Hmm I received the original group buy coupon and abstained from the XPL version in favor of the SST-20 versions and now that the SSTs are out, we had the whole lens gate ordeal and now the switch feel is worse. There have been so many micro changes over time. Does anyone know the future of the switch and what kind of switch feel I will be getting if I were to order one now? Iāve heard a lot of complaints regarding the new switch.
The sst20 looks brighter in the pics to me. It definitely has more throw than the 219C in my night walks. I checked out the album and loved the āFirefly mode engagedā pic.
219C in FW3C are definitely more rosy @350mA than SST-20 FB4. SST-20 in FW3A are better than FB4. Comparing 219C in FW3C and SST-20 in FW3A, 219C seem to be a bit warmer and less green than SST-20 (up to 8x7135). On turbo however, SST-20 looks more rosy. But⦠tint preference is personal thing.
Sounds good to me. The rosy tint on the SST-20ās are great at but itās not enough for me personally because itās visible only on the least used mode⦠I want a good tint on the ramp. So I might just pull the trigger on the 219C variant.
On my FW3A SST-20 4000K I removed the one piece Lumintop optic and replaced it with a Carclo 10507 optic & the glass lens Neal sent. That combo creates a stellar beam!!
I absolutely agree. That combo is great, and even though I am not really a tint junkie, the tint is great, and I love it. I still donāt like the lower brightness compared to the XPL though.
It depends on how the lumens are spread. Higher lumens spread over a bigger area will seem dimmer. A lower lumen light that is more focused will seem brighter. Itās all about the intensity. Since the SST-20 is a smaller die, it makes a smaller hotspot and looks more intense.
You see this when you have the same flashlight and you swap between a xhp70.2 and a xhp50.2. The 50.2 has a smaller hotspot but 600 lumen (measured) from it looks about the same brightness (intensity) as 1000 lumen (measured) from the 70.2.
Still, the moon mode comparison in the pictures seems odd. Are they both at level 1? Maybe the SST-20 is in stepped ramp mode where itās moonlight is level 20?
I absolutely agree on both points. A single emitter hotspot, even in a tube light SST-20 like the Convoy S2+, has a much more intense hotspot than the FW3A.
Also, yeah, that moon mode seems oddly bright.