SMO will be an option.
This is shaving a dome, at 1 minute 10 seconds. Basically, you’re creating your own High Intensity version: slightly less lumens, but more lux.
Thanks for sharing this.
XHP70 shaving…. IF you choose to shave the dome, make absolutely sure the surface you shave and any and all debri are clean clear or else you will have burn down, (debri) which will burn the emitter surface and smoke the reflector, causing a cloudy effect or possible emitter failure! I would leave it up to the end user to perform this at his or her want or need!
Ditto, it is a simple mod for those that want it.
I hope turbo on this light can be memorized for quick access one click turbo.
Since this dont seem like it will compete with the tn42 or the k70, I would think this light would be better with xhp70 thrower.
More lumens than those other two!
High CRI helps more than extra lumens to see details in what you are looking at.
Once you’ve tried high CRI, you will never go back to low CRI.
that light looks so cool - 680g is not bad for the size
This too looks very interesting
and I forgot: welcome to BLF!
I think it is very cool you engage with us and show not even finished lights. Also SMO reflectors siilnce that is the Nr 2 question for a XHP light here so it seems.
Yeah you made a heck of an entry, very cool to see this! Thanks.
Holy crap… Massive girth. Be nice as a host also….
thanks for the suggestions. The internal design is like you said. :+1:
+1
VERY welcome!
So far you’re making a really good impression 
People are going to expect so much from your lights! 
Very true, just the other night we were exploring a creek after dark and playing with a hefty selection of lights.
An interesting comparison was the L6 vs S70. While they are virtually the same in lumens (S70 is slightly higher actually) and Kcd. When tested in the real world the S70 would throw a good ways but everything was washer out and at the far reaches of throw it was very hard to make out any details, you could just tell where the shore was and that was about it.
The L6 on the other hand was not even a high CRI, just a higher CRI and warmer 3A tint. At the same distance you could see the bushes, the rocks and the water quite easily. Even I was surprised how much of a difference it made with just a slightly warmer LED. My current king thrower is a DO1 with a ~5A XP-L high and it is amazing how well it cuts through the night and how clearly you can see what you are looking at compared to my other 1A tint throwers.
I am now on a high CRI kick and planning on swapping most of my lights over to them as soon as I find a good source.
/Off topic.
man I’m excited.
if this light beat Acebeam K70 in term of throw then i will get one for sure 
Wow, can’t wait for this to hit the streets! I hope it has a reasonable price tag and that it comes in with an option for something in the 4500k tint range. I suspect in the real world a SMO reflector would work great, who wall hunts with a light like this???
My D01 is fairly warm, de-domed XM-L2 and it really has good target definition and color rendition compared to other throwers that I own. I would guess it to be somewhere around 4500k, started as a 0D.
Stocked XHP70s are N4 CW 6500K CRI68 and N2 NW 5000K CRI80… What CRI number we can call it High CRI? above 85 or 90?
I think what we call “High” usually means 90, though 80 is a good start
5000K CRI80 sounds quite nice. You lose about 20 % output when going all the way up to 90+, so 80 is a good middle ground.
80cri is better then most but high CRI doesn’t really start till 90+ CRI around here. People also generally like it a bit warmer as well, 4000-4500k on the rosy side is a very popular tint for high CRI LED’s (or LED’s in general honestly).
I would take the 80cri over the 68 100% but I would also take a 90 CRI over the 80. On a light like this, lumens are not really an issue, a loss of a few hundred lumens is hardly even noticeable so I would gladly trade them for a better tint and CRI.