this is the S2 1D D-D ?
pleeeeeease make a beamshot for me!
Your thoughts echo mine. I sat it down and compared it side-by-side with every Fenix, Nitecore, Niwalker, Olight, and other premium light I have, and this is as good or better than all of them. I would say that as an overall package, the light is currently unrivaled.
Y’all twistin’ my arm here with all the praises :bigsmile:
How would the stock XP-G2 compare with my just sold Nitecore TM26 XM-L2?. I'm thinking about getting one of these.
The Meteor CW XP-G2…
- is much smaller and lighter
- puts out more lumens (~6900 vs 3500)
- doesn’t throw as far (33.6kcd vs 43kcd, or 366m vs 415m) (unless you get the de-domed version, which throws farther)
- has a 3-color lighted switch instead of OLED display
- costs significantly less
- has a different type of beam pattern due to optics instead of reflectors
- uses a very different (and more flexible) interface
- isn’t a battery charger
- doesn’t trigger thermal step down as quickly as the TM26
- has a regular e-switch instead of a 2-stage switch
I think that mostly covers it.
Not that it matters much, my TM26 was the newer 3800 lumen version. I don't care about the internal battery charger which I never used. I just want something significantly brighter flood wise. Will the Meteor do that with the XP-G2?
Agreed! Please post a beamshot Dale! Pleaaaaase!!! 
Awesome! Thanks for the video. I have been waiting for some sort of footage of the light.
Something ain't right there, I think you mean S3 3D, respectively S4 2B.
Mostly a matter of taste I believe, do you find the UI to bring to you any advantage, then that should make the difference. The higher the lumens the harder to notice the difference.
More lumens + less throw = more flood. So, yes.
If you want it to be a real flooder, you could also get some different optics to swap into it; it’s about $6 for a full set of 4 optics. From throwiest to floodiest, the optics are: 10507, 10511, 10508, 10509. Each produces a wider and smoother beam than the one before it. The Meteor comes with 10507 optics, and you can swap any or all of them pretty easily.
I really like the 10508 for floody lights; it barely has a discernible hotspot and mostly just gets gradually dimmer from the center out to the edge of its 180-degree-wide beam (good for biking). It and the 10509 look very similar to a reflector-based light with a frosted lens, like the Zebralight ‘F’ lights. For throwier lights I like the 10511 — not quite as throwy as the 10507, but it’s much smoother and lacks the 10507’s solar-flare-like corona artifacts.
Thanks for the info guys/gals. I think I'll wait till the reviews and comparison beamshots come out. That being said, I'm very interested!
I’m still trying to figure out if I can afford one… and I have until the XP-G2 3D version comes out to decide. 3D is the sweet spot for pure neutral white in Cree emitters, and this light makes one hell of a nice flooder.
OTOH, I already have a Blackshadow Terminator modded for vivid wide-spectrum color rendition with a floody beam. It’s like a TM26 with a handle. The Meteor is just smaller and brighter and … um … awesome-er.
I’m undecided which one to get.
I’d like to see a beamshot of the 1D dedomed to see if I can stand the tint (I’ve yet to be pleased with any dedomed CREE tint). Unfortunately, so far nobody’s posted a beamshot of that emitter. :weary: 
I don’t really want to spend this kind of money on an emitter with tint I might hate, especially given the complete absence of beamshots. I haven’t even been able to find a beamshot of a dedomed 1D in a different light.
The tint on the de-domed sample is warmish when in lower modes, but pleasantly white at higher levels. I don’t find it distasteful at all.
And it DO get HOT!
Sounds intriguing. Can you post a beamshot? Doesn’t have to be a perfect beamshot. Just enough so I can see the tint.
FWIW, tint is remarkably difficult to show effectively in beam shots. Cameras and monitors simply don’t have the right sensors and emitters to portray tint accurately.
I did the deed and ordered one in stone white with S2 1D’s dedomed. Depending on how easy it is, it may get half dedomed XP-L V6 3C’s after it gets here.
Todays digital sensors are very well capable of showing tint differences, all depends on how you set the camera up for the shot. (Maybe it’s the $8000 sensor , not sure?) And today’s monitors have also come a very long way.
I will try, it’s almost dark and my sample’s cells are almost recharged.