(In case you’re addressing me but if not here goes anyway……)
Well, on my sample definitely a whiter tint. Not NW by any means.
This review & comments does a pretty good job. FlashPilot’s comments in particular goes into the finer nuances.
I will say this though. In both my X8’s the amount of useable/bright spill is very very impressive considering the amount of throw it still manages to project. The HD2010 for instance (at least my TMart version running on 1x18650), throws impressively no doubt about it - and it should with that size reflector, but comparing it overall to the X8’s spill and throw, I gotta say the X8 is Bad A to the bone and it still doesn’t take a back seat to anything I own in a single-emitter/1x18650. Bottomline is that it’s one helluva light.
You should get one and give us your hands-on impression.