Rolling wave of High CRI Triple or single N219b, or stock Jetbeam RRT-01 Rotaries

pinkpanda3310 · 2019-05-31T06:43:36.000Z

Update. Packages are sent. Those involved have been pm’d. Whilst it was interesting doing a ‘run’ of lights I’m reluctant to take on a second batch for a few reasons (at least for a while anyway). I hope those that ordered a light are happy with your purchase (when you receive it) jon_slider has been very communicative, organised, understanding and supportive throughout this project, a great man

…and I’m definitely interested in a trit bezel

Calzoner · 2019-05-31T15:10:38.000Z

Thanks for your hard work guys, anxious to see the final product!

jon_slider · 2019-06-07T15:46:51.000Z

First I want to start by thanking pinkpanda and everyone that has participated in the First Wave. Those lights are now making their way to their final destinations, and will probably begin to reach their owners in the next week.

Five of the finished lights have now reached Los Angeles, CA, and are now just 350 miles away from me. I will inspect, photograph and then distribute those lights to their final destinations in USA.

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now some updates on possible Second Wave, not yet definite

1. thanks to moderator007, he has located a replacement reflector for the Original RRT-01, so I could feel good about offering lights modded to single LED and High CRI, without the rings in the beam that Ive experienced with the stock reflector. More info in this post:

WTB: Jetbeam RRT01 – Any place to buy it?! + [RRT01 2019 discussion] Want to Buy

With the help of BanL (Thanks BanL) I finally got a variety of reflectors. After trying several different reflectors from Fasttech that didn’t fit, I even cut one down on the lathe to fit but was worse than the stock reflector my KD shipment finally came in. I now have two reflectors here that drop right in to original RRT01 with no modifications. The both produce a very nice beam compared to the original reflector. I have only tested them using a LH351D shaved dome led but I don’t expect them …

2. I am seeking someone with access to a lathe, to build another round of triples. Im having a conversation with a potential candidate. Nothing is definite yet, and I have no cost estimates yet.

Stay tuned for updates on the possible Second Wave once more of the details are sorted. I also invite suggestions, by PM, from anyone that might be willing and able to do the mods for a Second Wave.

Enjoy your weekend! Pictures of the completed First Wave lights will begin to appear shortly.

Scallywag · 2019-06-07T16:09:29.000Z

jon_slider:

I am seeking someone with access to a lathe, to build another round of triples. Im having a conversation with a potential candidate. Nothing is definite yet, and I have no cost estimates yet. Stay tuned for updates on the possible Second Wave once more of the details are sorted. I also invite suggestions, by PM, from anyone that might be willing and able to do the mods for a Second Wave. Enjoy your weekend! Pictures of the completed First Wave lights will begin to appear shortly.

Would there be any possibility for additional spacers to be purchased? I have my old-version RRT-01, and am considering a triple. I'm at least going to swap something for this XM-L2, even if I stay 70CRI and go with a Luxeon V(2). I did notice and already bookmark that post about the reflectors, too, in case I do end up going with single-emitter.

It's funny that the stock reflector and emitter in mine have no rings at all. But I understand it's the smaller emitters, 3535s and especially the SST-20s, that are giving issues?

Geuzzz · 2019-06-07T17:28:55.000Z

jon_slider:

First I want to start by thanking pinkpanda and everyone that has participated in the First Wave. Those lights are now making their way to their final destinations, and will probably begin to reach their owners in the next week.

Five of the finished lights have now reached Los Angeles, CA, and are now just 350 miles away from me. I will inspect, photograph and then distribute those lights to their final destinations in USA.

.

now some updates on possible Second Wave, not yet definite

1. thanks to moderator007, he has located a replacement reflector for the Original RRT-01, so I could feel good about offering lights modded to single LED and High CRI, without the rings in the beam that Ive experienced with the stock reflector. More info in this post:
WTB: Jetbeam RRT01 – Any place to buy it?! + [RRT01 2019 discussion] - #487 by moderator007

2. I am seeking someone with access to a lathe, to build another round of triples. Im having a conversation with a potential candidate. Nothing is definite yet, and I have no cost estimates yet.

