Yes, I did one for NASA and a few others for some BLF members that wanted it. Nasa wanted even warmer then 3000k because like you said, science proves that warmer works better at throw. They had me de-dome the emitter to gain throw and get it even warmer. Ended up around ~2600k-2700k IIRC.
Interesting... We had a couple NASA engineers here at work and they heard about my "hobby" and were very interested so I gave them a run down on current LED tech, modding, drivers, firmware, etc.
Yes, I did one for NASA and a few others for some BLF members that wanted it. Nasa wanted even warmer then 3000k because like you said, science proves that warmer works better at throw. They had me de-dome the emitter to gain throw and get it even warmer. Ended up around ~2600k-2700k IIRC.
Interesting… We had a couple NASA engineers here at work and they heard about my “hobby” and were very interested so I gave them a run down on current LED tech, modding, drivers, firmware, etc.
Interesting indeed. For the record the NASA I am referring to is not NASA directly but a NASA contractor working for a NASA funded think tank as I understand it. They were working on some form of rescue drone at the time IIRC.
We work with a project manager who actually works for Oceaneering Space Systems, so at least he's in the NASA offices and we can talk with him now. The other regular NASA engineers are all basically locked out now, barred from entering the building, as we were told. Guess that will end on Monday, least ending for a while.
Does it come with oven mitts?
One 70.2 at 7kl gets VERY hot, can’t wait to burn my hand around 4×70.2.
Put a fan in it you wankers!
The strength of the GT4 is that it is specifically designed for passive cooling with still high sustainable output. Adding a fan would make the design less simple (= bad for a tool), comes with a big waterproofing challenge, and adds a moving part that is likely to fail over time. And it is noisy.
300 watts!
That thing can dissipate 300 watts?
I don’t think so without the inevitable thermal throttling after about 2 mins<.
besides who would go swimming with a light like that. one would need a flotation device.
That light has been done before by Acebeam and Imalent, except they added a fans.
Yeah take my money but I want to be able to use the thing for more than 2 minutes at 20kl, or tell the costumers that max sustained output is really 12kl or whatever how much thousands less it can run passive until LVC.
BTW, Lumintop I believe makes some the best lights, I think they could pull off a cooler running solution to the GT4
what makes the gt4 different then acebeams x45 that does 18k lumens and has also 4 x xhp70.2 emitters? and on highest it can run like 3 min or so before stepdown ? but the gt4 has more massive heatsinks so it should run longer and handle the heat better. I dont think adding a fan is a good idea, its clumsy and doesnt really help much its better having a giant heatsink body instead.
lets just wait for lumintops runtimes after CNY and see how it will perform.
what makes the gt4 different then acebeams x45 that does 18k lumens and has also 4 x xhp70.2 emitters? and on highest it can run like 3 min or so before stepdown ? but the gt4 has more massive heatsinks so it should run longer and handle the heat better.
See that’s what I’m sayin… 4xCFT90 LEDs for the win!
what makes the gt4 different then acebeams x45 that does 18k lumens and has also 4 x xhp70.2 emitters? and on highest it can run like 3 min or so before stepdown ? but the gt4 has more massive heatsinks so it should run longer and handle the heat better.
See that’s what I’m sayin… 4xCFT90 LEDs for the win!
Sure if you can feed them about 120-160A and dissipate about 600-800W of heat…
Thinking again, what a great host to run a singleCFT-90 at max, at least for a while…
what makes the gt4 different then acebeams x45 that does 18k lumens and has also 4 x xhp70.2 emitters? and on highest it can run like 3 min or so before stepdown ? but the gt4 has more massive heatsinks so it should run longer and handle the heat better.
See that’s what I’m sayin… 4xCFT90 LEDs for the win!
Sure if you can feed them about 120-160A and dissipate about 600-800W of heat…
Thinking again, what a great host to run a singleCFT-90 at max, at least for a while…
4S2P Samsung 20S would drive the emitters hard.
I’m not a big fan of CFT-90 but this would be a real hottie.
The GT4 will be like the GT and GT70, setup for easy mods down the road. Although CFT-90 will not be a factory option for sure, just far too complicated and costly to be practical.
I am positive that there will be custom mods with this though.
$15 per 70.2 vs $100 per cft-90. Also maybe $25.00 for 70.2 driver vs unknown amount, but I would estimate at least $100.00 for cft driver. Also, don’t forget that the 70.2 will have more output but lower luminance than the cft90 at max current. So most likely at least 400.00 more than asking price for base gt4 for a cft90 light would be what I would expect. If custom sourced it will be more.
