Black flat is kind of a weird led to work with , so even if performance is 15-20% better than xp-g2 it will be awesome
Osram LE UW Q8WP is awesome from my point of view (same performance as OBF but double lumens) but costs 10+$ per led , compared to the 1$ of sst-20 ( link )
Cold, yes. Colder than I usually prefer. But at least if itās like the SST-40 (as is expected), then it should be a pure white, not blue or purple. I put a few dedomed SST-40ās in Convoy L2ās and actually donāt mind the tint for a thrower.
I pulled the trigger on the Aliexpress listing last week. I canāt wait to see how they perform sliced / dedomed - should be good. Not that I really needed 10 of them :person_facepalming: but at less than $1 each, oh well
Iāll try a sliced one in my Amutorch JM70 (now a dedomed XP-L) when I get them. If it improves throw I might test it in my Olight M3XSā¦
Will definitely update here
Iām sorry but a SST-40 6500K is not pure white. With a reflector you can easily see plenty of blue and purple spill. No doubt itās a great emitter but I think this āwhiteā tint assumption is way over hyped.
Cool, thank you for reminding me. I just purchased 5 sst20ās from kaidomain. Letās see if it gets here before the 10 I ordered from aliexpress.
Iām new to this led game. But from the relatively small amount of knowledge Iāve learned all signs are pointing to a the next rockstar LED.
I will test and report back to this thread. Ill do fet with a brand new C8 sofirn and fet with ut02. Iāll start with old pani laptop batterys then work my way up to a Sony vtc4a.
I also have 10 coming from that AE listing. I had been waiting on a response from KD, then just grabbed the AE after not hearing anything for a week or so. Of course KD listed them like the day after I pulled the trigger :person_facepalming:
I will probably order a few. The low Vf and (probable) high luminance dedomed make it a winner. The sofirn C8F triple might be a good match for this LED.