Hi everyone, fairly new flashaholic here from the land down under the land down under :). I currently only have a small collection of lights since I started collecting last year and my wife won’t let me buy any more lights this year (she didn’t say I can’t buy any hosts though which I can put together…). Maybe I need an LEP next.
Some very good questions there - my favourites in no particular order (sorry, have to be a party pooper!)
Convoy M3-C - not especially powerful compared to some of my others, but it feels like it would survive a war as it’s that solid and can hold a substantial brightness without thermal throttling and with that nice boost converter holding a steady brightness, I use it a lot.
*Convoy 3x21A SBT90.2 - I don’t use it as much as I would like to being a thrower, but it’s ridiculous fun outdoors with a great run time and doesn’t feel like it will melt my face off like the Lumintop X9L after 15 seconds on turbo. I need to find more excuses to get out and use this one more.
*Mateminco PD90S - For a single emitter light, it is insanely bright. Tint and CRI are not too bad for what it is. Very fun to play with.
Sofirn SP36BLF 4000K - Awful build quality compared to the rest (I have 2 and both have either 1 or 2 screws holding the board in at the bottom of the tube that will not unscrew no matter how much heat or soaking in WD40 I give them). General feel is just cheap, and they overheat like crazy compared to the light they give out. Still, run time is very good and the 4000K one is my most used light due to the nice tint and high CRI. I built a mount for it so I use it as a bike light. Anduril is great for quickly ramping down when I see oncoming traffic.
*Convoy S2+ 219B SW45K. I mean, who doesn’t love this beautiful rosy tint?
Welcome. See you’re missing the Lumintop F21 9XL, but if you’re just doing builds, then tell the wife to order some leather so she can make her own shoes and bags.