Itās the others that donāt fall in the āmostā category that Iām worried about Although Iām not really too worried about Sofirn charging circuitry. Thereās 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 wonāt 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.
How is pwm on this light? I read a zeroair review which said the pwm was horrible. I know jonslider is not a fan of pwm , so I was surprised to not see a mention of it here.
unfortunately, zeroair does not post the frequency of the PWM, so I dont know how to use his data
fwiw, all anduril lights use PWM, but mostly at a very high speed that is not visible to human eyes
I do not see flicker in actual use. I dont think it would be any different than your experience w other anduril lightsā¦
just checked a stock SP10 Pro (dont have an SC21 Pro on hand) on the lowest mode, in a dark room waving the light held in my handā¦ I do not see any PWM dots, my iPhone does not either:
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imo the SC21 Pro is a great little light, I dont hesitate to recommend it.
I like that I can locate the straight sided button by feel, plus I like the leds in the button, makes it easy to find the light on my nightstand.
if you like tailmagnets, it has that too, and if you want a total one stop shop package, the SC21 Pro comes complete with USB C charging built inā¦ and the clip is nice and deep carry. The only downside is the clip is too tight to fit a baseball cap, but the Longer Olight S Bend clips fit the light too.
Thanks for the prompt response, I imagined it wouldnāt take long to hear from you on this topic. I found all of your response helpful, as was the original review.
Iām currently traveling and canāt see all the pwm pictures easily. but the couple I did look at have a period of roughly 50 microseconds. This translates to a pwm frequency of 20 kHz. For some reason I was thinking that in general anduril lights didnāt use pwm. But as I pondered this more I realized the controller chips generally only have digital output, so pwm would be the result. Glad in this case itās not visible.
BTW, I have a SC21 pro incoming and am looking forward to comparing it to my S1R. Still waiting also for the RRT-01, maybe it will be there when I return home
safe travels
from my limited reading, over 3kHz is not considered to be ābiologically activeā
malkoff uses PWM of 312Hz and told me āmost people dont notice itā. Hds has PWM about 450Hz, again, almost no one mentions seeing itā¦.
so though I remain skeptical about the effect of LED lights circuit frequency, used for long term ambient lightingā¦ (I say the same about zebralights btw), it seems that Oscillators are part of the package, if I want to play in the LED lighting poolā¦
fwiw, my beloved RRT-01 can also flicker visibly at lowest modes, and still not show PWM dots when wavingā¦ Ive come to accept fluctuations as unavoidable in LED lighting.
a couple of considerations about SC21 Pro
it comes w Anduril 1, not Anduril 2, it can be reflashed, which I find challenging, but effective
2. I like the Wurkkos TS10 better than the SC21 Pro and SP10 Pro. For my personal urban EDC preferences.
3. SC21 Pro has a more throwy, focused hotspot and smooth transition in the spill than the SP10 Pro. The TS10 is more floody, as is expected from a triple.
4. Only the TS10 has choice of Aux light color. On SC21 Pro, the button LEDs are only available in green. (changes to red while charging, very effective). No aux, no button light on SP10 Pro, button is hard to find by touch.
Yeah, I realized that, I have parts and pieces to reflash the Attiny chip (16, or 25, or?) in the D4 and LT1, hoping with some mechanical tweaks it would work with the SC21 as well. Or for starters might just go with Anduril 1.
Hmm, Iāve not been paying much attention to flashlights for awhile, didnāt know about the TS10. Donāt really need in light charging, like aux LEDs, but probably will hold off for now, or at least until I see how things on the way work out.