My KR1 arrived in Germany last Friday. In my experience, it will now spent about 10 days at the customs 
. It is so much nicer to forget about an order and being surprised when something arrives 
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Im interested in beam shots of any Osram emitter but the W2 is the one im after actually.
thanks lazerEagle SammysHP
Noticed this after just 30 seconds on turbo (not more than 2-3 seconds at once with longer pauses in-between; only quickly for the beamshots) with the KR1 W2:
I hope Hank offers me a replacement head. This should not happen with a premium flashlight
Anyone who has a KR4 with 18350 tube—the standard pocket clip obviously does not work but can the lanyard ring still be installed with 18350 tube? It looks like the 18350 tube provides no space “in between” but it’s hard to tell.
No it does not work
Dang, that sucks. I've had mine (W2 also) on turbo for probably a total of 2 or 3 minutes with 30-40 seconds at a time maximum and no such issue. So far, I love this light!
Hope Hank makes it right for you. Maybe it's a defective LED?
Didn't like the fact I couldn't use the lanyard ring and clip at the same time so I fixed it. I always (for the last few years) put a finger loop lanyard, first made of paracord or some other small cordage. Then CountyComm came out with their titanium beaded chain a couple years ago and it's all I've used on all my EDC lights since.
Always use a good cutting fluid and this stuff is the best (been using it for almost 20 years).
The bit I used.
Nice clean hole.
All done with a titanium CountyComm split ring.
How does the driver work on the KR1 with different emitter configurations, same driver just different programing? W1 limited to 5A, W2 to 7A and full FET for XPL HI and SST40?
srvctec - great pics and description, thanks.
You're welcome! I can't even leave new stuff alone if it isn't the way I want it.
I better don’t ask for the purpose of a titanium split ring. 
Lol, wanted to have a closer look at the “spotted” LED in my KR1. There is one of these transparent o-rings between the head and the bezel. Yeah, these crappy ones that break easily. Mine got stretched pretty badly and it wasn’t easy to screw the bezel back on. Probably not water resistant anymore. Maybe it’s time to order a bigger set of o-rings…
There were some splatters of flux all over the MCPCB. And I found some tiny solder balls. Quality control could be better.
Btw, Hank offered me a replacement MCPCB. 
I think I can live with that and for Hank it should be more cost efficient than everything else.
Beauties:
D4V2, SST-20, 3000K, KR1, XP-L Hi 5D, 4000K
The color of the KR1 isn’t show correctly. It is a desaturated cyan, probably a color that cannot be pictured well digitally. Love it.
I have read on another thread that Hank offered to custom-build a D4v2 with Luminus SST-20-DR (deep red, 660nm). I would be highly interested into something like that in a KR4 but I wonder how four of these LEDs will cope with any of Hank's drivers. I would prefer hardware-based current control instead of a custom-coded Andúril version.
hows the surface on the KR light is it smooth or rough ?
Neither. It’s a little bit rough, but very fine.
Yes, we have customized this LED in the KR4, KR4 driver can be fully regulated without direct drive.