AMUTORCH XT60 pre-sale,
Presale price: $95.96
Available at: July 16th-26th,
and the order will be shipped after promotion. :exclamation:
XT 60 SBT90 version delivers a max output of 6000 lumens and a far-reaching beam distance of 1221meters. :+1: One 5000mAh Li-ion 21700 battery offers 120h runtime for long-time outdoor lighting. XT60 has an intelligent temperature control system to ensure comfortable use while also protecting important internal components.
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I got a pretty big collection of Amutorch's, they have been excellent quality, unique style that some may like, or not like, but I found them mod friendly as well. Many models use a mildly rough finish titanium. I got a TC500 single 21700 cell, size is roughly the same as this one, Amutorch link here: Amutorch-tc500-2200-lumens-775-meters.
The TC500 has a slightly bigger head diameter at 64 mm (XT60 is 62 mm), but it's shorter at 142 mm (XT60 is 150 mm). I have a sliced stock SST-40 6500K in the TC500 running Anduril 2 and it does pretty well at 275 kcd, 1049 meters. I would assume a SFT-40 should do a little better. The tail switch on the TC500 is tactical so I enabled the feature in Anduril 2 (depress the tail switch and it's on the last used level).
6000 lumens is a stretch for a SBT90.2 for sure. Maybe the 1220 meter distance is possible, not sure. I'm sure they are using a high amp driver in this one.
I tested the stock TC500 and claimed 2200 lumens, measured 1920 (mauuka #'s at 30s), but throw was rated 775 meters but I measured 872 meters (190 kcd).
Tom E, thanks for your technical explanations, in your opinion what is the real value of this flashlight? Because I understand that $ 96 is too much. Thank you for your answer.
I think that SFT40 is more suitable for multiled flashlights, for example I would see it perfect as a replacement for the Osram W2 on Haikelite MT41 that I own and which is the only compact flashlight capable of rivaling in range and brightness with the various monoled flashlights equipped of SBT90.2, the latter LED certainly remains superior to the SFT40 in applications with a single LED because with the same head diameter it offers the same range but more than double the lumens. It is certainly more expensive to build a flashlight with this led but undoubtedly its performance is superior so I am not interested in an XT60 with SFT40 because the Convoy L21B already exists which reading the data sheet has a range of 1258 meters therefore practically the same as your XT60 however, it has less than half the lumens, 2000 against the 4800 of the XT60, then surely L21B has a better runtime because it heats much less and because it needs less current, however this is another matter.
I disagree. I think it is a great replacement as a 3volt version of the xhp35 HI.
this is exactly why I am more intersted in the sft40 in this XT60 (if it were running a 9 or even 10 amp CC driver of course):
more throw, less heat, much better battery life. Also, 4800 lumens doesn't mean much when it will drop to 2000 lumens because of heat and battery life drop over a mere couple of minutes (at most), because the sbt90.2 at 2000 lumens will have much less luminance than the sft40 at 2000 lumens.
please do offer the sft40 version when available. But only if you can source or develop a 8amp, 9amp or 10amp constant current driver. Convoy has a 8amp driver readily available that works very well for this LED.
so this is essentially Amutorch's FT03s.. the most important factor that will determine if the XT60 is better than the ft03s is how well the XT60 reflector is focused (this is IMO the biggest bottleneck of the ft03s and the only thing that kept it back from being a better option than the K1 sbt90).
if my experience from my 2 amutorchs tells me anything, is there is a hopeful chance they did the reflector right on the XT60 (my experience and what I've read from others is amutorch's reflectors throw well because they must be focused well).
if so, I would most likely buy the XT60, unfortunately I will have to wait to see other's feedback and some some tests on throw/candela, and I will miss the sale promotion price..
EDIT: I just realized there is a 7mm difference in head size, that does not make this and the ft03s direct competitors. I thought the head size was within 2mm, my bad. But if the XT60 does throw as well as claimed with this size head, that would be nice performance
