【convoy】H4 and B35AM options are updated

[Simon_Mao]

@Correllux

@Simon Mao

@Correllux

Simon, have you ever made the S2+ in brass (yellow copper)? I don’t remember ever seeing or hearing about one but I would love to own it someday! I do remember the smooth red copper one a few years ago but did not buy.

I know brass is slower to machine than aluminum and more expensive but I think it would be a very nice option. The couple of brass lookalikes from other companies I have seen have been poor quality.

I don’t like brass very much, it is very heavy, and the thermal conductivity is not as high as aluminum alloy. At present, the price of various metal materials is rising very sharply. At least for this period of time, I will not consider producing brass or copper flashlights.

Yes, agreed to all, but it is beautiful and sometimes the extra weight has a “premium” feel that people like very much. I think S2+ in brass with metal clicky and maybe SST40 with OP reflector…moderate power like 2 amps (7135 x5 or x6 or other driver) would suit it well. Would make very nice holiday gifts. Maybe someday a special small batch for holidays?

You have so many lights now and more coming! It must be hard to keep track of everything. It’s a pleasure to see Convoy grow and all new models are much more important than any brass.

Maybe we have a compromise. I can make the brass S2+ thinner, which can reduce the weight.How do you think?

[Champfc3000]

Any time frame because i await to purchase

[Simon_Mao]

@Lightbringer

What’s that hexagonal Nichia again?

No more goofy square when zoomed. :laughing:

Please forgive my ignorance, what is the specific LED model of hexagonal Nichia?

[Simon_Mao]

@JaredM

@Simon Mao

@desmondkun

Convoy has been making a lot of new models lately.
Hmm… how about 3x21700 zoomie with big aspheric lens?
3X21Z or something.

This idea is very interesting, but what kind of LED is suitable to install?

SBT90.2 for sure.

Something high cri would be cool, but for 3x21700 it only makes sense for it to be very high power. FC40 wouldn’t be nice in an aspheric with it’s multi-chip setup. Ironically since it was mentioned recently, an MTG2 would be really nice. Too bad there isn’t a modern SBT70 in Hi CRI. Boy that’d be the cats arse!

EDIT: Ohhhh. How about the new XHP50.3 HI? Should be available in many CCTs and CRI values. As always, don’t bother with stocking hiCRI unless it’s below BBL or at least VERY close.

I think SBT90.2 is the best choice.
The power of XHP35.3 HI is not big enough, and I don’t like the icon of WINDOWS XP

[Simon_Mao]

2021/6/26
L7
L7 with battery

[Lightbringer]

@Simon Mao

@Lightbringer

What’s that hexagonal Nichia again?

No more goofy square when zoomed. :laughing:

Please forgive my ignorance, what is the specific LED model of hexagonal Nichia?

Had to goggle it. The 309A/319A.

Looks interesting…

[Correllux]

@Simon Mao

@Correllux

Yes, agreed to all, but it is beautiful and sometimes the extra weight has a “premium” feel that people like very much. I think S2+ in brass with metal clicky and maybe SST40 with OP reflector…moderate power like 2 amps (7135 x5 or x6 or other driver) would suit it well. Would make very nice holiday gifts. Maybe someday a special small batch for holidays?



You have so many lights now and more coming! It must be hard to keep track of everything. It’s a pleasure to see Convoy grow and all new models are much more important than any brass.

Maybe we have a compromise. I can make the brass S2+ thinner, which can reduce the weight.How do you think?

Sure. I think whatever you and the machinists are happy with! If thinner tubing can be purchased at a little lower cost, that would be good. I would just love to have a classic light in brass with Convoy quality (and, ahem, nothing from Lumintop....). :)

[Simon_Mao]

@Lightbringer

@Simon Mao

@Lightbringer

What’s that hexagonal Nichia again?

No more goofy square when zoomed. :laughing:

Please forgive my ignorance, what is the specific LED model of hexagonal Nichia?

Had to goggle it. The 309A/319A.

Looks interesting…

Very interesting, maybe inspired by the honeycomb.

[TermsakC]

On my handphone App of the Ali Express website, there is a summer sale item going on for “SBT-90” and “SBT-90 Gen 2” ultra luminous flashlights, both in black and silver, with prices ranging from S$93.42 - S$115.14 (about US$72 - US$88). But nowhere does the mysterious vendor “Shop4558044 Store” mention it is a “Convoy L7”, although its photos show clearly these are Convoy long-tube 2x 26550 flashlights.

Maybe Simon can investigate.

