WildTrail WT90 - SBT90.2 1800m+ throw 90mm 3x 21700 With Texas_Ace driver

In for a 1 green or silver
Thank you

I don’t want to be responsible for creating the false hope of green, unless there are suggestions being taken for the second batch on a color :slight_smile:

But so we’re clear, I wasn’t trying to start trouble with the green talk lol

Copy mate
I was just playing about the green colour as well as I know its not avalible.but if it would that would be awesome…
I hope I get a clear anodised one atleast loll.
Thanks

red, and a SS bezel :wink:

And for the next batch a tripod mounting hole? (I could make a handle then)

I see this light doing very well. The price point is good.

yeah, I mentioned the option of other colors early on but they wanted to stick with black. I was able to talk them into the clear coated without a lot of hassle since it is really simple and hard to screw up but other colors take a fair amount of trial and error to get right as a rule and they didn’t seem ready to do that until they saw the demand for the light.

I actually thought that a tripod mount was going to be included until the prototype showed up.

Edit: Realized why the tripod was left out, there is just no where to easily put it without ruining the lines of the light and making the grip much larger. Unlike the GT the button is actually above the LED, so the tripod mount would have to stick out out the back of the light to have room. Possible but it is already a large grip even for my large hands, anything more would push it over the top. So I can understand why they had to leave it out.

I also like red lights, and purple, tan, blue, green, come to think of it I like anything that is not black lol.

I also got word on the silver / clear options.

They said if they can sell at least 45 silver units that they can make up a batch of them. It will take 30 days from start to finish for another batch is what I am told.

So if you want silver / clear, let your voice be heard. I counted them up and as of yesterday there were around 20 reservations for silver.

I told him I am pretty confident they will sell 45+ silver units but he wants an idea of how many more to make before he submits the order.

Yeah the quality for the price is quite nice.

Tripod mount is almost a must for a light of this size, didn't realize it didn't have one.

I'd prefer the SS bezel but usually it's a hefty price increase. For a 100-110 mm head diam, maybe $25 extra?

Yeah, it is a hefty price increase but also a hefty weight increase in the wrong spot.

If this is where they chose to cut costs, I would say they picked the right spot IMHO.

Do you have a head diam #? If the reflector is 90 mm, I'm guess 102-105 mm, assuming the prototype's dims are reflective of production.

Looks like it is around 108-109mm total head size, there is a fair amount of meat on the body to allow heat to flow to the fins so it makes it a bit thicker.

That absolutely makes sense, see how wel the light sells before committing to an extra involved process in manufacturing. Also, Very Glad you pushed for clear Ano :+1:

As much as I like the look of SS bezels, I am realizing that I wish none of my throwers had them. I would take a aluminum bezel that matches the body color over SS just because of the beam rings that occur from the Stainless bezel. Although, I have no understanding if the SS bezel helps with thermal transfer or anything like that. Regardless, I’d take aluminum everyday over stainless. My new ft03 with ss bezel has rings that my all black ft03 did not. Disappointing.

Is this 45 silver in addition to the originally planned 25? Meaning the first 25 silver should be available in ~2 weeks to order?

Thanks for helping create this light, it’s large mass should pair well with SBT90.2.

TA, this is all looking very good so far.

Can you please ask them to add a tripod mount option? (1/4-20 UNC) It will be needed most of the time in my usage case and should be simple enough for them to include it.

I dont want to push it too much, becuase im sure its too late to add th tripod mount anyway, but i just watched that (awesome) production video in the OP, and it looks like even thought the button is above the LED that there is a natural location for a tripod mount opposite the button location, if they just flattened that area like they did for the button? Or are you saying that the tripod mount screw would stick through and interfere with the internals if it was placed there?

I only ask because it looks like it could be added without making the handle larger, by just flattening (instead of milling fins) opposite the button, and because it would be really nice to have a tripod mount for this light. Making the handle is easy, but i’m afraid i am incapable of milling my tripod hole… Either way i am buying this one, but if they could do the tripod mount, that would be fantastic. but if they need to make the handle larger for some reason, then i agree its not worth adding it.

If you need a tripod mount, a clamp like THIS is very useful

At this size, I’d really expect about 950kcd. The TN42v2 is very close in size to the WT90 and it claims 864kcd, though, so maybe I’m expecting a bit too much.

I’d love to see beamshot comparisons vs the MF02Sv2/MT90.

TomE, what do you expect to get out of this one?