This first location is a path in the woods. All images have the same exposure settings. The crest of the path in the middle of the image is about 70m away.
Ultrafire F13 with sliced XHP-50. ~7.3A, ~50kcd
The beam profile of this light made it ideal for this setting; the bright spill lit up the area close by and the transition to the hotspot is very smooth.
X6 with Cute-3 SS dedomed XP-L V6 1A, ~11.4A, ~50kcd
This light has a larger hotspot than the F13, but not as much spill.
Eagle Eye X6 XP-L HI V2 3B. ~5.5A, 70kcd
Convoy C8 with (old production style) dedomed XP-G2. ~4.3A, ~180kcd
Convoy S2+ XP-L HI V2 3D with narrow TIR optic, ~5.2A, ~20kcd
This location is an open field with bordering forest. The tree line is about 130m away. The exposure settings for this set are all the same. They turned out darker than I wanted, so I increased the exposure for all of them equally with software. (this is my first time taking beamshots)
Those are cool little lights. Did you by chance test one with the dome still on? I would think they would make for nice little flooders as well. I have this host plus all the parts for an xpl triple as my next project, but now that we have 26350s it seems something like the xhp50 is the way to go. Good luck with your sales!
Thanks! No, I did not test one with the dome on. I wish I did, just to see how exactly the slicing affected the beam and output. Yep, these 26350 cells really enable some new, nifty mods.
Sure, the reflector is the one from Kaidomain that I talk about here
I put a lot of thought in how to make/find a suitable centering ring. It turns out if you file away some of the stock centering ring that comes with the F13, it works well with the new reflector. The OD of the centering ring is larger than the ID of the hole in the reflector, but it is close enough that it works to center the reflector. However, one of the centering rings was too small, so I couldn’t use it, which is why one of the lights does not have the proper centering ring.
Like I mentioned in the link above, the height of the reflector is 1.6mm too short, so I used an aluminum MCPCB (sanded down to bare metal) as a spacer under the MCPCB.
Received my light from EasyB today! Wow what a nice and extremely bright light! I also love the tint which is perfect for my needs.
It’s nice and dark at night where I live and I had fun playing with this bad boy after my sons football game this evening.
I can’t wait to take this torch to work ( and I’ll be praying for a power outage the whole time)
Thanks again EasyB!
Received my F-13 today as well and I have to say I couldn’t be happier. This light really packs quite a punch for its size. I wasn’t familiar with the Ultrafire F-13 host before today. For me its the perfect EDC size, and has become my new favorite light. (even though its still daytime lol)
For anyone else not familiar with this host here are a few comparable sized lights
As far as performance goes the light that I can most compare it to (in regards to brightness) is the Trustfire TRJ-18 which is much larger and uses 7 x xml-T6 emitters.
after the sun goes down in a couple hours i will try to post some outdoor beamshots as well
I have been using a triple-dedomed X6 (second image in the second post) from EasyB for the past month or so. Works like a charm. Nice, compact form-factor that still has enough thermal mass to get some high-output use without being unholdable, really solid host body, has rubber gaskets at all of the sealing points (I’m not worried about getting it wet, but I don’t have any information on how it’d fair submerged), and it has worked really reliably since I got it. Bright as heck for such a small light, and the driver is really nice in its versatility and customizability. It’s a slightly different light from what he’s offering here, but I can attest to the fact that he puts a lot of care into the planning and construction of his lights.