[Nooner]

@Correllux

@Simon Mao

@Correllux

Yes, agreed to all, but it is beautiful and sometimes the extra weight has a “premium” feel that people like very much. I think S2+ in brass with metal clicky and maybe SST40 with OP reflector…moderate power like 2 amps (7135 x5 or x6 or other driver) would suit it well. Would make very nice holiday gifts. Maybe someday a special small batch for holidays?

You have so many lights now and more coming! It must be hard to keep track of everything. It’s a pleasure to see Convoy grow and all new models are much more important than any brass.

Maybe we have a compromise. I can make the brass S2+ thinner, which can reduce the weight.How do you think?

Sure. I think whatever you and the machinists are happy with! If thinner tubing can be purchased at a little lower cost, that would be good. I would just love to have a classic light in brass with Convoy quality (and, ahem, nothing from Lumintop….).

I’m sure I’d buy a brass S2+ no matter what it weighed.

[Simon_Mao]

@TermsakC

On my handphone App of the Ali Express website, there is a summer sale item going on for “SBT-90” and “SBT-90 Gen 2” ultra luminous flashlights, both in black and silver, with prices ranging from S$93.42 - S$115.14 (about US$72 - US$88). But nowhere does the mysterious vendor “Shop4558044 Store” mention it is a “Convoy L7”, although its photos show clearly these are Convoy long-tube 2x 26550 flashlights.

Maybe Simon can investigate.

There are many cases like this, and the investigation is quite time-consuming, and we don’t need to bother about it.
My shop address is https://convoy.aliexpress.com
I don’t think it is too difficult to remember it.

[Tom_E]

@Simon Mao

… Forgive my stupidity, I went to read your thread, but I haven’t figured out “cycle button LED OFF-LOW-HIGH-BEACON”

Button LED is the switch LED. 7 clicks will re-configure the switch LED control. On the AVR MCU's, we can control a low and high level output for the switch LED on just using an I/O pin. Beacon is a periodic blink of the switch LED. So if the switch LED is OFF, 7 clicks will change it to LOW, another 7 clicks will change it to HIGH, etc. That setting will be saved off in flash memory, so it will be set that way until you change it.

[d_t_a]

@MoreLumens

@Simon Mao

@Lightbringer

3 × MT-G2… :heart_eyes:

Oh no, MTG2 represents an ancient era Because the light efficiency is too low, it seems that no flashlight manufacturer is willing to use it anymore.

Yes, but that color is so beautiful. Just like with 219b’s, you lose some lumens, but gain really nice colored light. Can’t have all.

Speaking of MT-G2... I chanced upon a flashlight (sometime late 2019 or early 2020) that used this MT-G2 LED in BG (I had no experience with the MT-G2 prior to this flashlight) and ordered it immediately (Nightwatch NS22 with Cree MT-G2 5000k LED), this is basically a "C8" size flashlight, but uses 21700 battery. When I first tried out the MT-G2 LED flashlight before, I did immediately like the beam pattern (no weird corona like those in XHP50.2, XP-L2 or even XHP70.2. Just a creamy white beam pattern.

The following beamshot I took to compare the Convoy S11 with the GT-FC40 4500k versus the Nightwatch NS22 with Cree MT-G2 5000k LED:

Convoy S11 (Getian GT-FC40 4500k) vs Nightwatch NS22 (Cree MT-G2 5000k) beam compare

[Lightbringer]

@d_t_a

Speaking of MT-G2… I chanced upon a flashlight (sometime late 2019 or early 2020) that used this MT-G2 LED in BG (I had no experience with the MT-G2 prior to this flashlight) and ordered it immediately (Nightwatch NS22 with Cree MT-G2 5000k LED), this is basically a “C8” size flashlight, but uses 21700 battery. When I first tried out the MT-G2 LED flashlight before, I did immediately like the beam pattern (no weird corona like those in XHP50.2, XP-L2 or even XHP70.2. Just a creamy white beam pattern.

Yep, that’s the beauty of the MT-G2. It’s like perfectly neutral, has almost no discernible tint-shift, and is just creamy white goodness through and through.

All the XHPs have that hideous urine-yellow corona around the hotspot, like the loathsome XP-G3. Only way to fix that, mostly, is diffusion film, but then goodbye hotspot, as it’s all flood from there.

[d_t_a]

@Artiet59

@Simon Mao

@MoreLumens

@Simon Mao

@Lightbringer

3 × MT-G2… :heart_eyes:

Oh no, MTG2 represents an ancient era Because the light efficiency is too low, it seems that no flashlight manufacturer is willing to use it anymore.

