Last night I turn on my factory SR91 that my GF got me a long time ago and I thought it broken. The thing was so dimmmmm. Then I was like aw man all the K40s and Tn31s ruined it for me. I now think 70K lux is broken! LOL
Very cool light Vinh. It kills the old ones you modded for me and my brother. I’m certainly no official tester, but feel free to reference my numbers from the test tonite. For certain my numbers clearly show your new TN31 mods easily beat the TN31mb.
the k40 will have a slightly larger hot spot. that could be a plus or minus to you. i think the slightly larger hot spot will make it more useful. not sure what kind of numbers it will produce, but i would bet it would still be over 400kcd
edit: i would be willing to bet the tn31 is made by Supbeam.
I think Vinh said that it was not the much of a difference of throw. There was some, but he thought that the small size of the K40 was the way to go. He said that he would also pick the K40 over it if it was his choice. Wait a bit, I think there are a few guys who will have both in their hands soon!
Congrats on your monster thrower! Do you know what current sense resistors are being used in Vinhn’s TN31? Was the stock XM-L2 led the one that was dedomed?
Unfortunately I don’t know. This light is second hand, so not sure if it was the original XML2 or not. And if I am hearing correctly, Vinh totally bypasses the resistors. Tom E or Vinh answer that one much better than I can.
Crap your right. Looks like I missed a level. I just tested them again. I stopped at 1050 thinking that was below the highest level. Nope. Level 5 is 1515 and level 6 is 1740. I’ll correct my numbers above. It has THREE power levels over 1000 lumens on an XML based thrower. This light is truly a beast.