

What are the gains of de-lesding? Has anyone measured?

It shows up 3 days after I bought KR1vn….

Neal was working on creating Loneocean drivers for the FW series. I wonder if this X9L will be using Loneocean’s drivers or the standard lumintop FET drivers

Good to know, thanks! I didn’t know it was that easy.

I've got an answer from Victor Zhu (Lumintop) that X9L will use standard FET driver instead of Loneocean's :(

That’s disappointing. If the X9L had the Loneocean driver, I would even pay more for it. But with the standard FET driver, the light is just a toy and not much of a tool. I rather get the KR4vn with SBT90.2 mod, which has a much better driver.

Vinh needs a better reamer :stuck_out_tongue:

Even I could do better then that

Looks like butchering, not modding a light.

Two different lights IMO,
X9L is $35 (with code) cheaper than KR1vn
KR1 uses 18650 and X9L uses 21700 (having less battery sag and longer runtimes) - and as someone said why would you use a 18350 with an SBT90 light? if you want small, just buy a small light like the D4V2 with a 18350 tube
X9L has 60%+ extra throw than KR1vn
X9L has more mass for heat dissipation, of course at the expense of being a little bigger - can’t beat physics.

X9L = 40mm head x 123.6mm length x 25.2mm tube @ 126.3g weight.
KR1 = 35mm head x 110mm length x 24mm tube @ 120g weight - probably weighing a little more after Vinh’s mod.

Kind of a no brainer to me, I got the X9L and toyed with the idea of getting the copper FW1 pro as well……

Actually more if you’re not in the USA. Shipping it here costs $22.

Because it likely still offers better performance than any other light of this size? Though a tuned Emisar D1 18500 might compete. I’m not sure, I haven’t done the maths.

Throw intensity, let’s have it clear. Many use the word “throw” for throw distance.

No. First, mass has little to do with heat dissipation. It has with heat sinking though.
But the difference is 126.3 vs. 120g anyway. Or 5.25%. There are factors that affect thermal performance more than such weight difference (f.e. 21700 cells tend to pull more amps and therefore generate more heat).

I know it’s down to everyone’s preferences/choice but I will always go for the rear button lights, I have tons of both but I hate that I have to fiddle around in the dark for the switch when I just want light now!
Tho some manufacturers have both side and rear.

Agreed

Cheaper doesn’t mean better IMO especially when talking about Emisar/Noctigon.

Probably should do the math and not arbitrarily toss out numbers your not ANYWHERE close to the 60%+ you claim to be the difference between KR1vn…… really please do the math….

When the difference is 6grams I HIGHLY doubt its going to make ANY difference in heat dissipation when the difference is so minuscule.

Keep in mind Hank’s specs are spot on and sometimes overconservative. Lumintop specs are usually overrated.