That's a well defined hot spot for an OP. They must have gone with OP to smooth out the beam, maybe ring problems. Hard to say how much throw would be gained with SMO, could get a nice bump, but almost guaranteed the beam pattern will suffer somewhat.
I just receieved mine two days ago. this light is AWESOME!
Beam quality and color is much better than my xhp50 5700k, no tint shift on SFn55.2, no rings. Slight OP on reflector definitely smooths beam out, going to try and take some photos when im able to put in a smooth reflector as well for comparisons.
Visually doesn't throw any further than my xhp50 version, but it is DEFINITELY brighter!
Thanks again Freeme, what a great group buy this is!
Note: Second Picture, the "egg yolk" coloring of the hotspot on the xhp50.2 5700k is real, and actually the picture minimizes it. in actual use, not so bad, but on white wall or close range, its terrible.. the SFN55.2 has a FLAWLESS beam!
Ive been meaning to come back to this thread and say: THIS LIGHT IS SO FRIGGEN GOOD!
Easily one of my new favorites! Its a hell of a light! 4 days in and i havent stopped using it! The output is AWESOME, its visually brighter than most of the FireFlies e07's! Its definitely the brightest single emitter light i have ever seen!
Couldnt be happier, and at $50, thank you Freeme! So amazing! once their back in stock ill be buying another one in Blue and selling or modding my xhp50 ft03. lol
This light automatically makes the xhp50 version of ft03 ABSOLETE!
Artie! Have you tried to switch OP to SMO? I’m curious if it’s to give it some more intensity on spot and reach more range. Unfortunately I don’t have one, still waiting for SFT40 version
hey there, I have not. I actually kind of forgotten about it because I've been enjoying the light so much anyway. I need to try this tonight, I have this one and the SFT40 FT03 side by side next to my exterior door of the house. They've been getting a lot of use lately, they're both great.
If anything I'll swap the XHP 50 smooth reflector for this SFN55.2, because the tint shift on the XHP 50 version is really bad so that would probably be better with the OP reflector anyway. Thanks for reminding me, I feel like it would greatly help to throw to have the SMO in this sfn55.2 , Right now it throws out of sheer power but there's no defined hotspot