I’d like to briefly share “the Chinese Enthusiast Customized R9080 5000K XHP50-Like Emitter” that was customized by a enthusiast in the Chinese flashlight community as a hobby, this emitter doesn’t actually have a name, so that’s its name. Or if that’s too long for a name, you can call them “that Custom XHP50-Like emitter”.
It actually has an unused name, FL5009R. I know the name because, it has a newer brother, FL5008R, which was re-customized by the customizer of FL5009R and another enthusiast, with the advantage of a smaller die gap, and the disadvantage of a slightly lower Ra(95) and R9(90), and maybe a not ideal duv. I currently don’t have the FL5008R.
The FL5009R and FL5008R were sold out on the market(the initial sellers) a long time ago, and there doesn’t seem to be much of a plan to reproduce them. Here’s mostly a share.
This emitter appeared around August last year and was only sold on the secondary market, here is a post on the forum about it. Ra97, R9 95, -0.0007 DUV, this was mainly to fill the gap in the market where there was no R9080 XHP50 and to achieve higher efficiency with SanAn’s latest chip, and btw the pads that can be switched 3V/6V. The manufacturer is probably one of the OEMs of the FFL emitter called 弘欣顺(HSXLED)/Hopthink. There were actually a few people who customized similar emitters before and after and I have to say that this is not the latest, I mainly do a brief share about it.
The emitter color is great, But because of the die gap, there would be a donut and I had to remove the centering ring to eliminate it.
The 2 Custom pictures at the bottom seem a bit too dark, probably a brightness issue, but it’s just a brief comparison anyway.
Another brief comparison, almost the same, though the 219b will be much pinker than the Custom in other scenarios with white walls.
Supplementary emitter close-up picture.
