best thrower 2016\10 ?

[niajef]

@lazerEagle

Some newish Orsam chips with jumbelly alphabet names colloquially known as W1, W2 and more recently ‘W2.1 and W2.2 (CULPM1.TG)’.

Finding their way into single 18350 (Manker MC13), 18650(Acebeam L17, Noctigon KR1), 26350(Acebeam E10) and 21700(Convoy L21A, Noctigon K1, Acebeam L18) hosts.

Some hosts use smooth reflectors, while others like the MC13, L17, L18 and E10 use ‘Total Internal Reflection’ or TIR which basically re-routes all the spill and probably most of the corona back into a more intense hotspot.

Come in different colours, White, Green, Red, Blue and Yellow. With Green being notably brightest.

Hoping someone with more dollars and sense than me can make heads and tails and come up with a winner but that appears to be where the compact thrower game is at.

thats actually a very good breakdown, i been so confused about all these different options.

so osram is the best thrower emitter right now? how much better is a, say w1 or 2.1, compared to sst40? i have a ft03, i ordered xhp50.2 by mistake, planning to order sst40, but thats a different story

[lazerEagle]

SST-40 is a bit of a bigger hotter running LED, so you probably want a bigger host to help with heat. I think the Osram will still out throw the SST-40 but the SST-40 will have a bigger beam all round. Same can be said for the larger XHP and SBT90 chips. Bigger, angrier, hotter, more lumens, but not necessarily more candela/throw (unless you drive them hard with a very large reflector).