Updated OP with maybe some info that might answer this - bottom line is not very long... . You don't want to go out for a stroll with this thing on high. Of course your arm would tire, you'd drop the head down, then go blind from the reflected light off the ground... Or, you would get that warm, cozy feeling working it's way up your fingers, and figure you'd better drop it to medium or low, rather than just dropping it before that funny smell you are noticing... burning skin... Medium mode though is 2,000 lumens - gotta love this thing!
Agree - Pana PD's are a nice compromise, but even on KP 3400's, it's an incredibly powerful light that would get at least some runtime. We kind of reached the limits on this form factor of 3 LED's, 3 18650 cells. This just kind of proves what's possible, not necessarily practical.
that’s boss! i knew you had something up your sleeve tom! looks like you perfected the shocker.
now im glad that my shocker was on your queue and not one of your earlier shockers. but your earlier shockers were no slouch either, its just that put polishing touches to the already madness.
I'm no expert at focusing, but it looked pretty good to me as is, with the stock plastic alignment pieces - beam pattern has the usual clover effect on the outer edges of the spill and center beam, but I see the same thing stock. I heard they needed focus adjustments but I don't see the need - no dark spots, throw and output seem appropriate, etc.
I'm thinking yes, perhaps... I assume you mean measuring distance, and 8-15 meters would probably be better. It's scary - also the #'s would be better with Samsung 20R's - maybe test this evening...
Now grasshopper, it's all in the amps. Pump enough amps into these XM-L2's and good things happen, well things will get heated up for sure...
Good thing about the Shocker is the 20mm copper stars are spread out nicely on that huge pill surface, and you got a lot of aluminum mass around, though I would like to see the pill top thicker. I think the pill top of the XinTD X3 is actually thicker.
Not the BTU driver - never got the resistor mod working on that driver, gave up - PilotPtk posted it, but I couldn't reproduce his result. I'm using the IOS driver, this one: http://intl-outdoor.com/xml-multicell-circuit-board-45a-ouput-55126v-p-543.html, but the versions I have are 3.5A - Hank updated these to 4.5A by resistor mods. You can clearly identify the current limiting resistors because they are 2 joined next to each other, maybe even stacked. The 5A LCK-LED driver is identical, though I didn't try one on a Shocker yet.
Those are some insane numbers, competitive to 60-85w HID in both lumen and throw. Who still want a HID NOW?
I did not fond the larger form factor of shocker. But I should think about it again……