That's about $20 lower than the Manafont light, correct? Still too rich for my blood. Especially for SkyRay, which hasn't been too reliable lately it seems.
I have been looking at this light, Im waiting to buy this until there is a proper review. Also I saw a warning on manafront not to run the light on high for a long time. I am excited about a light having 5 emitters this powerful. I already have a 3xT6 which is very bright as it is.
Enquired on the tailcap current from Ric, he is able to do it. It says 5 x 1.5A. It should get at least 2.5A with good 4.2V cells....to 2.8A for not so charged ones and say TF Flames.
MF just said 1.5A, if it's 1.5A at the tail then forget it.
For seriously driving one XM-L you need about one 18650 cell. I'd be interested if that light took 5*18650 - Well, ok, 4*18650 would be interesting, too, like in 2 rows of 2.
It has often crossed my mind that a 5 emitter light with an XR-E R2 center for extreme throw and four XM-L's around it might be a terrific light. Just a thought.
VFM, the beam profile of 4 x XM-L and 1 x XR-E would be quite wierd too.
Driving XM-Ls optimally, ie > 2.5A per emitter, in a 75mm head = DRY kind of performance. Pocket rocket.
TK70 with 105mm head and 3 x XM-L driven optimally raises the head from 30 deg C to 45 deg C in 10 mins of run. I think this Sky Ray gives about the same performance in lumens OTF, maybe 35k cd of throw and around the same heat rise characteristic in a 75mm head, with the 5 emitters driven at 1.5A.
So in a cold country < 10 deg C with some wind, you probably can run continuously....not too bad for close to 2500 lumens OTF.
I am asking Ric to get more info from the "factory" ie specifically the tailcap readings as we all do not trust manufacturer specs. Any info is better than no info, this is not a $50 triple. Also the availability of spare drives for purchase.
Actually I was thinking of a new light not a re-work within the current head size. More like an MRV sized center with smaller XML reflectors around it. The biggest problem would be the drivers.