- The XPL2 will make the highest output, my guess is 13k+ lumens with a 30T considering TM9K w/ 9xXPL2 makes over 9k lumens with a low current cell, but will be too blue and Cree has the most tint shift.
- 219b sw45k will have the most pleasant 4500k rosy tint but the most inefficient and lowest output.
-The SST20 4000k should still be the FA3 bin, which have the lowest DUV (rosy) of all SST20 4000K I’ve seen and I’ve seen many. Still nowhere as rosy as the sw45k but better than any SST20 4000K by other flashlight manufacturers.
- SST40 6500k is will have the best throw. However, this is not a throw flashlight but a wide floody light.
- If you want high output and good light quality, the LH351D 5700K 80CRI is a good compromise. I checked with FF and the 5700K is Q2 tint bin, which is essentially afternoon sunlight CCT, or pure white. W2 is the highest flux bin achievable for 80CRI.
- The LH351D 4000k is CRI 90 and T7 tint bin. Don’t know what flux bin. The T7 bin is less green than other LH351D 4000k on the market but still a bit green. It should be a whole lot better than the LH351D 4000k in the E14 III, which I needed a Lee quarter minus green filter to neutralize the green.
Nice light, but how long would turbo last with only one battery............. 5 seconds? 12,000 lumens on a single cell almost seems a little dangerous.
klrman, you are assuming each LED consumes a fixed current but it isn’t true. It may not draw much more current than E07 but have more output because more LEDs being driven at lower amps per LED where they are more efficient.
That is at turbo only. Any lower setting should be current limited and MUCH more efficient since it isn’t using PWM but more efficient buck driver.
On the lower setting yes, but the specs state 1 min at turbo with no step down, which means the battery is draining scarily fast before it looses all it's steam which to me could be dangerous as it's putting immense pressure on that single battery. Maybe I'm wrong and there is a step down at turbo, but on the FF website it doesn't show it. It does state at the bottom that turbo is only available in the advanced UI not the simple UI to avoid over heating.
This chart is confusing. Look at the 2nd picture under “1st Thermal Stepdown”. It steps down from 12,000lm to 2,580lm after 1 minute and then from there to 1200lm after 10 minutes if I am reading it right.
You're right, I should have opened my eyes more! Also states final stepdown to 1200lm will last 2 hrs which is pretty good really. I may sell both my rot66's and get one of these for fun.
The runtime and sustainable brightness of this light should put a lot of others with “direct drive”/PWM drivers to shame. IMO, this is pretty exciting to see our enthusiast brands using drivers like these.
It should be like having a Zebralight/Acebeam/etc quality driver with higher max output and more configurable UI, cheaper price, can upgrade firmware, more LED choices.
It's looking more interesting by the minute. Promised myself not to buy any new lights this year except from money made selling some of my lights, and this one may fit the bill.
There’s no way it’s lasting a whole minute at 12000lm. 20-30 seconds seems more reasonable. 1 minute might work if the light is very cold or your hands are the same material as the light itself.
Do anyone know if it is the same for emisar flashlight? This is big benefit for blf members!
I am very excited for this new flashlight. It looks like fireflies making some interesting new products
