Is this the longest throwing budget XM-L you know of?
You mentioned that its regulated. Does it increase in amperage draw as voltage decrease till the batteries are consumed while maintaining full output to the LED?
Manafont couldnt price match the Skyray clone with the Fandyfire. To bad, and Id buy the the STL-V2 if it was noticeably brighter. I think Im also done with olight products. Of all the lights Ive ever owned, the olights have had by far the highest failure rates.
Yes, this and the Sky Ray STL-V2 are the longest throwing budget XM-Ls that I know of. Until they shoehorn the 73mm reflector that you see on DX into a host, that is. LOL!
Yes, the amps go up as the cell voltage goes down. I can just use a same pair of same brand cells but discharged somewhat and the amps go up. Lux on the meter is ard the same.
If you'd ask me, Sky Ray and FF they are all the same.
And the thing is, this bigger/deeper reflector just captures more light and throws it OTF, on a reflected ceiling test this is as bright as the UF-980L hotrod (but the hotrod does not have as much throw). Just that the UF-980L output dives to around a 2.6A driven U80 level within 30 seconds.
Nice combination there. I have a dbs v3 xre running on 2xcr123's. im really considering the FF stl-v6 so i can lego it also with my dbs. any advice on the best way to power it in this configuration? thanks and keepup the good work.:)
There are only 2 options, the AW IMR 18350, or BIO IMR 18350. The latter has been tested by me, mitro and Dasfriek to be over 900mAh, for me i test at 1A and the other 2 pals gun at much higher currents. I think E1320 has them too.
Do a google, results on BLF turn out on top of CPF.
Hi Andi, nice to hear that C8 tube fits well. For those who do not wish to change the driver, just operate in 2 x 18350 mode, the BIO IMR 18350 are cheap and have high capacity of at least 900mAh as tested by quite a few of us (specs is just 800mAh).
Btw, do measure your lights at over 10m. We recently found out that closer readings, even 5m ones, could very inaccurate for a lot of lights.
Finally did 50m range measurement. 20.0 lux @ 50m, 50k candelas. (tailcap 1.36A).
Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but I just received one of these todays (2 years late I guess), and:
- Can figure out how to access the groups per above?
The one I got has a longer tube and a shorter tube. Does the “shorty” require a tube from a different light? I tried several of my C8 tubes (a bunch) and they’re all too small diameter.
When you say “head” do you mean from the part just in front (towards the bezel) of that kind of knurled “knob”? Or can it separate further forward (towards the bezel)?
If the former, I’ve tried that, and still get 5 modes.