I emailed Hank and asked if a backlit switch would be an option on the standard D4V2 and his reply was that there were no plans to do it. That was a few months ago though. I’m holding out and not ordering anything else, because every time that I do the upgrades are always out minutes after I get my shipping notice.
I’m about to the point where I’m going to order every light Hank sells with every emitter he has. I love my D4V2 and my 2000k KR4. I should do the math on that
Hank told me lighted switch on aluminum was a no go when I asked him last week. Really wish he would do it. Didn’t stop me from ordering another D4v2 with my K1 though…
I noticed my fw3 copper got hot very quickly. My brass d4v2 does too, but with different emitters in my 3 lights of comparison it’s difficult to tell why or how much faster.
Ya my KR4 gets pretty hot cause I use it as my desk light. I try to keep the brightness at a level that is sufficient but doesn’t make the light get warm. Sometimes I neglect to do that and it gets hot. Not sure if that affects the life of the light but if so it just gives me a good excuse to buy another (:
I would love green anodization and clear anodization options for Emisar D4V2.
Someone on Reddit modded a D4V2 and silver color looks great. It would look even better with an optional backlit switch.
EDIT: I just realized that Hank might not be able to access the images that we post. Some websites are not accessible from China, including imgur(.)com. Hank might not even be aware that you posted an image, because when you include an image in your post, and the website is not accessible, a browser might not give any indication that your post contained an image.
I’m really excited to see what happens with the d4sV2… Will Hank rerelease all the colors again? Will he redesign it into a V3? Will it become discontinued to make way for a similar but upgraded version of itself? Will any of these three options I mentioned be available in cu…?
These two beauties arrived yesterday (after only a few days of shipping)...
Please excuse the miserable image quality - I took some snapshots with my crappy smartphone camera.
Noctigon KR4 using 4x SST20-DR 660nm underneath a clear Carclo 10622 optic. At my request Hank installed a 7.5A constant current driver (default is 5A if I recall correctly). I was really impressed, even shocked a bit how bright this beast gets on turbo. Somehow, being blinded by deep red light felt totally different to my eyes than when using white light against a white wall. Anyway, 10 seconds later the head's temperature has climbed significantly, so I will use turbo wisely and for short bursts only. Maybe it's not a bad idea to manually set an ultralow threshold in Andúril's thermal config...just to be safe in case. :-D
Noctigon KR4 using 4x E21A 2.000K underneath a frosted Carclo 10623 optic and the 5A constant current driver. The light beam is real eye candy, actually representing the quintessence of candle light. The first thing I thought of was testing the candle mode in Andúril - amazing is the right word to say. In comparison to the SST20-DR version this KR4 took an eternity to heat up that much. Maybe I should tweak thermal config a bit to see what presets work best. I removed the clips on both lights and feel very happy with the alternative lanyard rings Hank supplies with these lights. The matte black anodizing is just perfect, same as the overall quality of both lights.
Hats off to Hank and ToyKeeper for bringing us more and more seductive flashlights. :-)
I had to use 3M tape. I pressed it on the optic for 20-30 seconds and then pulled up and the optic popped right out. Pull up on both sides of the tape so the force goes straight up. I think the thermal grease acted like glue on the optic legs.