Just got mine in the mail yesterday; here are some thoughts:
- This light is BRIGHT! A lot of people up here have lightbars on their rigs, and this puppy seems to be just as bright. Except it’s all in the palm of your hand!
- It’s much heavier than I expected. This means there’s plenty of thermal mass to soak up extended turbo runs.
- Flat tops DO fit! I’ve run both VTC6’s and 30Q’s flattops (No solder blobs) without any issue. I have not removed the white protectors and this still seems to work just fine.
- Could a custom driver push this light even harder? With 18 Nichias I see the potential for over 20,000 lumens. With the XP-G2 model it could even be 25,000 lumens! Granted that would require over 300 watts… But maybe it’s possible for like 15 or 20 seconds? Kind of like a D4 but a D18 instead. VTC6’s should be able to kick this much power out… Maybe the voltage sag would be too much though and would require some kind of boost driver though?
- F* the strobe mode
Ref:
https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/34094
http://lygte-info.dk/review/batteries2012/Sony%20US18650VTC6%203000mAh%20(Green)%20UK.html