Stay tuned for updates on the possible Second Wave once more of the details are sorted. I also invite suggestions, by PM, from anyone that might be willing and able to do the mods for a Second Wave.

Enjoy your weekend! Pictures of the completed First Wave lights will begin to appear shortly.

You are lucky than, my tracking still shows it in Australia. :weary:

m0nk33 · 2019-06-13T22:25:35.000Z

Thanks again for all the hard work you guys put into this! The lights are awesome!

Calzoner · 2019-06-14T13:37:00.000Z

My light arrived yesterday in good working order. Cheers to Pinkpanda and Jon for a fantastic job on this project.

jon_slider · 2019-06-14T17:47:35.000Z

Great to hear from all of you that youre happy with the lights
pinkpanda did an outstanding job imo

changes in my housing situation are taking priority over me organizing another round of tripple Original RRT-01

those of you that own them now, have a very short run of unique lights, I hope they serve you well

thank you all for trusting me and pinkpanda to build your lights
it means a great deal to me

enjoy your lights!
Jonathan

Calzoner · 2019-06-14T17:56:27.000Z

Good luck to you Jon!

Jay · 2019-08-09T22:01:39.000Z

~~My 3500K SW35 triple with blue glow tail (looks a bit more aqua in person) is available for adoption to a good home. PM me if interested.~~ New home found.

Geuzzz · 2019-08-09T19:54:36.000Z

Jay:

My 3500K SW35 triple with blue glow tail (looks a bit more aqua in person) is available for adoption to a good home. PM me if interested.

You are really going let this go? My most used light of this year and definitely a keeper. Good luck with the sale.

Jay · 2019-08-09T20:34:07.000Z

Geuzzz:

Jay:

My 3500K SW35 triple with blue glow tail (looks a bit more aqua in person) is available for adoption to a good home. PM me if interested.

You are really going let this go? My most used light of this year and definitely a keeper. Good luck with the sale.

It’s a great light and I love the work pinkpanda did, but I’ve only found it making it into my pocket once since I’ve had it. I envisioned carrying this in my coin pocket, and it’s just a hair longer than optimal for the pants I tend to wear, so other shorter lights have had priority. Too nice of a light for me to just leave sitting pretty on the desk, so figured I’d offer it up in case anyone wanted to give it a better home.

jon_slider · 2019-08-10T01:56:35.000Z

Jay

Im sure someone will give your light a good home.

It is very unique, and no one will ever be able to match the price pinkpanda charged to build those… he basically donated several hours of his time, out of kindness and support for the BLF community. Including using a lathe to cut a custom spacer. He also customized the optics by shaving the legs to fit the RRT-01, plus he provided a custom glow tail for us.

The post office made more on shipping, than panda did for his time and effort. The LED is also very special. It is a 9080 CRI 3500k 219b, thanks to Andy Zhu.

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fwiw, and this is not in any way intended to be argumentative, I do not carry lights in my coin pocket, because it interferes with me sitting comfortably. I clip to my back pocket.

Out of curiosity, I put one of my RRT-01 into the coin pocket of my jeans, and it is completely invisible:

To whoever the next owner is, Im happy to support you in any way I can to help you enjoy this unique offering. I have no plans to have any more built.

A note about the 3500k color temperature. There are a small number of longstanding flashoholics that have a passion for that CCT. It is a specialty color, just slightly cooler than an incandescent, which makes it look whiter in that ambient light. It is a relaxing color, I like to use mine in the evening, and it lives on my nightstand.

Another feature of this run of lights is that panda included two separate optics, both a narrow clear, and a medium frost. In addition to all that, he built the spacer in a way as to allow sufficient room to use a glass lens over the optic.

