Budget aside and apart from the “tint lotery” which one would YOU guys go for? Acebeam K65 or TN40S? Why and which tint would you choose?
Well, you’re stating unequivocably that if it’s a Cree it’s a gamble and that’s just not so. I’ve built hundreds of de-domed lights, what you’re saying is not true and it’s misleading to everyone else that is new here and taking what your’e saying like it’s gospel. With 21 posts here you have to admit, there’s no credibility for experience. Otherwise known as noob, whether you are or not is completely unknown but you are HERE.
So you can come in and call my years of experience a lie, and that’s not rude and insulting? Geesh. Noobs.
When did I ever specifically call your years of experience a lie? Get off your confrontational attitude.
You show me a dedomed light with an amazing tint and I’ll shut myself up. Compare it to a stock XHP35 HI or Nichia light. In fact I would gladly buy one from you if you could produce a dedomed 70.2 that wasn’t greenish. Until then I will continue to tell others what I believe to be true with all dedome jobs I’ve come across, as I feel it’s safer to them to let them know a dedome will result in slight shift to green.
As for the topic at hand,
With regarding tint, one of the benefits of dedoming is that you will get less tint shift within the beam, since flat emitters interact with reflectors differently than domed ones. In general I consider this to be more pleasing than something that’s very greenish in the corona and purplish in the spill.
I also feel you should go with the TN40S, since it’s pretty much what you wanted based on the video you linked. I’ve not used the K65 myself, but from what I’ve seen of it makes it look rather yellow-greenish.
As for the attitude, sorry about that, indeed my bad.
Not everyone is a tint snob, a lot of people like a blue white beam and some even like a green hue. We have literally thousands of new people here, stating something as an opinion and making it sound unequivocable is misleading to the many new people.
I like the tn40s or the Jetbeam t6. The spo3 is nice when modded. I kinda regret selling that light now after hearing what dale did to his. Those sst40 made a huge difference! Mine was only doin close to 4000 and it was modified.
I also like the convoy l6 with smo reflector modded with new driver and 70.2.
Yes, the high output thrower: Convoy L6 is what I would buy eventually for myself, so I would recommend that.
Between those two, i will go with the tn40s…
1.Thrunite offer discount price. I seem acebeam increase their price lately… why??
2. Use high bin led… (. My tn36ut use high bin led).
3. Better quality overall.
4. Thrunite stock driver are reliable…
5. Better heat management… power distribute to 4 leds… less heat
I have both the MT09R XHP70.2 and XHP35 versions modded by TA. Both use 80CRI emitters. The 70.2 version uses 80CRI 4000k emitters that I can actually see more details and textures walking in the woods compared to my 90CRI 5000k MF01 219C. If I were to choose between the 70.2 and 35 version, I would definitely go with the 70.2 because it is just so freaking bright measured at 23k OTF lumens. Because of the shear lumens, the throw is also really good. The 35 version I use mixed 4000k and 4500k 80CRI emitters and it is good useful thrower on its own but compared side-by-side with the 70.2 version, the 70.2 just blows it away.
You can also consider buying a MT07S and having it shipped to TA to mod it with a dedomed 70.2 emitter with CRI and tint of your choice and get 9k lumens with great throw and should still be cheaper than the Acebeam K65.
Thanks for all your interesting suggestions, but as I am from Europe, shipping and modding anything by TA is not a question 
As for suggested MF02, I am more after high output than a pencil beam thrower, and L6 id dont want for not being throwy enough.
Perhaps I should have stated that im looking mainly for a regular production light, not a custom one. When comparing the K65 to TN40S here is my take on them both:
TN40s:
- better throw
- runs probably cooler
- cheaper
- way better runtimes on low modes
K65
- lumen monster with good throw
- more expensive
- comes with a holster
Quality and driver wise I cannot really comment, tough decision which one to choose…
UI has been completely changed.
In terms of value, the Convoy L6 someone recommended is a good choice. The Convoy L2 is a smaller good choice, but I think you would need to mod it to an XHP50 or 50.2 to get closer to your desired beam profile.
Another less-expensive option is any of the Jax X1 series, they come with either a smooth reflector (more throw, more laser-like beam) or a orange peel reflector. I own the orange peal reflector version and dedomed the stock XHP50, and I’mvery pleased with the beam profile. Is a nice blend of throw and flood, but its not by any means a 1000 yard thrower, just a good option at a reasonable price.
Also the Jax Z1 series I hear is a good choice, but don’t own one. That is the the aspheric “zoomie” version, so that might give you the option between flood and throw whenever necessary.