If you're going to make changes to this light, you might also want to have more options for the emitter choice and especially the reflector. Give us the option to have smaller / bigger emitters and OP / SMO reflectors. The XP-L emitter is kinda small, and it goes just fine with this size reflector but what kills this combo for me it's the OP reflector. The hot-spot will be so smooth than it almost won't be distinguishable from the Corona, it will be an almost complete fade from center to whereabouts the corona would end and even further. Myself, I'd take this light with either the XP-L (not XP-L2 because of the tint shift) or even an XM-L2 or SST-40 and a SMO reflector. Should I ever prefer an OP reflector, I'd take it at least with an XHP35 / XM-L2 / SST-40 size emitter. It would also be a nice choice for whomever prefers more throw, to have an XP-G alternative with the SMO reflector as well.
If you want to give the buyer choices, the best would be to offer your models in both 4000K (Neutral-Warm) and 5000K (Neutral-White). In this way youâd cover roughly 80% of most people preferences.
Unfortunately the leds you use are not really pretty since they are binned above the BBL = they are greenish = ugly. 4000K 5D/5A and 5000K 3A tint binned Cree leds are famous here for for producing beautiful neutral-rosy light. They are easy to obtain.
Being known for using nice leds = more profit.
Keep your flashlights mod friendly, this will allow people who want either true warm, true cool or high-cri light achieve it using one of your models and not by switching to a different brand.
A great example it the H03 which is a popular light for modifications in the flashlight community, mostly because beside itâs good quality itâs relatively easy to open, beside that the head is glued to the body. So please donât glue shut your flashlights.
Doing this will result in extra people buying your lights just for modding = more profit.
Itâs easy to overengineer a flashlight by implementing fanservice solutions like onboard charging which can short-circout, indicator leds which consume lots energy and switching to super-fancy UIâs.
Last but not least: keep the price decent. The H03 costed ~30$ on your Aliexpress store, now itâs 43$. Why?
Iâd much prefer to order it directly from you instead of Gearbest but when GB can offer a ~29$ price for it it becomes a easy choice.
-Tint is fine on my Skilhunt flashlights A glued head is better it will not accidentally unscrew when flashlight is on headband and user twists head to change angle.
-In-built charging is very useful. Especially when it is very compact like H03RC
-Indicator LEDs are very useful.
-Sometimes making things âmod friendlyâ results in big and bulky flashlight. I donât want this. H03 is very compact.
Skilhunt makes finished products for consumers who just want flashlight, not DIY kits for modders. From your suggestions it seems you want the company to change to DIY stuff like Convoy. Why? If you want a Convoy, buy a Convoy. Donât ry to ruin Skilhunt for everyone else.
Itâs always like this, there will always be contrary preferences, thatâs what statistics can be used for.
I bet most of BLFers prefer easy access to flashlights parts and a variety of tints, leds, UIs, etc. But the BLFers are probably not the majority of customers so on the other hand I can understand Skilhunt adjusts its products to the market expectations.
So⌠can we compromise somehow? Maybe a special BLF edition? I find M150 very seductive but no way I could accept things that Ryzbor has mentioned.
Skilhunt: more flexibility means more customers. Please give it a try if possible.
Depending on the results of the infamous tint lottery it can vary from acceptable to bad. Itâs nowhere near the quality and consistency of Creeâs A and D tint bins.
This is extremely unlikely to happen. Plus it creates the possibility for Skilhunt to make and sell a dedicated 18350 tube. A good compromise would be that Skilhunt started using glue for the head of the H03 thatâs easily removable after light heating.
Compromise: when making a model make a variant with charging and one without. Stopping the production of the H03 in favour of the H03 RC would be a moronic decision to make. Besides, onboard charging and indicator leds have numerous disadvantages. The biggest one: the price difference between a regular model and a RC model is higher then the cost of a decent single bay charger.
Sometimes yes, but obviously not in the case of the H03. If you would have modded it you would know this.
You clearly donât understand what Iâm talking about. The whole point Iâm trying to make is that with almost zero effort and without big changes they can make products that are both suitable for âregularâ consumers, flashoholics and modders. EG: H03 with XM-L2 5D/3A and blue loclite glue for the head.
Only :person_facepalming: reacts.
Just make the regular price 30$ without fancy gimmicks people have no time for.
Youâve got the biggest sales in Poland and Russia if Iâm right, keep in mind that are weak currency countries. Skilhunt H03 is/used to be extremely popular in Poland because it had a decent stable price of ~25-30$ and if offers (very) good quality and dependability. Now the price fluctuates like crazy and people are moving to Armytek.
LOL your post is the one which deserves facepalm. Read it again - you ask to remove charging, remove advanced UI, remove indicator light.
What else do you want to remove? Maybe the button? Maybe remove the LED to make it simpler to mod. Maybe remove the knurling so user can do his own patternâŚ
Like I said, I think you want different product. You want kit or DIY product. Thatâs fine, everybody has his preferences. Buy that. Donât ask that Skilhunt change from consumer product to DIY product.
I suggested there are other ways of making a good light. And came up with a compromise. If one doesnât want indicator leds he or she can remove them - I did so. If someone wants a model without charging, there is the H03 model and if someone want charging there is the H03 RC model.
The UI of the H03 if more fine - very muggle friendly, actually almost ideal. With âadvancedâ UI i meant Anduril. A lot of people here would suggest it here and some more âregularâ companies slowly start using it, like Sofirn. Itâs terribly unfriendly for non-flashohilics.
No, I donât want a different product or a DIY kit. Or does switching from red locklite to the easier removable blue locklite make it a new product? Please read my posts carefully.
The whole point Iâm trying to make is that Skilhunt can make their products, with minimal (zero?) extra costs in such a way they can satisfy both regular consumers (priority), flashlight enthusiast and modders alike, thus creating a bigger target group, thus making more profit.
We always hope that we can combine more different needs, easy-to-use products to meet the needs of regular consumers and some of individuated needs, this is not an easy thing. Also we have to consider some of the difficulties in mass production.
We glued the head and tube, because some of consumers not really good at DIY or repair work. If not glued them, the driver board may be damaged if it is not careful. That will bring very bad feeling to consumer.
The Anduril UI is very interesting, but in some regular consumers, it is too complicated, that is why we trying to make A & B groups mode to meet different needs.
We really appreciated more discuss to know more about your needs and try to find a better solution.