Thanks gchart for your comment. Do you mean just cancel the tint ramping part(in TS32 flood/throw ramping)? Is this just you or most BLF members? I am curious.
This light will use two mcpcbs for sure.
There is a tripot socket in the neck next to the switch, not sure if that is the mentioned 1/4 x20 treaded hole.
What is the back lit button you mean?
Handle is addable, looking to design one to sell seperately as accessory, so members here can choose to have or not to have according to their demand.
Hi kokosnh, not sure if there is any conflict with Anduril II ui, but /adjusting the brightness for fold and throw separately by 1H, 2C for changing between changing fold and throw brightness distribution/ sounds great.
We have improved the fins already, the previous design with shallower fins, we will still look chance to improve it. Hopefully we can see it in the final product.
I would suggest something similar to Acebeam X45. 4 x XHP70.2, but with deeper reflector for better throw.
With USB charging port and removable handle.
Ps. I like that the tube looks like it have lots of small fins, does making them deper have any considerable impact on cooling, or on the heat transfer to the hand?
I like the idea of purchased separately optional difuzer in a form of lantern, to screw in place of strike bezel. Or do some threads on outside, so you can screw difuzer directly to the flashlight. So that it can be used outdoor and indoor. And then, with difuze, the tint changing and 6 x 2700K SST-20 and 6 x 4000K SST-20 would make more sense for me. I was waiting for sofirn BLF LT1 lantern version on multi 21700 cells, but that could be end, if this have option to buy separately an additional difuzer.
I believe your 12 SST-20’s with almost no reflector are going to create a wall of light and glare. This would actually inhibit some of the throw from the center LED as to what the user could actually see. Those 12 LEDs are in a very short range of usefulness. I believe you would be better served with 4 evenly spaced LEDs such as XHP70’s or SFT40’s. The dimensions look good. As others have pointed out larger fins and maybe a little more mass.
I really like the look of this. If sales go well then you could offer different LED options. For example as well as 12 SST20 + 1 SFT40 you could offer:
12 Nichia E21A (or 219B) and 1 SST20. Not so much output but warm white and high CRI
12 Samsung LH351D and 1 Osram Boost HX. Should give some more output and throw.
12 XHP50.2 and 1 SBT90.2. This would require a different MCPCB and maybe different reflector but it would be very fun! Similar to the Acebeam X80, which fits loads of XHP50.2 LEDs in a small space
I think you have a good point, but to me this merely proves that the ability to use both channels at the same time is not important. The two sets of LEDs are designed for different things, flood vs throw, and there is no application when one would need to run both. There are some two channel lights where I might want to run both at the same time, as for tint ramping, but this is not one of them.
IMO this is a solution in search of a problem. Keep stock Anduril II with two separate channels exactly as is.
In the future, if you want to contact a specific person on BLF, the private message system is much more effective. The only reason I saw this thread was because someone else notified me about it.
So… I responded in a PM.
One detail which would really benefit from public feedback though… Do people actually want to ramp smoothly between flood and throw, or would it be better to switch instantly? The tint ramp takes several seconds from end to end, and that might get annoying. I’m not sure about anyone else, but I usually want flood or throw, not something in-between. And I usually want to switch quickly from one to the other.
But that’s just me. What are everyone’s thoughts on this?
Similar to the Acebeam X80, which fits loads of XHP50.2 LEDs in a small space