I’m just wondering if anyone knows anything concrete about the lumen level that tactical strobe is set at, and particularly for the three settings of turbo we have, as I always find it hard to judge strobe brightness.
For each of the three turbo settings below, what level would tactical strobe be set at? Would it be at ceiling for the first (0C) option and turbo for the other two, or maybe strobe ignores these turbo options and is just always at turbo lumen level regardless of what you choose here? Does anyone know for sure? If no one knows I’ll do some testing by setting ceiling super low and checking strobe with each three options, but would prefer to save myself all those clicks and time if already known.
afaict on my TS10, even with Turbo disabled (option 0C), Tactical Strobe uses Turbo. (definitely not just maximum regulated level, aka top of 7135, which is only 100 lumens)
Thanks both, that’s good to know that it ignores that setting, and it sounds like it ignores whatever I set as the ceiling too (as following your guidance jon my ceiling on my d3aa is now quite low)?
So in terms of what Quahog said, what about for the d3aa then? I think with the Freeman’s driver that is fully regulated even at turbo?
Jon just wanted to know for my d3aa because I am following your setup with quite a low ceiling and no turbo that my strobe is still at a higher level, which I would like it to be, as no concerns of overheating etc like with normal turbo
It looks to me like the D3AA uses Turbo for Tactical Strobe, even with Turbo disabled and a low ceiling
disagree… Tactical Strobe does create a lot of heat… fyi, there is no Thermal Regulation for any of the blinky modes…
Though most of the blinkies use ceiling as their max output, Tactical Strobe afaict uses Turbo, on both my D3AA as well as on my TS10, both with Turbo disabled.
imo we should definitely be concerned about overheating when using Tactical strobe.
Unlike Turbo, which does use thermal regulation, Tactical strobe has no built in thermal regulation.
I hope TK enables thermal regulation for blinkies at some point, for now, our hand is the thermal sensor
Great thanks Jon – good point RE overheating especially since on anduril we can set strobe to be super fast i.e. nearly constantly on — so without regulation in theory we could destroy our lights through overheating by putting strobe on maximum speed and just leaving it on (would never do this of course )?
you can see that neither Turbo, nor step 6 and 7 (of the default 7 stepped modes in advanced) can sustain their output. They all drop to a sustained output of about 250 lumens, which is normal for an Aluminum 14500 size light.