Yes, but that color is so beautiful. Just like with 219b’s, you lose some lumens, but gain really nice colored light. Can’t have all.

I prefer 3*GT FC40, which is easier to obtain and lower cost.

I don't own any gt fc lights, but based on what I read I would be very interested in this too! Plus hi cri and better throw!

I did beamshot test of the Convoy L6 (GT-FC40 4000-4500k, SMO reflector):

Convoy L6 (Getian GT-FC40 4500k) beamshot

2) Convoy L6 (XHP70 N2-3A ,~5000k, default OP reflector) [note: this is the earlier XHP70 LED, not XHP70.2]

Convoy L6 (XHP70 N2-3A neutral-white, 3800 lumens, OP reflector)

3) Convoy L6 (XHP70.2 N4-7A, ~3000k, default SMO reflector)

Convoy L6 (XHP70.2 N4-7A warm-orange "4300" lumens) beamshot

The GT-FC40 loses some lumens (brightness) but also has some amount of throw when installed on something like the L6 size reflector.

[texas_shooter]

Simon would you consider building a semi-practical hot rod light? M3C host, SBT90.2 LED, 20 amp driver, 26800 tube or 26650 with 26800 extension, 21700 plastic insert. Host has enough mass to be almost practical, thermal sensor set a little generously high.

[Simon_Mao]

@Tom E

@Simon Mao

… Forgive my stupidity, I went to read your thread, but I haven’t figured out “cycle button LED OFF-LOW-HIGH-BEACON”

Button LED is the switch LED. 7 clicks will re-configure the switch LED control. On the AVR MCU’s, we can control a low and high level output for the switch LED on just using an I/O pin. Beacon is a periodic blink of the switch LED. So if the switch LED is OFF, 7 clicks will change it to LOW, another 7 clicks will change it to HIGH, etc. That setting will be saved off in flash memory, so it will be set that way until you change it.

Thank you very much for your patient explanation, but I still don’t understand the meaning of this function. Is there any flashlight model that applies this function?

[Simon_Mao]

@texas shooter

Simon would you consider building a semi-practical hot rod light? M3C host, SBT90.2 LED, 20 amp driver, 26800 tube or 26650 with 26800 extension, 21700 plastic insert. Host has enough mass to be almost practical, thermal sensor set a little generously high.

But turbo mode may only work for about 20 seconds at most,

[desmondkun]

@Simon Mao

@JaredM

@Simon Mao

@desmondkun

Convoy has been making a lot of new models lately.
Hmm… how about 3x21700 zoomie with big aspheric lens?
3X21Z or something.

This idea is very interesting, but what kind of LED is suitable to install?

SBT90.2 for sure.

Something high cri would be cool, but for 3x21700 it only makes sense for it to be very high power. FC40 wouldn’t be nice in an aspheric with it’s multi-chip setup. Ironically since it was mentioned recently, an MTG2 would be really nice. Too bad there isn’t a modern SBT70 in Hi CRI. Boy that’d be the cats arse!

EDIT: Ohhhh. How about the new XHP50.3 HI? Should be available in many CCTs and CRI values. As always, don’t bother with stocking hiCRI unless it’s below BBL or at least VERY close.

I think SBT90.2 is the best choice.
The power of XHP35.3 HI is not big enough, and I don’t like the icon of WINDOWS XP

Yes, I think SBT90.2 is good. Single power full led that can use with parallel 21700 is good because I want it to has usb-c charging port as in other 4x,3x model. For my opinion, I think a serious thrower led like green CSLNM1 F1 is good too, it’s quite power full with probably highest lumen/die size. It’s Vf is quite high, worth using 3 cells too.
Oh, and since it’s a zoomie, it’s body will gets very hot. Would be nice if it has removable handle as additional option.

[Lightbringer]

@Simon Mao

@Tom E

@Simon Mao

… Forgive my stupidity, I went to read your thread, but I haven’t figured out “cycle button LED OFF-LOW-HIGH-BEACON”

Button LED is the switch LED. 7 clicks will re-configure the switch LED control. On the AVR MCU’s, we can control a low and high level output for the switch LED on just using an I/O pin. Beacon is a periodic blink of the switch LED. So if the switch LED is OFF, 7 clicks will change it to LOW, another 7 clicks will change it to HIGH, etc. That setting will be saved off in flash memory, so it will be set that way until you change it.

Thank you very much for your patient explanation, but I still don’t understand the meaning of this function. Is there any flashlight model that applies this function?

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