You have to remember that Match has a 10lb block of alu under the star, yes. But you need to remember that it doesn't matter even if he has 1000lbs, as a mere 0.1lb of aluminum would be better if you place that combo out in Northen Vancouver (think you said your place is elevated in the mountains) at -5 deg C with 10kph wind. It is still relatively inefficient, but there will be gains. For what i used, i managed to gain 14% from the DRY with active cooling....ala "not too bad for flashaholics for a fun light". You do use such stuff outside, anything > 2000 lumens is just for WOW inside the house.
Of course I believe Vancouver i mean British Columbia is one of the hottest states in Canada. There are quite some folks here in Russia, Harbin, Sweden/Finland etc... Even Belgium does 0 deg C in the night, and sometimes i guess even sub zero.
Match's testing date : 29th May. Location : South Carolina USA.
I didn't receive any of this ... i ordered from sbflashlights, sent them a mail right away... Because if CNQ sends the lights out with these items to them, I should get them...
And for what i can say now (couldn't test the light yet) i totally agree about the cheap looking battery holder which i'm waiting for to be replaced. Will update the driver but only if strobe comes after turbo.
UPDATE: these items weren't shipped to sbflashlight, Ric from CNQ will send them to me when I order a new driver
Anyone has a picture of a (flash)light which accurately shows the tint of the NW DRY? Ric sent me my replacement carrier today so i'll probably have to wait another 2 weeks until i can fire my DRY up :(
The price for one piece is $52.30 then there's the part where the shipping comes.
It a good price considering that CnQG asks $45 for empty host. Which has a different reflector of course, for the 3 * XM-Ls . Anyway as you can see you may buy the 3 * Q5 reflector from Taobao.
The properly driven 5 x Q5 is about 27k from what i goggled. DRY is 26k (using my meter uncorrected, it might be 28.6k corrected). So around the same throw.
But hotspot and perceived brightness would be a big difference. :)
Interesting, again confirmed. RRT-2 XM-L gives me 5400cd. It is measured by Jetbeam to be 6000cd. So that's 10%, another confirmation. The regulation is very tight, so doesn't matter. The DRY should be pretty close to 30k.
