Hello, sorta new to flashlights.
I have a few, but not too knowledgeable about leds and such.
I do like them bright, and about neutral color.
I recently lost a noctigon kr4 that i got a while ago, so i dont really remember what leds it had, but it wasnt cool white (which tends to tire my eyes).
This light caught my eye, i think it would be a fun camp light. Also ive gotten used to the audril (?) Programming.
What can you tell me about the 2 led options i have picked?
You seem to have chosen two nichia leds. The 519 A is known for being a high CRI emitter. It renders colors really well at the cost of brightness. The 219 B is also a very high cri emitter as designated by R9080. 4500K means the light is a warmer white. It will have a slight yellow color. Such as an incandescent bulb but closer to pure white. Choose these LEDS if you want good light quality instead of maximum brightness
EDIT: the flashlight seems to be designed for tint mixing. (Two separate colors) You have chosen two similar leds so maybe this feature wont work as intended.
Personally I would choose an emitter for throw, and the other for flood. The w1 amber is quite warm and has good throw. This video shows the w1 amber color, as well as the other w1/w2 colors. @Tulpenzeit Had a custom request made to mix 4x w1 amber, and 4x w1 white on channel 2. He posted some pictures here.
or you could also just have the same LED for both, but choose one that is warm, and another which is more cold. Like a 5000k and the other would be 2700k or something.
I see you were looking at the M44, this review shows both of those setups.
W1 amber is not something I’d recommend for the uninitiated. I’d start with the domed 4500K 519A. The 219B is not neutral. As for trying to make one throw channel, if it’s using the smaller quad optics then I’m not sure that it would be worth it.
ah, I’m also a noob in this field just got into it like a week or so ago. Also why would you not recommend the amber for uninitiated? It is very warm, but if you could have it custom to have 4x amber 4x white w1 kinda balance? or 6x amber 2x white w1. Those are the only thrower emitters offered it seems, if there was sft40 Id chose that i think…
I wonder what you’re trying to achieve, picking two quite similar emitters with the same CCT.
What is the reason you’re looking at a 2-channel light and not a single channel light?
Edit:
Looking more closely, it seems the M44 is only available as a 2-channel version. Still, the question remains, what do you want to achieve with 2 channels?
If you want a throw channel and a flood channel, then I’d suggest a throwy emitter, like the W1 instead of the 219Bs. You can then switch between flood and throw and essentially have 2 lights in one.
If you want to mix CCTs and be able to set the light anywhere between cold and warm, then I’d suggest the same emitter type with widely different CCTs, e.g. 519As with 2700K on one channel and 519As with 5700K on the other.
If you just want a simple light with no channel switching or mixing, then choose exactly the same emitter and CCT on both channels and run it only in the mode where both channels are always active (mode C in the product description). You can deactivate the other modes.
I would either use 2700K + 5700K 519A so you can tint-ramp from “almost yellow” to “cold white”, or use some neutral 519A for a high-CRI flood + some throwy emitter like the Osram with terrible names for a throwy channel.
EDIT: Oops, the exact same thing was already written by dognodding above me. I +1 their comment, in that case ^^
Depends what you consider too cool. For a 3535 LED, if you like 6000k and want a throwy LED then W1. Neutral tint so a very nice 6000k and very high power. If you want a floody LED then domed 519A 5700k.
Note that in the M44 most LEDs will be similar brightness because it only drives the emitters at 2A/LED where most will be around the same brightness.
Are you wanting two different LEDs in the same light? If so, then why are you choosing two different models of LEDs but same color of tint? Typically people choose two throwy leds and two floody.
If I was you Id get a different light with 4x nichia 519a 4500k
I don’t think 4500k is very white, for me it’s too yellow, I like 5700. 4500k should be great for you if you don’t like white
The cslnm1.tg is a small surface area emitter. This means its very suitable for long range. 6000 is 6000K which is a pure white color with a slight blue hue. It looks like you will have a floody (wide) channel with high CRI warm light and a throwy (narrow) channel with cooler light.
Jino, I think you should spend a little time considering whether the M44 is the right light to pick. You don’t seem to have a particular plan for what you want to do with this light.
In addition, you may not be aware of the fiddly/tricky aspects of powering this particular light. It requires three matched high-drain, unprotected 18650 cells. All three should be the same model, purchased together. They should be charged together, used together, and never separated. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to run them through a grading cycle on a charger to ensure you don’t have a lemon with significantly different capacity than the others.
This might all be worth the hassle if you had some clear idea of what you want to use this light for. But it doesn’t seem like you do. Maybe look at one of the other Emisar/Nocitigon models that run off a single cell first?
