Noctigon K1 info / review

[Agro]

@ImBadAtUsernames

Y’all are awesome and that was fast!

I was thinking the XHP35 would be best, but its a 12V (isn’t it?) so I was worried being a different voltage it might require less efficient drivers and thus would produce more heat? Perhaps my logic is off, but that’s why I figured I’d defer to y’alls superior knowledge

As for the width to brightness of the spill, ideally I’d want both, but I think it would be best to shoot for wide for peripheral vision and situational awareness; I don’t need to see the critter in detail, just know he’s there and off to the side. Does that make sense? lol

I’m not sure, I don’t have K1 but looking at the picture I think it has a somewhat narrow spill. It may not be the best host after all…
This reminds me of an old thread but I’m not sure if it’s still relevant.

Increasing voltage is always at least fairly efficient and sometimes very efficient. Decreasing can vary from very efficient to inefficient.
In the case of K1 the XHP35 driver will be more efficient.
But driver efficiency is not as important as LED efficiency.

I’m not sure but I believe that at the same spill brightness (or lumens - these are directly proportional to spill brightness) SBT90.2 will be more efficient, consuming less electricity.
At the same spot brightness, XHP35 HI will consume less electricity. But I’m not sure if it will be more or less efficient (because efficiency is basically light-output divided by power consumption. SBT90.2 will consume more power but it will also output more light).