“REVIEW”: Lumintop FWAA – 14500 – Anduril 2 – Triple Nichia 4000K & 5000K [Pic Heavy]

Trying to show how floody it gets (even if the eyes see more than the camera).

Nichia 4000K (left) vs Nichia 5000K (right)

Building at 42m

Tower at 70m
(control)

Now the colour rendering with Auto balance.
Sorry about the focus on these, I forgot to get it closer :person_facepalming:


Reds turn better with the 4000K (left).
And you can see that the photos get rosier on the right!

very helpful, what about when waving the light up and down quickly?

unfortunately zeroair does not have the ability to measure the PWM speed

zeroair also says its very floody… I dont mind that… looks fine to me
I dont expect triples to be throwers…

and thanks for the flower photos… very pretty :slight_smile:
Im also curious what that tall metal screw is in some of your pics… wine press?

I don’t have that possibility too, but I would bet it doesn’t do that while waving! It is not visible (as far as I can tell) , only measurable! :+1:

I wonder if the optic can be polished for a more focused beam?

I doubt that! I guess that the more it gets polished, the more “frosted” it will be, and the floodier it will get. But this is a supposition!

The more polished it is, the clearer is will get. I would think that would be like the difference between the 10507 (clear, narrow) and the 10509(frosted, wide).

Yup, I know that is the purpose of polishing, but with such a tiny optic and thin surface, I am not sure how well could you polish to get a clear look as the 10507. But I am no expert on that too.

This is the type of surface you have (I don’t have my magnifying lenses with me to take a better photo).
Click to see in full resolution.

Is the surface flat? or is there concavity above the lenses?

Yup, it is flat :+1:

No zeroairs white balance seems off, not yours.

I think zeroair does not actually know what LED is in the light

“I wasn’t told what Kelvin was shipped and there was no package”

and here are his comments on the beam shape:

“The optic is around 17mm, and I couldn’t find a single replacement anywhere for it. It’s a very floody optic . Very floody.”

anyway
… its a nice host… the LEDs can be changed :wink:

Wow, this is exceptional!!!

This is correct. I was shipped a light with no package, and was not told what the kelvin is.

Could be that it’s 3000K.

I still greatly appreciate your review
one of the things you do that I like, is you sometimes take lights apart

did you confirm the LED is a 219C?
Im asking mainly because the tint in your comparison photo
(another feature of your reviews that I really like),

does not look pink at all… particularly compared to the photos by MascaratumB

not trying to say one is right or the other wrong… just pointing out a surprising Tint difference

I did do so. The review shows the emitters with the bezel off; you can see the emitters too if you’d like.

Yes this surprised me too quite a bit (when someone else also pointed it out). I don’t have the answer. As with the other set of beamshots, the settings are as stated in the review:

ah yes, 219c of some sort:

thanks

the mustard yellow tint of the LEDs closely resembles what people posted when the RRT-01 2020 came out with a 4000k 219c, that ended up being 70 CRI… maybe thats what your light has too…

see what I mean?:

I think your 4000k guess is correct…

in the case of the RRT-01, the 4000k CCT and Low CRI was confirmed:

and verified:

I would just plan on an LED swap for the FWAA if it arrives with Mustard Yellow Tint. Ive always found 219c to have tint above the bbl (not my thing).

I think MascaratumB got lucky… Ive never seen a 219c with pink tint like his.

I think the only thing we can say is “who knows” and my opinion is that beamshots are about as useful as this thread would indicate. ¯\

To quote the famous former major league baseball player Oscar Gamble, “They don’t think it be like it is, but it do.”

It is what it is. :+1:

They don’t think tint be like it is, but it do.

So its a gamble on the 219c, but seemingly safe bet for the 20s. I would love a rosy nichia, but not feelin’ lucky.

The SST-20 is sold out.

I guess the thing to do is buy a 219c and be prepared to change the LEDs if it be yellow.