I love my D4v2 and I have the 18350 tube for it. To make it even smaller I’d reduce the head diameter to match the body diameter. Next thing after that would be go to 16650/16340 format. I’m not keen on the 14500 concept unless it’s dual fuel and tiny. And I think that doesn’t fit in with Hank’s general approach of making lights super powerful. I guess we will see.
I’m hoping for this new 21700 thrower to also offer a quad version with the D4S optic and tail e switch. That’s been my fantasy hank light for a while now. Putting the LEDs in series and running them off a boost driver would be icing on the cake, but 1S linear driver is fine too.
Hank can you please use the 90+ CRI version for XHP35. I know it might sacrifice some lumens but quality CRI over anything would be much appreciated over minimal output increase. We would pay a few bucks more to get the best emitter.
Looks awesome! I’m really excited for this light, it seems to have an excellent blend of features. In particular AUX under the large optic is really cool!
Sorry if it’s been stated already, but what kind of performance should we expect? With this size optic and an XHP35, what sort of intensity will it be able to produce?
The throw could be a bit lower than expected for the XHP35 and B35AM versions, since in order to eliminate the black hole,
we use slightly frosted optic. Other LEDs versions like Osram, SFT40 stilll use the small angle optic in order to reach longer throw.
OH mighty Luxwad, may I ask which emitter you are leaning towards? I was initially excited about the B35AM, but am worried the output would be underwhelming. Maybe thinking sft40