Definitely looks more focus than my X6 and tint is still ok to me. Does your X6 out throw TN31 or TK70? I read somewhere but can’t remember clearly that de-domed X6 still can’t out throw them.
I read someone lift the dome up with sharp knife either. Looks like it is not very tightly glued at all.
But I haven’t dedome mine yet. Still waiting for the day it might happen when I suddenly have the urge to do it.
Luminous LED’s in general are a lot easier to de-dome than CREE.Cree uses a stronger adhesive.
SST-90 and 50 LED’s doent require heat IMO.You can but not much fun watching the dome slide off your flashlight
after a ping of your tweezers. XM-L’s , power up your torch and when hot its almost easy to de-dome…not quite…
I did it too, and my flashlight was an Elektrolumens ST90 (cost over $250 shipped to Australia)!!!
I had been very unhappy with the throw and output ever since I got it a week or so ago … my Sunwayman T40CS easily out-threw it and my Nitecore TM11 easily “out-lumened” it. :~
I had my heart in my mouth as my pliers slipped and scratched the dome several times - I was really afraid of the pliers suddenly slipping and gouging into phosphor and bond wires or something. But after about 6 or so slips, the dome came loose at one end and I used my fingernail to pry it up and removed it perfectly - no scratches on the board or anything!
As you said Scaru, there’s already a protective layer over the phosphor as it is shiny / sealed - it is not exposed to the air for those wondering.
Also, the adhesive on mine seemed to only be around the circumference of the dome and not over the entire die (phosphor / bond-wire square) itself, so there was no way the phosphor or bond wires could be ripped off in the process.
This is unlike an XM-L, for which pulling off the dome will almost guarantee tearing away half the die and definitely ruining it. Put it this way people … I’ve ruined several XM-Ls trying to de-dome them, but have been absolutely successful with my one and only expensive SST-90 flashlight.
Day time here so no beamshots or anything … but for initial whitewall testing, my ST90 now has a brighter more concentrated hotspot than my Sunwayman T40CS. :bigsmile:
I am curious as I am just about to make one of these ST90 purchases or the Trustfire version. And I have heard the same rumblings - while the throw is great, its not GREAT!