Interesting indeed. That emitter can produce almost 4k lumens and although the 18350 “could” power it, the heat generated would shut it down in less than 30 seconds. The lumens would have to be scaled way back to around 1000 lumens to run it stable. Also being a 7mm bulb and having the orange peel right on the bulb silicon itself, it would make it an extremely floody light. Unless you push 3-4k lumens out, good luck seeing anything further away. The one awesome thing about the LD10 I find is the throw distance. Nothing can compare to its throw at this size.

They should put the XHP70 bulb into their DM21C line and make that flashlight less fussy to run unprotected 18650 flatops. Needing their own specific branded batteries makes it a fail in my books.

I’ll be watching the LD70 keychain light, looks like they’re expecting megaheat already with the extra layer of cooling shields. I’m still predicting it’ll be a massive small flood light. It probabaly won’t bother coming with the diffuser piece because all it can do is flood! The price won’t be close to the LD10 either, I’m guessing double or more. It’s nice to see them packing the best bulb into a small package for bragging rights, but it really won’t be too useful as it can’t sustain the lumens and theres not much throw once you don’t run this bulb at max. If the battery is built in again I refuse to buy it lol