In every way, this light is a class act. No corners were cut to produce what I believe is the finest combination of features available in a SteplessInfiniteRotary.

I sold my HDS after discovering the RRT-01. The RRT-01 has a lower low, a higher high, and it has smooth ramping. The HDS is bigger, heavier, more expensive, and there is no viable pocket clip option. In fact I think it is misleading to call an HDS a Rotary, it actually is a 24 hop dial, not in any way smooth ramping. I feel like Im getting strobed when I turn an HDS rotary dial.

This run of RRT-01 has imo a truly excellent pocket clip, that does not interfere with the rotary dial in any way, and does not scratch the head when changing batteries. There are only 2 things an HDS does better, it has LVP, and the dial feel is smoother (on some versions). otoh, the RRT-01 is 18350 capable, no HDS can touch that.

It is also possible to improve the smoothness of the RRT-01 dial, without disassembly, by using a small amount of Krytox GPL 205, or Krytox 50/50 from thesandwichshoppe, or the special lubricant that darksucks sells for titanium.

Someone will be proud to own your light Jay. Thank you for posting here to make it available.

shirnask · 2019-08-10T04:48:05.000Z

I know the pedigree of this light and was very disappointed to have found this thread a bit too late to get in on the group buy, but fortunately this time I was here at the right time to offer Jay a new home for this lovely light. It will live on my night stand as well, replacing a new version of the RRT-01 that I modded for that purpose. This will be my second old version in a growing family that also includes 3 new version RRT-01’s. You, jon_slider, are one of the people that I blame for an addiction to this family of lights. So I suppose I should thank you for helping introduce me to such a unique combination of features. I am indeed very proud to be able to own this very special light.

jon_slider · 2019-08-10T06:30:22.000Z

Yay!!!

Five SIR!

I feel your pain, and accept the blame… lol!

consolidated resources: original RRT-01, drivers, clips, reflectors, leds

Geuzzz · 2019-08-10T09:59:47.000Z

Jay:

Geuzzz:

Jay:

My 3500K SW35 triple with blue glow tail (looks a bit more aqua in person) is available for adoption to a good home. PM me if interested.

You are really going let this go? My most used light of this year and definitely a keeper. Good luck with the sale.

It’s a great light and I love the work pinkpanda did, but I’ve only found it making it into my pocket once since I’ve had it. I envisioned carrying this in my coin pocket, and it’s just a hair longer than optimal for the pants I tend to wear, so other shorter lights have had priority. Too nice of a light for me to just leave sitting pretty on the desk, so figured I’d offer it up in case anyone wanted to give it a better home.

I understand. I use my olight s mini ti if I want a light to fit my coin pocket, absolutely perfect size for this.

The acebeam tk16 is 10mm longer but will probably fit your needs well.

Jay · 2019-08-11T06:01:48.000Z

Geuzzz:

I understand. I use my olight s mini ti if I want a light to fit my coin pocket, absolutely perfect size for this.

The acebeam tk16 is 10mm longer but will probably fit your needs well.

That it does. I have a sst20 tk16 that has taken up quite a bit of pocket time as of late.

pinkpanda3310 · 2019-08-12T01:29:35.000Z

You’re very kind jon_slider. One point to note for you shirnask - be careful when changing optics. Try not to let the optic and pcb spin when turning the bezel. This can twist the led wires up.

In retrospect I should’ve modified the host to prevent this but my intention was to leave it unmodified so the triple mod was fully reversible to single again. Live and learn

shirnask · 2019-08-12T01:33:43.000Z

Thank you Pinkpanda3310, it would not be the first time I pulled a bonehead move like that.
Very excited - it should be here tomorrow

jon_slider · 2019-08-13T01:08:40.000Z

Gauging interest

A new wave of Stock Original RRT-01, with short pocket clips, in original packaging.

$90, free shipping.

more details in this thread