Just an update, I swapped a new domed 50.2 back in my light after one day of the sliced dome. I didn’t like it. My entire spill light was yellow. It made things look wierd. The stock domed emitter is not the prettiest (meaning all 50.2 and 70.2 leds), but it seems a better compromise.
I’m thinking Sofirn should do a real OP reflector instead of this very light, almost SMO reflector that is stock. Then it would mix the yellow corona with the white hotspot and get a nicer looking beam. You loose throw, but it should look nicer. I consider this a short range, walking around type of light anyway.
My 5000 K XHP 50.2 came in today .Totally messed up the swap. I should of taken the new emitter off the new 20mm board and put it on the 26mm board that comes stock in the SP33. Instead I installed the 20mm board thinking there was clearance between the soldier joints and the reflector. Well there is if you keep the soldier blob real low but mine shorted . That in itself would not have put the kabash on things but when I removed the lens , the gasket stuck in it and pulled off the dome. Talk about a purple beam. Long story short, put the original emitter back in and I am back to where I started. Oh well. Modding 101.
Ok definitely time for me to upgrade from my panny bs!
Quick question Jason tho… how are the “5500mAh” Sofirn cells that are included in the kit on amazon?
I have a bunch that I just use as backups. Just ordered some of the black Shocklis from Richard and plan on buying more unless there are even better cells I should be considering??
I was told by Sofirn that their 5000 and 5500 are basically the same cell, but some gave higher capacity and are labeled 5500mah, while the lower ones are labeled 5000mah.
The Shockli 5500 is a superior battery. A real 5750 or so mah and good at delivering high amps. I think it came out in either 2017 or 2018 so it’s quite a modern cell. I use it in my SP33 and get longer battery life than any of my other 4300-5000mah cells.
I just received mine from Sofirn official shop and it's indeed cool white but that's no surprise as Sofirn advertise it as 6000-6500K.
I would be carefull about what is said in your link as the only color temp "5350k-5700k" mention is in the "clicky order thingy" and the pictures that show the led aren't from an xhp50.2 (obviously smaller led)
I don't like cool light neither and my idea was to order the one from Sofirn shop and change the led for a warmer one if i really dislike it.
Got it only two hours ago so i have no tested it for real yet but my first thought when powering it for the first time was "uuuuh what a ugly green ring" wich seems to be typical for xhp50.2 with reflector
Interesting, 5700K is considered Daylight White. My flash units fire at that temperature for my camera’s. These are $400-600 flash units. I’ve always found it interesting what Kelvin people find “comfortable” when in real life the actual Kelvin of ambient light is not what most people think it is.
To me, the flip chip technology from Cree (XP-G3, XP-L2, XHP-50.2, XHP-70.2, XHP-35.2) has a greenish yellow sickly aura around the hot spot. I’ve found that slicing the phosphor off the substrate surrounding the die pretty much eliminates this, the only way to do it though is also with a slice of the dome. There are no bond wires but it’s fairly easy to mess up and get a bit of phosphor off the die itself and reveal the blue light.