Just an FYI- when I did the Lux test on my ft03 with sft40 (I reflowed and centered myself a couple weeks ago) I got 410,000 cd. This light THROWS with this led.
I’ll second that. I changed the led in mine to the sft40 and it made a huge difference. Mine isn’t even centered well because the mcpcb is off a little but it’s still an incredibly bright light at this price.
i agree with you, centering was a little tough. Actually the right Height was a little tough to achieve. I am interested to see what people get from this and how well the beam is focused before I order. My started with a dark halo around the hotspot, but now through tirelessly adjusting it is much better but not perfect like my L21a
Im holding off purchasing for the same reasons. Astrolux shamelessly used an incorrect reflector that wouldn’t tightly focus the 90.2 emitter in these same flashlights. Which means they didn’t even take the time to test pre-production samples before slapping them into these $115 lights. Everyone got screwed on that deal. Lets hope they did better with the STF40.
Yea I will only buy if people report that theirs are perfectly centered or at minimum very well centered. Because I already have one that I put a couple hours into adjusting the reflector for.