congrats on your LED upgrade Yokiamy. So glad you are enjoying your 519a
if you decide to dedome, here is what you can expect
first, the hotspot will become much smaller, (some domed and dedomed beam pics here) and less perfectly round, but the Tint duv moves lower, and gives a bit of strawberry color to the beam, that I enjoy.
here is the difference in color, domed then dedomed, for my 519a lights: .
I EDC the dedomed 4500K (4th from left) from Simon
and here is a video showing a dedome process:
there is a layer of glass under the dome, sometimes bits of the dome remain adhered, but can be pushed off easily, without damaging the phosphor
Thanks for the review. It was quite helpful and I have become interested in purchasing one. The information on button activation force was particularly helpful because I hardly find any information on it on reviews although there are huge variations in the button activation forces in lights.
One of the features I like in some of Anduril UI lights is the ability to check battery voltage while the light is off. For example, D4v2 or KR4 can be configured to show battery voltage when off by the colors of RGB AUX LEDs. In that regard, I wonder if the button LED in SC21 Pro be configured to reflect battery voltage. I see that it can display two colors, red and green. I think it would be nice if the button LED shows battery charge levels. Does the button LED change colors depending on battery voltage?
That is not possible. Anduril works with either a single color LED or with RGB LEDs. In this case it’s only the green LED, while the red LED is connected directly to the charging controller.
Thank you for the specific compliment, Im glad the button pressure info is helpful.
I check battery voltage by clicking 3 times from Off, in Advanced mode… The main LED then flashes out the voltage… repeatedly, until the button is pressed again. Very convenient, and suprisingly accurate (within 0.1V) compared to my DMM.
Thank you for that background info.
I find the built in charging works very well, and switches from Red to Green, when charging stops. I charge at my desk, so I can unplug the charge cord soon after charging finishes.
I suspect some people will want to charge unattended overnight. I do not recommend that. The battery is not the same kind as in our phones. I still only charge LiIon while Im present, never overnight while Im sleeping.
built in charger trivia:
The SC21 Pro can be turned on while plugged into the charge cable, even without a battery inside.
Both need the same CC/CV charging system and rely on the charging controller to stop charging once finished. Even most cheap charging controllers will terminate correctly.
It’s the others that don’t fall in the ‘most’ category that I’m worried about Although I’m not really too worried about Sofirn charging circuitry. There’s WAY worse out there.
Thank you very much for the several replies and clarification
I was thinking about getting a SC21 but I guess I really won’t go that way.
The lower levels of the SP10 are better and even not having built-in charging, I can solve that with the Olight charger in case I want to use Li-Ion only.
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