I just ordered the T6-4C from BG. I think it is the default OP reflector. Now I’m thinking if I should shoot an email to them to swap the order to SMO reflector. I read on the first page that OP has much better beam than SMO but I also eager to see the maximum throw of this light.
I agree. the AR lense from the XinTD C8 have a bad coating. You can tell by looking at the tint of the reflection with a light bulb, the one from OS almost look like normal glass but with more blue tint, the one I got from cnqualitygoods have clearly a cleaner, weaker and cooler reflection.
I think the highest quality is UCL lens from flashlight lens but its not cheap.
And yes I can clearly see a difference in the output but its small but the beam look sharper. Its like cleaning your windows glasses. :bigsmile:
It’s a little brighter yes, but the T6 is 4C which is a much warmer tint than the 1A tinted U2.
I wouldn’t sacrifice brightness for tint but if it’s a light you use regularly, getting something that isn’t so sharp on the eyes might be an investment.
I like more "neutral" light, not light so white it's almost blue or so soft it's yellow
Yes you loose a few lumens to different bins, but for me it's about color rather than blazing light, which without a meter you really couldn't tell you lost 10 lumens
First letters are bin numbers yes the U2 is a brighter bin (makes more light), but the C4 tint (4300-4500K)vs the 1A (6500-7000K) is what I was aiming for
From left to right (white balance set to 5,200K): Quark MiNi AA (cool white XP-G R5), Olight T20-M (XR-E Q5), Quark 123² Turbo (XP-G S2), 4Sevens Preon 2 (neutral XP-G R4), Quark RGB (neutral white MC-E), SureFire 6P (incandescent), 4Sevens Preon 2 (high CRI XP-G), Quark MiNi AA (high CRI XP-G), Mini Maglite (incandescent), Quark 123² Tactical (warm white XP-G Q5).
Careful ! More lumens absolutely don’t mean we see things better, its the most common mistake in flashlight world. The tint of the light, beam pattern and CRI (color rating index) is a determining factor to the human eyes, yes we are human with absolutely subjective view, we don’t see precise numbers.
You shouldn’t worry about the bin brightness because even the lowest bin have almost all the same brightness to the eye.
But if you want to impress people used to incan tint and blind someone I think cool white is better. :bigsmile:
Oh yeah, no doubt...I run 6000K LED bulbs in my light fixtures, crazy bright and it makes all the colors pop, but in a flashlight I prefer the neutral...but like you said...subjective :p