Truthfully, I don’t know. I’ve tried several other lights that throw over 100k at 1m, and everyone reads off, many way off. SR90, TN31, tn31mb, Deerelight, etc. If I light is a serious thrower, I just start them at 5m. My TN31mb (426k) and SR90 w/ sbt70 (325k), even reads off a little at 5m. But not too far off. At 10m the read proper. And by proper I mean the same consistant numbers from 10m - 100m.
From all my testing, this is the way I see it as best minimum testing distances -
0-50k - 1m test
50-100k - 3m test
100-200k - 5m test
200k & up - 10m test.
Bare emitters reflowed onto 20mm SinkPAD's - I do it in a frying pan , works pretty well, did dozens, check temp with a temp meter. They were XM-L2 U2's 1A or 1C's, forgot which. IlluminationSupply is a great source for the 1C's, but they might have been from Mouser.
Tom E, they were XM-L U2 1C from IS. A great thrower tint, IMO. I did virtually the same mod.
It’s not hard to do, but I would not recommend it be your first mod. Try something smaller first.
Don’t you know, flashlights are the new precious metals. Everyone buys up flashlights when things get tough.
OK, All I can offer you is free medicare and all the maple syrup you can eat. And bacon, lots of bacon. J)
Actually, if you check out the package deal with charger and batteries, there’s 96 more.
Ric might start selling those lights by itself when he starts to see it move.
Who knows, 96 is still quite a bit. Another price drop is possible.
Don’t you guys hate missing a great deal about as bad as I do? I guess seeing others take the plunge makes it that much more psychologically correct to do so and ever so much more rewarding justifying the submit payment button.