I would liked to have a mode lower than 1% on this new bit pricely AA driver.
Just curious to know how much is bright at lower mode
As far I understand it was not possible to go below with this chip.
I hope someday will be a firefly mode,even on ramping AA headlamp.
Ive been using simon's 17mm sst20 5amp / 12 mode drivers in my 14500 lights for awhile now, they work great! this new driver would be awesome too do to duel-fuel ability, but 1.5amp output with 14500 is pretty low, no?.. I was usig sst20 2700k and 5amp with no issues in a xeno e03 14500 light.
The beam from an XHP70.2 in a reflector has a white hotspot, an extremely lime green corona and a blue spill. There’s so much tint shift across the beam that high CRI won’t really give you much benefit.
Yea, as much as i wanna always ask the manufacturer for the best bins they can get, i agree with Rayoui here, how does Hi CRi matter with xhp70.2 when there is so much tint shift going on? meaning, which color of the rainbow actually contains the Hi CRI with xhp70.2 in a reflector light?
I even have one in a E7-, small OP reflector, and there is a slight Rainbow of colors from the xhp70.2
The 3rd gen should be just around the corner, with both XHP50.3 HI and XHP70.3 HI, even the domed versions probably will have a better beam color profile since there is no phosphor pour over the whole package. So at this point it’s better to wait a bit and try to source those in high CRI instead of going with the soon to be obsolete 2nd gen.