I prefer whitest tints possible, without any tint variations (purple, green, etc., except veeeeery slightly creamy/orange tint). And I'd say that the best tint among all my lights has my first-of-all light - Kingpower, Q5 with 95% white and 5% creamy/orange tint (without any other tint variation). Lovely color :love: Looking for similar tint on brighter lights (but I don't know if this tint is still CW or it closer to NW).
Could be off topic, but I'm quite surprised that, according to EagleTac web specs, XT-E R5 is actually a little bit brighter that XP-G S2 :O (need to know if choosing XT-E will worth the change, instead of XP-G. 3 months without reading this forum, and I'm lost now :bigsmile: New bins, new lights... f&$k :bigsmile: )
I had originally ordered the XT-E R5 LED because I wanted to try the newest thing out there. I finally got a call from Eagletac-USA.com telling me that they sent back all of their XT-E lights because the hotspot was bright yellow and the spill was bright blue and the whole beam had crappy artifacts in it. I requested the neutral XP-G instead and had it in three days. I am really glad that worked out the way it did.
I'm not sure. It may just be the reflector used with the LED or it may be the nature of the LED itself. All I know is that others have reported this same issue with some dropins that are coming with XT-E LED's.
Bought my wife one (XM-L) as a stocking stuffer and it died faster than a firecracker. It was replaced and she's maybe used it 5 minutes (lost the love for it or afraid to kill it, not sure), but good so far. Best guess, it's probably a future Nichia 219 donor.
Isn't the Balder basically the same light that you can buy on Lighthound.com that has their brand label on it? They have both an XP-G version and an XM-L version, USA based shipping, for as low as $20. Forward clicky I might add.
Anything larger than a coin cell is too large for me on a keychain. For a small pocket EDC the iTP A3 is the one I carry most. Others of similar size that I use are Fenix LD01, Tank 007, and Thrunite Ti. I find that I don't want to carry in my pocket anything larger than a AAA light. Of course if you must have a clicky these won't do.
+1 I have a SS LD01 and it works great on the keychain when I need a little light. Obviously won't flood an area of light, but perfect for it's size and intent of use.