I probably jumped the gun a bit with my purchase and should have waited another week until a just before the coupon code expires before buying as people are just now receiving the light and giving assessments. However, at least for me, those deficiencies that you mention are not going to be a problem. I don’t use moonlight in the headlamp form factor - will be using mainly 300 lumens and up with active movement providing cooling, and in the cold (headlamp season equals cold season for me). The smooth thermal control and good efficiency were the main attractions, and I’m guessing from the description that the TIR will provide a good pattern for my type of usage. So I probably would have purchased this early version as a backup/alternative for my larger headlamp anyway.
That wasn’t hot glue under the star. That’s what (cheap) thermal paste often looks like. I have a tube of something similar looking or the same myself.
Problem is that the shelf is very thin and not flat, the center under the LED is slightly concave. The 1 mm thick MCPCB doesn’t even make contact with the shelf because it sits on the rims of the screw holes! The thermal design is a total failure.
For using it as a simple light at 200-300 lm it is OK. But I expected much more after the Unicorn.
The initial 900 lm are reduced to 300 lm after some minutes due to heat. Thermal regulation seems to be great, as expected from Inferion. 400 lm should be possible if temperature limit is set to 75 °C.
I should correct this. The main auditory for this light in Russia is not a flashaholic, but odinary user.
So
TK set for comfort temperature from box.
The measure of lumens was not in the lightbox, by lxometr in phone.
So this is ABOUT 300 lmens, may be 350
Measures was taken in room temperatre and no movement.
But due great TK work, in real street night movement, i think, real throw wold be around 450+ lumens. Stable lumens. If temperature allow, TK wold turn back light flow up to 900lmens
Anyway, user can try to change TK limit.
The driver has external flashing pads for updates, but YLP refuses to provide update files
Not. New firmware not finished yet, so YLP don’t discuss ability to reflash until readiness of new firmware.
They say you can’t expect more from a light that is this cheap. IMHO they should have set their goals lower
Only real expluatation wold show, if this flashlight is brilliant or not.
Anyway, by the low price any user takes from the box well built L-shape flashlight.
With direct current reglation, workable TK, comfort weight and HiCri lght.
Hi D’AVerk,
Do you know anything about the Stark 2*21700 8*SST20 Hi CRI 4000K (YLP coupon for BLF - #229 by rost333)?
If so, can you share it with us please? Thank you!
can you share it with us please
It is on development stage, as far as i know.
But in one discussion between Inferion (driver developer) and fnksb (YLP executive by such projects) was mentioned that anyway, no changes in idea, because all have been ordered yet. Of course, this could be about Gekko, but contest of discussion was about Stark
So, we all are in waiting position. FL would be interesting, i think, because of changeable light distribution, like in Panda3, but with improved UI, power and battery capacity. And of course touchscreen )
Don’t understand me wrong, 300 lm is fine for a light of this size!
But IMHO they should discuss this. I’m not interested in this light with the current firmware, but I would buy some if it is possible to update the firmware later.
IMHO they should discuss this.
How they can divide the skin of an unkillable bear (Never divide the skin until the bear is dead!), and give promisses.
In firmware adoption MAY BE could be neccessary changes in hardware, so new firmware simply wouldn’t work correct on old hardware. And anyone would be angry on them by their promisses.
Anyone know if YLP are able to ship the UK again? I can get stuff shipped from China/EU ok currently. But don’t know how to check from Russia.
I ordered a Falcon F15 beginning of the year. but I think COVID restrictions meant it couldn’t be shipped. I said to keep the order open rather than refund, as I’d still like the light. But don’t know what the current situation is.
How long are orders taking to get to the US? Tracking for my order (#2565) suggest it has been stuck in Russia with no updates since acceptance on Feb. 8th.
