BTW, the X6 is a great mod host. I’ve been meaning to mod one of mine for a while, and finally did it today.
I just modded my BLF EE X6 (CW, stock) to use a BLF A6 driver (FET+1) and a de-domed XP-G2 S2 1D. Before the mod (stock X6), it got:
922 lm
18.3 kcd / 270 m
After the mod, it gets:
604 lm
52.5 kcd / 458 m
I’m having a hard time focusing the beam though, so the lux could potentially get a little higher.
I don’t know what the lux would be like with XP-L and a FET+1 driver, or with XP-L HI. At a guess though, probably about 27 kcd for XP-L or maybe 45 kcd for XP-L HI. But these are only guesses.
You know… what would be really interesting to me, is what would the throw be with a constant output (lets just say) 600lm output - comparing XP-G2 (dome-on) to a XP-L Hi?
How do their actual ‘optical’ die sizes compare?
Regardless, there has to be a winner… Who do you think it would be?
1 HAIII Aluminum Set WW may change to NW later.
Watch the engineering specs on the 14500`s the new keepowers are getting fat and long
I have a few lights that they will not even start into the tube.
All kidding aside - no way these lights do not make the minimums ,,,, and then some.
Kronos, Dale and JM put a lot of thought into these lights. It would be very difficult to find ways to improve them :) As a matter of fact if one were to buy the internals alone it would be more than the HAIII set......and when you consider the SS/Cu.....well, just try and buy Stainless or Copper hosts for $20 each - just not possible.