There’s just something about this light that screams “Buy Me!” The many pictures at fonarevka are icing on the cake, showing how well designed it is.
Pretty sure I will go with the white body/black ends (bride and groom, white dress black tux), XP-G2 2B version and then wait for this summer to get the new Nichia 219C in High CRI. The complex UI and the wall of light this little giant produces would be an ideal macro companion with the capability of also working well to shine through a 42” diffusion panel for Bridals. Very much looking forward to getting my hands on this one. A few color panels from Lee and the possibilities are endless…
Would it be possible to get a spare star in order to upgrade it when the new Nichia becomes available? That would, of course, make an upgrade or tint change an almost drop-in excursion.
Finally! Thank you! Given the hype about this light if I had it for even only an hour I’d spare 2 minutes to at least get a few photos of the light itself. Obviously beam shots are a lot harder and must be done at night…
Agreed, this is the first multi-cell light I’ve been interested in in a long time. Seems like it could stand to be driven a little harder though, if twelve Nichia 219Bs are only producing 4000 lumens (333 lm each). I’m getting 600 lumens per Nichia in another light. … not that I actually use the turbo mode much.
I don’t think I have a use for the Meteor; my SRK and BST-wide both cover my needs pretty well… and for that matter, so do much smaller triple-emitter tube lights. I just want one because it’s cool. It’s like the ZL S6330 I never had… only prettier and brighter.
Interesting to note that according to the specs the xpg dedoming apparently more (slightly) than doubles the throw in these optics and loses around 5% lumens.
The tint on the dedomed XPL looks (and is described as) terrible in the fonarevka review.
Which is why I’m leaning towards the dedomed xpg version. If the xpl had a better tint, the choice would have been obvious.
But then again, I can barely see the 1500 lumens difference between the xpl vs the xpg either. So might as well go with the better tint. Looks to be the same brightness anyways haha. And that’s with side by side picture comparision, real life prolly can’t even tell at all.
Or better yet, get the dedomed xpg2 version for noticeably more throw but almost visually just as bright as xpl!
The pads are all XP-sized, so I figure some XP-L and XP-G2 and Nichia 219s should make a nice mix. Could go for some bonus colors in XP-E2, but that would make the beam really funky.
I've got some more pictures of the light that I'll share here, but tomorrow it's going to DBCStm, then to a few other forum members after that. Dale has a pretty standardized beam setup that will be useful in visually comparing against his many lights that he has tested over the years.