I know the TN42vn uses a black flat.
I am saying that if you put an XP-G2 or black flat in the GT you can get 2Mcd.
The “it” in the second sentence refers to the GT, I thought that was obvious.
Well crap I thought originally it said Light plus batteries it has been a few months ago…so it doesn’t come with any batteries dam so how can i order the batteries now since I have already paid for the light ,sorry guys for the trouble. that’s the 18650’s right ?
After seeing how well the GT took to the XHP70.2 with a sliced dome (over 1600m of throw!) I am sure that there are BIG gains to be had with a flat black or other LED in the GT.
That said I finally got some proper centering rings printed up for the XHP70.2 and did some testing. By defocusing it slightly I was able to eliminate the dark spot! Only lost a little throw as well, it was still over 1600m IIRC. The beam looked better as well.
I took these quick wall shots during my G35 review with the sliced dome and a 3.5mm tall centering ring (vs the factory 2.5mm, I think that 3mm tall could be the sweet spot).
Closer to what the eye sees (although much brighter, literally painful to look at the reflection):
With the exposure turned down to see the beam a bit better:
Sadly shortly after this I was messing with it some more and something must have landed on the die and caused it to start burning. While trying to fix it I scraped off the Phosphor layer so I now have a mega powered UV light saber (it is super painful to look at, I am scared to turn it on).
So I will be switching to the 80CRI LED next and most likely leaving the dome on it.
Once I get the V1 prototype back I might try another shot as a sliced dome, maybe even an xhp50.2. Or maybe I will try a flat black….