Probably not. I wish it had a programmable driver. At least memory on/off.
It’s possible. Reylight has a AA/14500 driver with programmable modes and memory on/off.
The 5A 12 group driver has been updated several months ago.
AA/14500 driver can use 12 groups program, but the cost will increase greatly. Because T2 did not sell much before, I did not consider producing this driver.
The T2 takes a 17mm driver, so you can replace it worst case.
My bad. The ui chart still mentions 10 clicks so I was confused.
Anyway, a big step. My S2+ with the 5A driver, E21A 4000K D220 quad led, 60dg tir and removed glass i currently my most used flashlight.
There seems to be some margin for error with the new drivers (like there was with the old drivers…)
I have 3 of the new 17mm 5A 12 group drivers. One of them acts strange. When programming the light the LED remains on but dim in between programming blinks, and seems to have a much higher lowest mode than the other two.
The other two drivers work as expected, the LED is off between programming blinks and the lowest mode is pretty low.
I ordered a few more to mess around with. I’ve used two of them to make S2+ triples.
Some 14500 cells (such as Shockli 1000mAh) don’t fit in the T2.
I’m OK with it at this price point :+1: .
Has the latest version been more successful? Would be nice to get it in the new S21A colours (specifically the green and orange) :innocent: .
Simon Mao, on my flashlight from the last order (convoy s2 + LH351D 5 Amperes), a shunt in the spring from the side of the button fell off, and this happened almost immediately, literally after 2-3 battery replacements. I don’t know how to do soldering and I don’t have a soldering iron!
The question is: what are the consequences?
It is possible that because the internal resistance becomes larger, the low-voltage protection will be entered in advance. I have a switch with a copper spring, which can be sent to you for replacement.
Lumintop 14500 fits perfect in T2 but for me not worth use it because the difference of power with AA it’s very small.
Well, that’s a shame. I have some button top 1000mah Vapcells I was hoping to use with the T2 I just ordered. Might need to look into what is preventing the fit.
On another note, I’m looking forward to my M21C-U XHP70.2 and another simple S2+ with a Dogfart and the new FET driver from the same order.
I wish we had figures for the new XHP35 HI offering in the M21C though, I would have maybe bought another if there were candela ratings available.
this is great news, I will write to you in the store! Many thanks! :+1:
So would it be correct to say that it appears this is a driver issue/inconsistency rather than the LED type the driver is used on?
I've had a few different Convoy lights that use this 12-mode (Biscotti clone, not the original Biscotti) driver, and also noted that for some lights, when doing voltage check:
- on some flashlights, the main LED stays on at a dim mode, while it "blinks (brighter)" out the voltage count
- on some flashlights, the main LED is off, while blinking the voltage count
(for comparison, on the original Biscotti, when doing "voltage check" mode, the main light is Off in between the "blinks" for voltage count)
The issue you mentioned might be related to the observation I noticed (main LED is dim, or main LED is Off in between blinks)
What is the difference between this:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001866355467.html?spm=2114.12010612.8148356.10.1d01cb45bd8V3X
and this:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002244951138.html?spm=2114.12010612.8148356.16.1d01cb45bd8V3X
version of M21B with XHP50.2?
OK, first one is 3V LED, but for second one, there is no info.
The first one uses XHP50.2 3V (FET driver), the second one uses XHP50.2 6V (boost driver).
Does this have the alternating frequency strobe as per Biscotti, or a constant frequency strobe?
As of right now if there is a choice of color temp below 5000K for XHP50.2, that means it is 6V.
The 6V will be more efficient because of the boost driver, both drivers will output ~18W (3V * 6A or 6V * 3A). A normal XHP50.2 will be 6A, if it’s 3V it will say so.
@stephenk You may need to contact Simon about the needs of the light painter community.
I had the driver in a light with a single SST-40 and the light remaining on between blinks was present there too. I didn’t play around with the mode groups containing the lowest mode on that light though.
Then I ended up taking the driver out and putting it in a triple with 3 SST-20s and noticed that the lowest mode is almost the same as the next lowest. Another of the same driver in another triple has a much lower first mode.
I have 5 more of these drivers on the slow boat, when they arrive I’ll swap out the suspect one and see if it’s any different.
The Convoy Store now has a listing for a S16 21700 flashlight. Looks like the S12 with a single SST-40 emitter:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002315391902.html