XM-L T6 vs. XM-L T3 beamshots

Flashlight Modding and DIY Parts
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I've just recieved an XM-L T3 emitter from LED-TECH.de(Vectrex was a darling and helped me save shipping), and I thought I'd share a few preliminary beamshots. The driver I use with it is http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150519365940 (apparently, it's a 5-mode. I thought it to be singlemode). The whole thing is used in a P60 pill, with a OP reflector.

My multimeter is quite crappy, so the amperage readings is propably way wrong, but it doesn't look like there is any PWM at high on eigher drop-in, so readings should be comparable

To business!

T3 dropin(OP): 1.7A(18650 battery)

T6 dropin(Smooth): 1.36A(RCR123 battery)

T3 dropin(OP): 1.7A(18650 battery)

T6 dropin(Smooth): 2.2A(18650 battery)

Incandecent Maglite Mini AA and T3 Drop-in on low(amperage draw unknown).

While they differ quite a bit on the picture, they are really similar in tint in real life.

I'll try to measure both of the drop-ins with a decent multimeter next time I'm at school. Unfortunately I can't change the exposure on my camera, so that'll have to wait untill I have a friend over with a DSLR. Also, they are quite crappy due to the amount of light in my room. I might take some better photos later tonight when it's dark.

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hard to believe they are similar tint to the eye, they look so different to the camera.

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Don't get me wrong - there is a difference, and side-by-side you can see the difference. But it's not as much as it looks like on the picture.

I just took two more pictures compared to the incandecent Maglite Mini AA with another camera(that also shows the PWM from the driver):

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Great beamshots! I'm a little bit jealous, still waiting for my neutral T5 :)

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So shipping from western Germany to Denmark is faster than shipping to Croatia.

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Yes, but Germany borders with Denmark. Between us are Austria and Slovenia :)

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Well if you're that close to Austria. Why not just get it from cutter ...?? :p

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Home of cutter:

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whoa, I could go and pick up leds in just few hours this way

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And since Slovenia is the last transit country before leaving EU... that might slowdown things. Slovenian post is quite fast to process incoming parcels... unsure of the outgoing...

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There's a minor confusion here between Austria and Australia. They are only 11,500 miles (18,507.5km) apart.

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Sure?

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Your distance finder disagrees with mine - I just typed something like distance Vienna-Canberra into Google. Which got me 15,000km this time.

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May be this map can help explain things better.

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I lol’d when I saw how old this was

welcome to blf by the way :slight_smile:

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But Raccoon City’s (old) post above is worth a bump! Welcome!