$15 per 70.2 vs $100 per cft-90. Also maybe $25.00 for 70.2 driver vs unknown amount, but I would estimate at least $100.00 for cft driver. Also, don’t forget that the 70.2 will have more output but lower luminance than the cft90 at max current. So most likely at least 400.00 more than asking price for base gt4 for a cft90 light would be what I would expect. If custom sourced it will be more.
Not as simple as that. The highest bin currently available to buy is around $116. Then you somehow have to cram at least a 400W driver in that head. Luminus claims a maximum current of 27A for the CFT-90. and it has been tested at over 40A but with active cooling. I think it’s better to just have one CFT-90 emitter and take advantage of the increase cooling of the GT4 head so the LED can be driven to its full potential, instead of having four under-driven LEDs. Even with one, it won’t be a long-sustained max output. But I think it would be far better with this as a host than the original GT.
What might this offer not already in say the Imalent R90C? Can’t imagine it would be priced much less than the R90 at the typical coupon/specials @ low $usd200, seems around the same output and throw. Is it expected to hold full output for the duration of cells ability to provide the needed juice, or something like that?
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R90C with coupon is about $280. I tested two of them with the TA tube with Maukka calibration. Turn on lumens was about 14k for one and 13k for the other. Newlumen tested his R90C at 16k lumens with the same calibration. The GT4 should make 20k+ lumens but throw might be a bit less than the R90C, unless the domes are shaved.
I picked up R90C last year for under $250. I haven’t tested it however it checks all the right boxes with it’s green batt lights, lantern lights, massive throw, and lumens in a compact size when compared to the BLF GT and others that have been mentioned. If the GT4 can’t outthrow the R90C then I definitely won’t be opening up my wallet for the big boy, super fins or not. It’s the high Lumens and throw combo that gets my attention. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see but I’m not a fanboy so it takes results in the end. Heat, size, and UIs aside those are two attributes worth the attention or don’t bother making it IMO.
I picked up R90C last year for under $250. I haven’t tested it however it checks all the right boxes with it’s green batt lights, lantern lights, massive throw, and lumens in a compact size when compared to the BLF GT and others that have been mentioned. If the GT4 can’t outthrow the R90C then I definitely won’t be opening up my wallet for the big boy, super fins or not. It’s the high Lumens and throw combo that gets my attention. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see but I’m not a fanboy so it takes results in the end. Heat, size, and UIs aside those are two attributes worth the attention or don’t bother making it IMO.
If it is possible at any time, please make Lumintop consider one (or more) Neutral White variant as well.
No one made a high CRI flashlight of this size, yet – my suggestion would be: 4500K CCT and 90 CRI. While XHP70.2 90 CRI is not especially good at rendering deep reds (rates around 50 for R9, while R9050 rated Nichias do usually over 65), still it would be a step up in this league (as an usual R70 ‘standard CRI’ emitter has negative values for R9), and it is not much lower in output /M2 vs P2 performance bin/)
Interesting... We had a couple NASA engineers here at work and they heard about my "hobby" and were very interested so I gave them a run down on current LED tech, modding, drivers, firmware, etc.
Interesting indeed. For the record the NASA I am referring to is not NASA directly but a NASA contractor working for a NASA funded think tank as I understand it. They were working on some form of rescue drone at the time IIRC.
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We work with a project manager who actually works for Oceaneering Space Systems, so at least he's in the NASA offices and we can talk with him now. The other regular NASA engineers are all basically locked out now, barred from entering the building, as we were told. Guess that will end on Monday, least ending for a while.
How about 4xCFT90 LEDs? Expensive but how much output and throw we talkin?!?
Does it come with oven mitts?
One 70.2 at 7kl gets VERY hot, can’t wait to burn my hand around 4×70.2.
Put a fan in it you wankers!
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The strength of the GT4 is that it is specifically designed for passive cooling with still high sustainable output. Adding a fan would make the design less simple (= bad for a tool), comes with a big waterproofing challenge, and adds a moving part that is likely to fail over time. And it is noisy.
link to djozz tests
300 watts!
That thing can dissipate 300 watts?
I don’t think so without the inevitable thermal throttling after about 2 mins<. besides who would go swimming with a light like that. one would need a flotation device.
That light has been done before by Acebeam and Imalent, except they added a fans.
