Yep good sum up of your experiences thanks guys, it’s good to have a spread of information. What sparked my interest in this possible crossover performance situation was when I saw those XML U2-3C NW emitters on sale recently, was wondering if in a single cell light and highly driven it might actually result in a higher total output vs the newer equivalent available XM-L2 T6-3C emitters. Even if it’s only a slight difference or possibility I was curious if it was possible that the older tech could still outperform the newer stuff.
Also I feel safer knowing the current is being spread across 3 bond wires rather than just two but that may also be less relevant in reality.
I guess this is what it comes down to for me, knowing the output bin of an emitter can make all the difference when the differences are so small. Especially when you may have older emitters that are rated at a higher output bin and therefore gain an advantage over the newer stuff with a more efficient baseline.
I may just do this test myself out of curiosity with those particular emitter bins I mentioned above and see what happens. But as you say the variation between individual emitters even within a bin is probably going to make this stuff too muddy to draw any real conclusion from anyway.
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Ok back to the big headed light! XM-L2s all the way with this one I agree!
Speaking of which the tint of the one in my light is actually pretty nice, having used it a bit more I’d be pretty confident in saying it’s a 1C tint with a nice amount of green. Makes distant vegetation pop without being too obviously tinted. Surprisingly nice actually, particularly after fixing the focus. I guess the days of getting the horrendously blue XMLs in cheap lights are gone.