I would say we both got the same driver. But right now I’m not going to pull mine apart to see. It’s still a great light and really throws. But I’m sure it can be driven a lot harder. I’ll wait and see what kind of options there are. But with the side clicky I’m sure there are not going to be many if any outside of custom made.
I wrote BS and pointed out the following...
My SRK with 1st gen xm-l t6 does 2150 OTF. Even if the SP03 had the same driver as tbe SRK the xm-l2 u2 emitters alone should at 20% more output (430 lumens). The SP03 I have only puts out 43 more lumens than the SRK meaning it has an inferior driver or there is a flaw with the 1st batch of SP03 released.
I will let you know what their reply is. ;)
Cool maybe they can give us a hand.
Well, they responded but they didn't seem too concerned. They say that they purposely limited the output to 2.4a/led to make it more reliable. Hopefully it will have the same driver as the SRK and a simple resistor mod is all it will take to make a good light a great one.
Thanks for getting ahold of them. I do really like the light though so I’m not too bummed out about it. I’ll wait and see what people come up with. You know they will find a bunch of different ways. If I do take the time to pull it all apart I’ll probably go the sinkpad route while I’m at it. I can always use these emitters on something else, maybe in my Mystery Skyray.
2200lm on high is equal to tk70 with larger head, 18650’s and emitter-care amperage = not bad, isn’t it?
Also really want see more photos inside flashlight. Hope driver welcomes mods easyly. Btw, have ordered this flashlight couple weeks ago ).
Now available also at DX for $77.90.
BTW: What has happened to DX advertised lumen ratings? First the 26650 diving light advertised as 500lm -> measured 520lm after 30s. Now this advertised as 2000lm, measured 2190lm (by JM). Did they perform some kind of reality check? ;)
=the= I have been noticing that too. DX lumen numbers are much more realistic than they used to be. That’s a good thing for them and us.
Beam Range 250m ? (
Umm…no. 547.6m of throw from this bad boy. Output really is comparable to the TK70 and for $76 it’s a bargain!
Anyone removed the carry handle yet? Is it manageable like the TK75?
This thing should be beast with KD driver?
I don’t know what the tk75 is like but the body on this is very short. To grip it at least your fore finger is over the wide switch area making it quite the handful.
Does anybody have any codes or coupons for DX? want to purchase the fandyfire version, thanks in advance.
I just got mine in yesterday and I have to agree with 18sixfifty the handle is weird feeling. The light is very front heavy. I will be taking mine off for sure. I put mine in the light box tonight and my numbers were very close to johnnymacs. What seemed pretty impressive to me is a fairly powerful budget light only dropping 20 lumens in the 30 second test. The throw while falling far short of my TK75 is still pretty darn impressive. We did a t/c measurement and got right at 5 amps so very mildly driven. I guess that might explain the good regulation. With the handle off it might look kind of like a shorty TK75 or a big headed King. Lol. Here is a pic next to my TK75 for size comparison. The TK75 is on the left in both pics
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Probably dumb question Johnny but does Black Shadow make Solarstorm?
Not a dumb question at all. Yes, Black Shadow is the main company behind Solarstorm and is the OEM for original lights like the SRK (which they invented and sold OEM to folks like Skyray. They decided to design and sell their own high end lights directly under their own name, Black Shadow. Solarstorm is their own midrange brand.
Interesting! Thanks for the info. I had suspected that Black Shadow was tied in with the King but I had not even heard of the Solarstorm brand until the link for this light surfaced on our forum a couple of weeks ago.
They are the OEM behind all of these: http://www.solarstorm.hk/
Most lights out of HK worth cloning were started by them.
manxbuggy1: In comparsion with tk75, how can you describe throw on sp03 in ‘%’?
May be you can upload comparsion video?