[Review]Lumintop FW21 Pro - 10000lm destruction

So… the appearance changes a lot. The tint changed approximately 1500-2000 cct, it will look like less than 5000k after dedome. The only concern is, it also turn quite green.

If you want it less green after dedome, You can order small sheets of Lee’s minus green from a member of blf here (DC-Fix Diffusion Film Sale) which will help counteract the green. If you do get the Lee’s minus green, go with –1/2. I did the –1/4 and I should have went more.

I loved the look after dedome at first but then after getting more lights with lower cct emitters, I realized how green the dedomed xhp50.2 is and ended up regretting the dedome. But if I had the appropriate minus green filter it would’ve been fine.

Remember, you will lose approx 15% output dedoming, but you’ll pickup about same % in throw.

If you have a heat gun, heat the bezel on medium / medium high for a couple of minutes. That is what I have done for inset stainless bezels that are hard to remove and it works every time. Also, if you have rubber heavy duty work gloves that helps a lot too.

Sounds like a plan.
Thanks for all the info. I will try the heat gun next. If I get it off I will order the bare LED’s.

thx

Fw21 pro xhp50, dedome, no minus green filter

dedome with lees -1/4 green filter

Sorry it’s not a great pic, but I found these from when I did the dedome


I don't have, but I can put it off for you, no problem ;)



Well, in my case it was much worse, tint changed A LOT


Sofirn SC31 Pro 6500K for reference

I am looking for something interesting to put there

Oh wow Mocarney! I’ve never seen anything like that !

Put (3) osram CULPM1 !! It would be so awesome, and I wanted to do it. You can buy them bare from Simon for about $27 for all 3 of them. Would be an awesome mod, and they are 4040 footprint so they would reflow right into the existing mcpcb. Perfect opportunity to do it considering what happened to yours.

Or just keep it as a imitation UV light lol

Thanks for that looks like a simple MCPCB swap if I can get my bezel ring off.
Lumintop said they can sell me the MCPCB for XHP 50.2 so I will order two. Then I can keep the 6500K LED’s on the original board. If I do not like the 5400K as much I can just fit the original back on. I will keep the second MCPCB for future mods maybe.
thx

WOW that filter makes a difference.

thx

I still have not got mine apart. Maybe Mocarny can tell you.

About 33.5mm :slight_smile:

If you dont mind, what way did you communicate it with Lumintop? I never had any luck with trying to communicate with them. I sold my fw21 pro because i never heard back about them selling me a seperate mcpcb…

Looks like most of the phosphor was scraped or pulled off the emitters when you took the domes off. I learned on this forum a while ago (can’t remember exactly where) that the reason why white LEDs look yellow when they’re not powered is because the diode itself only emits a very narrow band of wavelengths, almost like a laser, and the rest of the spectrum is filled in when that blue/violet light hits a yellowish florescent material. Without that yellow phosphor - all that’s left on yours are those little yellow scraps you can see in the pics - you’re left with nothing but that lasery indigo.

definitely an easy fix once you get 3 more 4040 or 5050 bare leds, just reflow and go!

you decide mocarny which emitters your going with?

The SST40 has a 5050 footprint, the same as the XHP50.2. The 4040s may fit on 5050 pads, i haven’t checked, but it’s not a like for like size swap.

SST40 would be cool, I was thinking of something more…rare? I have second FW21 Pro XHP50.2 and I would like to have maybe something high CRI, 4500K

I know it’s an old thread! Thanks for the great review and all the good information everybody provided.

I’m getting the copper version for $100.
Fathers day 30% off.:+1::flashlight::ok_hand:

It is a great flashlight, I have it in my emergency backpack, which means something.
Copper version would be cool, maybe not that practical (heavy) but cool.

Yeah. A bit heavy.

255 grams

P45B = 70 grams

Total 325 grams/ 11.464 ounces.

If it gets too heavy I’ll have my husky carry it!

.716 Lbs.

Dzien dobry🔦

Started my flash light deep dive a few years back when I needed to replace my old Fenix TK35. Picked up a Thrunite T2, a Thrunite TT20, three Lumintop FW4A’s, a Lumintop FW1A, a Lumintop X9L, a Lumintop FW21 Pro, a Sofirn IF22A, an Imalent MS03W, an Imalent R60C, an Imalent MS08, and then complete overkill…the MS18W.

My initial thought was that if I could only have a single light, it would be the… drum roll… R60C. I’m shocked that this light isn’t popular.

But… after a couple years of living with all of these lights and rotating through all of them almost daily (actually, nightly…I work nights), I’ve changed my mind. If I could only have one light, (and if it wasn’t obvious from the MS18W purchase, price is of no concern whatsoever) I would definitely pick the FW21 Pro. It’s a 9.5 out of 10. If it came in black with a slightly warmer tint, it would be a 10 out of 10. This light is seriously, damn near perfection.

I’ve realized that anything over 10,000 lumens is rarely if ever needed. A Molicel P42A has crazy long runtime in the FW21 Pro, and it’s easy to carry two extra 21700’s in a single plastic dual storage container just incase. I’ve since bought FW21 Pro’s for each of my brothers. One of my brothers, a 27 year military veteran and die hard outdoorsman\hunter is crazy about this light. He’s gifted one to all of his buddies for Christmas.

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