Hello from the UK!

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Hi folks. Looking forward to chatting with you all! :slight_smile:

So I’m a newbie here, but I was a flashaholic back years ago. I forget exactly when…. but it was roughly from when XP-G was the new kid on the block in production lights, through until XM-L started to get popular. I was a big fan of small but throwy lights so scooped up some nice pieces with XR-E LEDs, and a few other bits and pieces, but started to lose interest becasue it seemed as though most of the manufacturers were going off down a path of sacrificing throw in order to be able to write a higher number of lumens on the box. Anyway, recently I was out camping with a few friends and someone showed me an Imalent LD70. I saw how much things have moved on since then, and now I’m back! The recent Olight store sale came at just the right time, too! :innocent:

Tom

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Welcome to BLF! Everyone’s about to tell you to get an Emisar D4 v2…Just letting you know.

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Welcome to BLF LED Astray :partying_face:
Don’t be fooled, the more light you put “out of the house”, the darker your wallet will be :stuck_out_tongue:

If you like throwy lights, check the Noctigon KR1 :wink:

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The Convoy Z1 is a very good zoomy if you like throw and the Astrolux FT03 mini is about to come with a very throwy LED.

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Welcome aboard LED Astray :smiley:

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Welcome!

Some things never change!

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Welcome along!

ps. Convoy C8+ white flat, Astrolux FT03 sst40, Noctigon K1 SBT90.2

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It's nice of you to join us, LED Astray!

I like your username.

My compact thrower of choice is the BLF-D80v2.

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Welcome to BLF LED Astray! It’s amazing how LEDs continue to evolve over the years.

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Welcome to BLF LED astray!
Please keep away from Imalent with tgeir QC issues, go for Noctigon or Emisar.

For ultra throw in a small light, get a Lumintop Tool with Osram 1mm2

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Hello neighbor on the other side of the channel.
Welcome back to the hobby.

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Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone! I’ll be sure to check out all your recommendations…. and as it happens Th558 I had already pricked up my ears about the Emisar. I’ve been a knife collector since the dawn of time and one of my favourite reviewers did a video about it saying how you careful you have to be…. which I heard as “look how much fun you can have with it”! :smiling_imp:

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Knives and torches, welcome! :+1:

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Ooh, Hi Essexman! I recognise you from EM. It’s BGC_Tom here! :slight_smile:

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Welcome to BLF! :+1:
You’ll probably be sorry about your wallet in no time though - lots of us are, but, well… Someone should start the flashaolics anonymous i guess. :person_facepalming:

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Hiy !! Small world ! :smiley:

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Hello back from the UK :slight_smile:

For small, throwy lights you’re now looking at Osram white flats, roughly speaking the 1mm squared (1mm2) is akin to a dedomed XR-E but with more power, the 2mm2 is akin to an XR-E but with muuuuch more power.
The XP-E2 is still relevant for small throwers and the SST-20 is an XP-G sized LED which comes in 95CRI flavours up to 4000K but still produces a nice pointy beam which is a bit tighter than the XP-G.

Obviously there’s a lot more going on once we start talking about bigger hosts.

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I really wish Imalent would get on top of their QC issues, I had an Imalent faulty from new and know of a few people whose Imalent lights have failed, all different issues.
Saying that, I do really like my Imalent LD70, even though the 4000lm is a bit pointless, kills the battery. Fingers crossed, it doesn’t fail on me

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Hi from London. anything you need, PM me mate!.