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.
Whoa! That's insanely snot green! Even the hotspot looks greenish LoL. They really @#$%ed up with the second generation.
I hope for the above beamshot to exaggerate the actual appearance of the beam, because if it literally looks that way to the naked eye I really wonder how someone is willing to deal with it. For comparison purposes, just took my M1 build with White Flat 1mm² (CSLNM1.TG): hotspot is white, corona is a tiny bit greenish and spill is slightly bluish to my naked eye, but nothing major. By the way, I also noticed it needs a new centering gasket, the one I originally stuck in is asymmetric and can be seen in the beam. You can guess I haven't used it much… O:) And then, the beam from my orange peel red S21A with 3500K GA3 SST-20 is absolutely beautiful.