Well... I measured around 3.4Amps with full charged XTAR2600 and direct drive (long wires, I don't want to burn another XM-L!)... I'm surprised, it reaches 600Meters well!
Can't wait to install the driver and finally have it finished.
I only reamed mine a very tiny bit, using a T-handled (cone-shaped) hole reamer from behind the opening. That opened the hole at the outside of the reflector a very tiny bit, but left the face-side of the hole on the inside of the reflector almost unchanged.
The effect is that now the flat base of the reflector may sit entirely on the base of the LED but not bottom out on the star that the LED is mounted on. Before, the hole was just a tad too small for the very bottom of the dome. That is what caused the dome to cleave off of the LED but still give the appearance of being attached.
Photos...
techjunkie, do you have a wall shot before and after shaving off the reflector flat spot? I'm curious to see the output effect on the beams side by side.
No before shot, sorry. I intend to do a side by side with some other SMO reflectors soon though.
Here's the link to the thread with the beamshot comparisons of many different XM-L lights:
Below are direct comparisons of this light vs. the HD2010 (mouse-over for HD2010)
Outdoor @ 60 feet from target:
Indoor @ 8 feet from white(ish)-wall:
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