Yeah take my money but I want to be able to use the thing for more than 2 minutes at 20kl, or tell the costumers that max sustained output is really 12kl or whatever how much thousands less it can run passive until LVC.
BTW, Lumintop I believe makes some the best lights, I think they could pull off a cooler running solution to the GT4
Me love lights lonng tyme!
what makes the gt4 different then acebeams x45 that does 18k lumens and has also 4 x xhp70.2 emitters? and on highest it can run like 3 min or so before stepdown ? but the gt4 has more massive heatsinks so it should run longer and handle the heat better. I dont think adding a fan is a good idea, its clumsy and doesnt really help much its better having a giant heatsink body instead.
lets just wait for lumintops runtimes after CNY and see how it will perform.
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See that’s what I’m sayin… 4xCFT90 LEDs for the win!
Do you know how much the light would actually cost 4x CFT90s and a suitable buck driver?
It would easily be in the thousands.
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Sure if you can feed them about 120-160A and dissipate about 600-800W of heat…
Thinking again, what a great host to run a single CFT-90 at max, at least for a while…
Oh… that much amps? Jeez.
Well a light as big as the GT I would think could handle it, even if we are talking burst turbo 1 minute.
4S2P Samsung 20S would drive the emitters hard.
I’m not a big fan of CFT-90 but this would be a real hottie.
Vinh of Skylumen already sells it, 1xCFT-90 priced around $500-700, been out for a while now. He has some sick beam shots to go with it too.
I was thinking he could manage a 4xCFT-90 with the quad reflectors and epic heatsink upgrade on this version,
I believe he did TN40S with 4xCFT-90. So he should be able to do a GT4.
The GT4 will be like the GT and GT70, setup for easy mods down the road. Although CFT-90 will not be a factory option for sure, just far too complicated and costly to be practical.
I am positive that there will be custom mods with this though.
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what the difference in price between a CFT-90 and a average cost LED like the 70.2?
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These are $100 per LED, roughly.
why so expensive, new type of led or ?
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$15 per 70.2 vs $100 per cft-90. Also maybe $25.00 for 70.2 driver vs unknown amount, but I would estimate at least $100.00 for cft driver. Also, don’t forget that the 70.2 will have more output but lower luminance than the cft90 at max current. So most likely at least 400.00 more than asking price for base gt4 for a cft90 light would be what I would expect. If custom sourced it will be more.
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The highest bin that Mouser has in stock goes for around $116 the last I checked.. and bought! Because I had to have just one…
Not as simple as that. The highest bin currently available to buy is around $116. Then you somehow have to cram at least a 400W driver in that head. Luminus claims a maximum current of 27A for the CFT-90. and it has been tested at over 40A but with active cooling. I think it’s better to just have one CFT-90 emitter and take advantage of the increase cooling of the GT4 head so the LED can be driven to its full potential, instead of having four under-driven LEDs. Even with one, it won’t be a long-sustained max output. But I think it would be far better with this as a host than the original GT.
Incase this thread turns in to the request thread, I’m in for one.
R90C with coupon is about $280. I tested two of them with the TA tube with Maukka calibration. Turn on lumens was about 14k for one and 13k for the other. Newlumen tested his R90C at 16k lumens with the same calibration. The GT4 should make 20k+ lumens but throw might be a bit less than the R90C, unless the domes are shaved.
it will probably turn into the usual group buy thread later on when its time for that.
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I picked up R90C last year for under $250. I haven’t tested it however it checks all the right boxes with it’s green batt lights, lantern lights, massive throw, and lumens in a compact size when compared to the BLF GT and others that have been mentioned. If the GT4 can’t outthrow the R90C then I definitely won’t be opening up my wallet for the big boy, super fins or not. It’s the high Lumens and throw combo that gets my attention. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see but I’m not a fanboy so it takes results in the end. Heat, size, and UIs aside those are two attributes worth the attention or don’t bother making it IMO.
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If it is possible at any time, please make Lumintop consider one (or more) Neutral White variant as well.
No one made a high CRI flashlight of this size, yet – my suggestion would be: 4500K CCT and 90 CRI. While XHP70.2 90 CRI is not especially good at rendering deep reds (rates around 50 for R9, while R9050 rated Nichias do usually over 65), still it would be a step up in this league (as an usual R70 ‘standard CRI’ emitter has negative values for R9), and it is not much lower in output /M2 vs P2 performance bin/)
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