Hi everyone! I made an album showing the differences I noticed between the XP-L HI X6 and the BLF X6-SE.
Hopefully It’s useful for anyone interested -
Anodizing:
The XP-L HI X6 is slightly taller than the BLF X6. Not due to the battery tube or tailcap; those are the exact same height. It is due to the screw on bezel. The XP-L X6’s bezel is just a bit taller then the BLF X6’s bezel.
The anodizing feels nicer on the new X6. I wouldn’t say it’s matte, but the anodizing is less shiny than it is on my BLF X6. I prefer less shiny anodizing. You can see how differently the light reflects on each X6.
The good-ol’ BLF X6.
The XP-L HI X6.
Knurl Comparison:
First is BLF X6.
Next is XP-L HI X6.
A close-up on the tailcap of the BLF-X6.
The machining, to my eye, seems to have improved on the new XP-L X6. Notice the difference of surface texture on the BLF X6 and the XP-L X6 on this picture.
BLF-X6 Logo Flat Differences:
Is it called a logo flat? Sorry for my use of made-up words.
There’s differences on the laser etching and logo flat size between the BLF X6 and XP-L X6. The logo flat is a bit less wide than on the XP-L X6. Alao, the logo on the BLF X6 is a bit faded. I tried to make the differences more noticeable with different lighting. Just a note that this BLF X6 is a shelf queen. After I received it, it remained in the box and has never left the house.
Threads:
The threads have these slopes to them on the BLF X6. Hopefully it’s easy to see. They’re squared off triangular threads.
The XP-L HI X6 has full on square threads.
BLF X6 Collar:
Just under the o-ring, the collar thing above the knurl is wider on the BLF X6. Its much more noticeable visually.
On the XP-L X6, the collar thing is a bit slimmer, and doesn’t protrude as much. It’s not as pronounced as on the BLF X6.
Head Threads:
These are the threads on the head where the bezel screws on to. The BLF X6’s threads are very triangular and thin, but slightly squared off. They always felt fragile when removing the bezel, and I have even broken a piece of thread off just by trying to screw the bezel on.
The XP-L HI head threads are much chunkier in comparison.
Reflector:
The reflector of the BLF X6. It’s a bit dusty in there after I took out the reflector and put it back in. The heads of both the XP-L X6 and BLF X6 are exactly the same size visually. Just the threads, and screw on bezel are different.
XP-L HI X6 Reflector.
On the left is the XP-L HI X6 reflector and on the right is the BLF X6’s.
The BLF X6 reflector is slightly taller. The XP-L HI X6 is much more bulbous.
XP-L HI X6.
BLF X6.
O-Ring Comparison:
The o-ring for the XP-L X6 (left) is much more red, and a tiiny bit thicker than the orange o-ring on the BLF X6 (right).
Copper MCPCB:
The MCPCB is copper! Which is surprising with how much this light costs. I used the tailcap to prop it up for the photo.
XP-L HI X6 Emitter:
This is just what the inside looks like. All the white stains are thermal paste I had on my fingers that dirtied up the light.
REALLY bad XP-L HI X6 Beamshot:
The only camera I had was my phone, I’m really sorry for the quality.
My phone has manual controls, so I was able to at least get something that resembles a beamshot. It was a VERY hazy night. One of the haziest. About 180 meters. ISO 3200, Shutter Speed 1/5.
This is with the 5B tint.
Stock Xintd XP-G2 Beamshot
For comparison, here’s a beamshot taken of my Xintd using the same camera settings and a fully charged battery that same hazy night. It’s bit less noisier than the X6 picture, but the ISO and shutter speed were the same.
Here’s the same area during the day.
Feel free to request anything or ask any questions.
